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Warmest places to go from Birmingham in August

In August, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Birmingham is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.4 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 9h 12m each way by air. Without flying, it is Toulon, France, averaging 26.0 °C across day and night, about 12h 30m each way by train, for about 23× less carbon (43.7 kg CO₂e return against 1,008 kg).

Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in August.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Birmingham

Ranked on warmth in August alone, among well-known places (a Wikivoyage travel guide and at least 40,000 Wikipedia readers a year), one per area and at most three per country. The carbon is shown, not used to choose: the list further down is the other question, how much warmth each extra kilogram buys.

Aswan, Egypt36.4 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 12m · 1,008 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt36.3 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h · 970 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 30.1 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 48m · 923 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey33.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 898 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.7 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 24m · 924 kg CO₂e return
Diyarbakir, Turkey32.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 908 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco31.1 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 42m · 596 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 42m · 612 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia30.5 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 18m · 527 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Toulon is 26.0 °C for 43.7 kg — about 23× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Toulon, France26.0 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 24.2 °Crail ≈ 12h 30m · 43.7 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France25.9 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.4 °Crail ≈ 13h 36m · 42.8 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France25.8 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.7 °Crail ≈ 14h 12m · 43.4 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France25.6 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 11h 12m · 40.2 kg CO₂e return
Turin, Italy25.3 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · 3.1 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 40.2 kg CO₂e return
Bellinzona, Switzerland24.5 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · 4.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 54m · 39.4 kg CO₂e return

≈ is the model's estimate (air times include getting to and through the airport); ✓ is a rail journey checked against a real timetable, with the date it was checked. Temperatures are historical daily means for 2023–2024, averaged across day and night, so afternoons run warmer.

The low-carbon trade-off

The warmest place you can reach from Birmingham in August within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 36.8 °C, costing 1,000 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Preston at 12.2 kg — 82× less carbon, for 20.9 degrees less warmth.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in August and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.

Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Birmingham. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, August, departing Birmingham. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Palma del Rio can only be reached by air — 419 kg CO₂e, in 5h 42m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 59.9 kg in 23h — 7× less carbon for 17h 18m more travelling.

August from Birmingham — 19 destinations on the frontier, 11 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Preston, United Kingdom	Rail	12.2 kg	15.9 °C	9.5 h	3.8 mm	3h 42m
London, United Kingdom	Rail	13.1 kg	18.0 °C	10.2 h	1.4 mm	2h 54m
Dunkirk, France	Rail	18.4 kg	18.5 °C	11.3 h	2.5 mm	7h 48m
Paris, France	Rail	23.2 kg	19.9 °C	10.3 h	4.1 mm	7h 12m
Tours, France	Rail	26.7 kg	20.4 °C	10.5 h	2.0 mm	9h 42m
Chalon-sur-Saône, France	Rail	31.9 kg	21.9 °C	11.8 h	1.5 mm	11h 42m
Lyon, France	Rail	34.8 kg	23.3 °C	12.0 h	1.3 mm	10h 24m
Aix-les-Bains, France	Rail	36.2 kg	23.6 °C	11.5 h	1.7 mm	12h 12m
Montélimar, France	Rail	38.3 kg	25.2 °C	12.6 h	1.2 mm	12h 48m
Perpignan, France	Rail	42.8 kg	25.9 °C	12.2 h	0.6 mm	13h 36m
Cannes, France	Rail	43.6 kg	26.8 °C	12.5 h	1.4 mm	14h 12m
Madrid, Spain	Air	339 kg	28.2 °C	12.7 h	0.3 mm	5h 18m
Aranjuez, Spain	Air	350 kg	28.9 °C	12.8 h	0.4 mm	5h 24m
Andujar, Spain	Air	406 kg	31.1 °C	12.7 h	0.1 mm	5h 42m
Palma del Rio, Spain	Air	419 kg	31.5 °C	12.8 h	0.0 mm	5h 42m
Nefta, Tunisia	Air	556 kg	33.3 °C	12.3 h	0.0 mm	6h 24m
Recani, Morocco	Air	595 kg	34.9 °C	12.0 h	0.1 mm	6h 42m
Zagora, Morocco	Air	625 kg	35.9 °C	12.1 h	0.0 mm	6h 48m
Kom Ombo, Egypt	Air	1,000 kg	36.8 °C	11.9 h	0.0 mm	9h 12m

Warm is not the same as pleasant, which is why sunshine and rainfall are shown alongside temperature. All three are ERA5 monthly means for 2023–2024.

Where the curve breaks

The frontier is gentle until it isn't. Going from Zagora (625 kg, 35.9 °C) to Kom Ombo (1,000 kg, 36.8 °C) buys 0.9 °C more warmth for an extra 375 kg — 417 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

PrestonUnited Kingdom12.2 kg CO₂e return15.9 °C · 9.5 h sun · 3h 42m by railwarm but wet

CannesFrance43.6 kg CO₂e return26.8 °C · 12.5 h sun · 14h 12m by railwarm overall

Kom OmboEgypt1,000 kg CO₂e return36.8 °C · 11.9 h sun · 9h 12m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

August answers differently depending on what you are after, and the lists genuinely diverge: the brightest places are not the hottest, and in summer the useful question stops being where is warm at all.

Where to stay in Kom Ombo

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Photo credits

Preston: Karl1587, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Cannes: Jenny Andersson / News Oresund, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kom Ombo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sanliurfa: Damien Halleux Radermecker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Batman: Ferhat 72 at Turkish Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Avignon: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bellinzona: Alex Barrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Birmingham in August?

Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 36.8 °C. Reaching it emits 1,000 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h 12m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Birmingham in August without flying?

Yes. Cannes reaches 26.8 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 12m (modelled), emitting 43.6 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Birmingham to Kom Ombo produce?

1,000 kg CO₂e for one person, return, by air. That uses the UK Government's 2026 conversion factors, including radiative forcing for flights.

Carbon uses UK Government (DESNZ/DEFRA) 2026 conversion factors applied to great-circle distance, with radiative forcing included for flights. Rail journey times are modelled estimates, not timetabled services. Full method · download the data.