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Warmest places to go from Birmingham in March

The warmest place you can reach from Birmingham in March within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 23.6 °C, costing 1,000 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Salisbury at 12.6 kg — 79× less carbon, for 16.1 degrees less warmth.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Birmingham

Ranked on warmth in March 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, Egypt23.4 °C · 11.2 h sun a dayair 9h 12m · 1,008 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.1 h sun a dayair 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a dayair 9h · 970 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain21.0 °C · 11.3 h sun a dayair 7h 30m · 748 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan20.8 °C · 10.7 h sun a dayair 8h 48m · 923 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.9 °C · 11.1 h sun a dayair 7h 24m · 738 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a dayair 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco18.3 °C · 10.7 h sun a dayair 6h 54m · 637 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco18.0 °C · 10.3 h sun a dayair 6h 42m · 596 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia17.6 °C · 10.4 h sun a dayair 6h 42m · 601 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Perpignan is 13.0 °C for 42.8 kg — about 24× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Perpignan, France13.0 °C · 9.4 h sun a dayrail 13h 36m · 42.8 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France12.3 °C · 9.7 h sun a dayrail 12h 30m · 43.7 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France12.2 °C · 9.2 h sun a dayrail 14h 12m · 43.4 kg CO₂e return
Biarritz, France12.2 °C · 8.3 h sun a dayrail 12h 36m · 39.6 kg CO₂e return
Pamplona, Spain9.2 °C · 8.4 h sun a dayrail 14h 48m · 41.8 kg CO₂e return
Turin, Italy9.2 °C · 8.1 h sun a dayrail 14h 12m · 40.2 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 March 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, March, departing Birmingham. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Alzira can only be reached by air — 374 kg CO₂e, in 5h 30m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 53.6 kg in 20h 30m — 7× less carbon for 15h more travelling.

March from Birmingham — 17 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Salisbury, United Kingdom	Rail	12.6 kg	7.5 °C	5.4 h	3.8 mm	3h 48m
Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom	Rail	12.7 kg	8.1 °C	6.0 h	3.9 mm	3h 48m
Cherbourg, France	Rail	19.9 kg	9.0 °C	5.8 h	4.0 mm	11h 54m
La Rochelle, France	Rail	30.7 kg	10.2 °C	7.4 h	4.3 mm	12h 24m
Mont-de-Marsan, France	Rail	38.1 kg	11.3 °C	7.7 h	3.9 mm	12h 48m
Perpignan, France	Rail	42.8 kg	13.0 °C	9.4 h	1.0 mm	13h 36m
Zaragoza, Spain	Air	303 kg	13.5 °C	9.5 h	1.2 mm	5h 6m
Valencia, Spain	Air	365 kg	15.1 °C	10.0 h	0.6 mm	5h 24m
Alzira, Spain	Air	374 kg	15.9 °C	10.1 h	0.5 mm	5h 30m
Almería, Spain	Air	438 kg	16.7 °C	10.2 h	1.3 mm	5h 48m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	548 kg	17.5 °C	10.8 h	0.2 mm	6h 24m
Tozeur, Tunisia	Air	557 kg	18.9 °C	10.7 h	0.0 mm	6h 30m
Recani, Morocco	Air	595 kg	19.7 °C	10.7 h	0.0 mm	6h 42m
Taroudant, Morocco	Air	632 kg	20.9 °C	10.5 h	0.6 mm	6h 54m
Akhmim, Egypt	Air	939 kg	21.7 °C	11.4 h	0.0 mm	8h 48m
Luxor, Egypt	Air	970 kg	22.7 °C	11.4 h	0.0 mm	9h
Kom Ombo, Egypt	Air	1,000 kg	23.6 °C	11.3 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 Perpignan (42.8 kg, 13.0 °C) to Zaragoza (303 kg, 13.5 °C) buys 0.5 °C more warmth for an extra 261 kg — 521 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

SalisburyUnited Kingdom12.6 kg CO₂e return7.5 °C · 5.4 h sun · 3h 48m by railcool

PerpignanFrance42.8 kg CO₂e return13.0 °C · 9.4 h sun · 13h 36m by railmild and bright

Kom OmboEgypt1,000 kg CO₂e return23.6 °C · 11.3 h sun · 9h 12m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

March 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

Salisbury: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, 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
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Biarritz: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pamplona: Nafarroako Gobernua, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 23.6 °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 March without flying?

Yes. Perpignan reaches 13.0 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 36m (modelled), emitting 42.8 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.