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Warmest places to go from Birmingham in September

The warmest place you can reach from Birmingham in September within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 33.7 °C, costing 946 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Preston at 12.2 kg — 78× less carbon, for 19.0 degrees less warmth.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Birmingham

Ranked on warmth in September 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, Egypt34.1 °C · 11.5 h sun a dayair 9h 12m · 1,008 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt33.7 °C · 11.5 h sun a dayair 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt33.6 °C · 11.6 h sun a dayair 9h · 970 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan31.5 °C · 11.4 h sun a dayair 8h 48m · 923 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey27.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a dayair 8h 18m · 898 kg CO₂e return
Adana, Turkey27.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a dayair 8h · 844 kg CO₂e return
Famagusta, Cyprus27.1 °C · 11.4 h sun a dayair 8h · 858 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia27.0 °C · 10.7 h sun a dayair 6h 18m · 527 kg CO₂e return
Rhodes, Greece27.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a dayair 7h 24m · 741 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey26.8 °C · 11.6 h sun a dayair 8h 24m · 924 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Toulon is 21.3 °C for 43.7 kg — about 23× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Toulon, France21.3 °C · 10.6 h sun a dayrail 12h 30m · 43.7 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France21.3 °C · 10.1 h sun a dayrail 13h 36m · 42.8 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France21.2 °C · 10.3 h sun a dayrail 14h 12m · 43.4 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France20.1 °C · 10.3 h sun a dayrail 11h 12m · 40.2 kg CO₂e return
Turin, Italy18.7 °C · 9.6 h sun a dayrail 14h 12m · 40.2 kg CO₂e return
Bellinzona, Switzerland18.6 °C · 8.9 h sun a dayrail 14h 54m · 39.4 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 September 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, September, 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.

September from Birmingham — 18 destinations on the frontier, 8 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Preston, United Kingdom	Rail	12.2 kg	14.7 °C	7.3 h	4.2 mm	3h 42m
London, United Kingdom	Rail	13.1 kg	16.6 °C	8.6 h	3.8 mm	2h 54m
Dunkirk, France	Rail	18.4 kg	17.3 °C	8.8 h	3.0 mm	7h 48m
Bourges, France	Rail	28.6 kg	18.0 °C	9.0 h	2.8 mm	10h 54m
Bordeaux, France	Rail	35.0 kg	18.9 °C	9.8 h	3.2 mm	10h 42m
Nîmes, France	Rail	40.1 kg	20.3 °C	10.4 h	2.3 mm	11h 36m
Perpignan, France	Rail	42.8 kg	21.3 °C	10.1 h	1.1 mm	13h 36m
Cannes, France	Rail	43.6 kg	21.7 °C	10.3 h	3.3 mm	14h 12m
Valencia, Spain	Air	365 kg	22.9 °C	10.6 h	3.5 mm	5h 24m
Alzira, Spain	Air	374 kg	23.3 °C	10.1 h	2.4 mm	5h 30m
Palma del Rio, Spain	Air	419 kg	24.4 °C	10.9 h	0.9 mm	5h 42m
Bizerte, Tunisia	Air	484 kg	25.4 °C	10.8 h	0.4 mm	6h 6m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	527 kg	27.0 °C	10.7 h	0.7 mm	6h 18m
Nefta, Tunisia	Air	556 kg	29.6 °C	10.2 h	0.2 mm	6h 24m
Minya, Egypt	Air	894 kg	31.0 °C	11.8 h	0.0 mm	8h 36m
Assiut, Egypt	Air	919 kg	31.6 °C	11.7 h	0.0 mm	8h 42m
Sohag, Egypt	Air	939 kg	32.3 °C	11.7 h	0.0 mm	8h 48m
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Air	946 kg	33.7 °C	11.5 h	0.0 mm	8h 54m

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 Cannes (43.6 kg, 21.7 °C) to Valencia (365 kg, 22.9 °C) buys 1.2 °C more warmth for an extra 321 kg — 268 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 return14.7 °C · 7.3 h sun · 3h 42m by railmild and bright

CannesFrance43.6 kg CO₂e return21.7 °C · 10.3 h sun · 14h 12m by railwarm but wet

Sharm el-SheikhEgypt946 kg CO₂e return33.7 °C · 11.5 h sun · 8h 54m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

September 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 Sharm el-Sheikh

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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
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 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
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sanliurfa: Damien Halleux Radermecker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Adana: Anatolianpride, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Rhodes: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Batman: Ferhat 72 at Turkish Wikipedia, 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 September?

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 33.7 °C. Reaching it emits 946 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 54m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Cannes reaches 21.7 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 12m (modelled), emitting 43.6 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Birmingham to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?

946 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.