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Warmest places to go from Birmingham in February

The warmest place you can reach from Birmingham in February within 15 hours is Maspalomas, 18.8 °C, costing 748 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Colwyn Bay at 12.2 kg — 61× less carbon, for 11.1 degrees less warmth.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Birmingham

Ranked on warmth in February 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.

Maspalomas, Spain18.8 °C · 10.4 h sun a dayair 7h 30m · 748 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.6 °C · 10.0 h sun a dayair 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.0 °C · 10.1 h sun a dayair 7h 24m · 738 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt17.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a dayair 9h 12m · 1,008 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain17.6 °C · 10.3 h sun a dayair 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt17.6 °C · 9.9 h sun a dayair 8h 54m · 953 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.3 °C · 9.1 h sun a dayair 6h 54m · 637 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.4 °C · 9.8 h sun a dayair 8h 48m · 923 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco15.9 °C · 8.8 h sun a dayair 6h 42m · 608 kg CO₂e return
Ponta Delgada, Portugal15.1 °C · 7.9 h sun a dayair 6h 48m · 619 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Perpignan is 10.4 °C for 42.8 kg — about 17× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.

Perpignan, France10.4 °C · 7.9 h sun a dayrail 13h 36m · 42.8 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France10.2 °C · 8.0 h sun a dayrail 12h 30m · 43.7 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France9.7 °C · 8.1 h sun a dayrail 14h 12m · 43.4 kg CO₂e return
Marseille, France9.3 °C · 8.3 h sun a dayrail 11h 42m · 42.6 kg CO₂e return
Plymouth, United Kingdom8.4 °C · 4.5 h sun a dayrail 5h 36m · 22.6 kg CO₂e return
Truro, United Kingdom8.2 °C · 4.5 h sun a dayrail 6h 18m · 26.5 kg CO₂e return

Rail times are modelled; air times include getting to and through the airport.

The low-carbon trade-off

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in February 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, February, departing Birmingham. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Alicante can only be reached by air — 396 kg CO₂e, in 5h 36m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 56.3 kg in 21h 42m — 7× less carbon for 16h 6m more travelling.

February from Birmingham — 10 destinations on the frontier, 3 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom	Rail	12.2 kg	7.7 °C	4.1 h	2.9 mm	3h 42m
Cherbourg, France	Rail	19.9 kg	8.5 °C	4.6 h	3.0 mm	11h 54m
Perpignan, France	Rail	42.8 kg	10.4 °C	7.9 h	1.5 mm	13h 36m
Vila do Conde, Portugal	Air	337 kg	11.6 °C	8.5 h	3.9 mm	5h 18m
Alicante, Spain	Air	396 kg	13.0 °C	8.9 h	0.5 mm	5h 36m
Almería, Spain	Air	438 kg	14.1 °C	9.2 h	0.3 mm	5h 48m
Melilla, Spain	Air	481 kg	14.9 °C	9.3 h	1.3 mm	6h 6m
Essaouira, Morocco	Air	608 kg	15.9 °C	8.8 h	2.3 mm	6h 42m
Taroudant, Morocco	Air	632 kg	17.8 °C	8.9 h	1.6 mm	6h 54m
Maspalomas, Spain	Air	748 kg	18.8 °C	10.4 h	0.6 mm	7h 30m

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 Perpignan (42.8 kg, 10.4 °C) to Vila do Conde (337 kg, 11.6 °C) buys 1.2 °C more warmth for an extra 294 kg — 245 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

Colwyn BayUnited Kingdom12.2 kg CO₂e return7.7 °C · 4.1 h sun · 3h 42m by railcool

PerpignanFrance42.8 kg CO₂e return10.4 °C · 7.9 h sun · 13h 36m by railmild and bright

MaspalomasSpain748 kg CO₂e return18.8 °C · 10.4 h sun · 7h 30m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

February 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 Maspalomas

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Photo credits

Colwyn Bay: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hurghada: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ponta Delgada: Maximilian Schönherr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Plymouth: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Truro: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Maspalomas, Spain, at 18.8 °C. Reaching it emits 748 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 30m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Perpignan reaches 10.4 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 36m (modelled), emitting 42.8 kg CO₂e return — though Maspalomas is warmer still, if you fly.

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

748 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.