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Warmest places to go from Cardiff in November

In November, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Cardiff is Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, averaging 24.6 °C across day and night and 10.3 h sun a day, about 8h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Toulon, France, averaging 13.4 °C across day and night, about 13h each way by train, for about 20× less carbon (47.6 kg CO₂e return against 953 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Cardiff

Ranked on warmth in November 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.

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt24.6 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.6 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 953 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt23.4 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.0 °Cair ≈ 9h · 958 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt23.2 °C · 10.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,011 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain22.9 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 713 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan22.3 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 48m · 931 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain22.0 °C · 9.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 703 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain21.6 °C · 9.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 700 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco20.9 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 19.4 °Cair ≈ 6h 42m · 604 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco19.6 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 575 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco19.2 °C · 9.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 30m · 564 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Toulon is 13.4 °C for 47.6 kg — about 20× less carbon than flying to Sharm el-Sheikh.

Toulon, France13.4 °C · 7.7 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 17.9 °Crail ≈ 13h · 47.6 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France13.2 °C · 7.6 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 17.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 6m · 46.7 kg CO₂e return
Biarritz, France12.9 °C · 6.0 h sun a day · 7.0 mm rain a day · sea 17.0 °Crail ≈ 13h 6m · 43.5 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France12.5 °C · 7.8 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 18.6 °Crail ≈ 14h 48m · 47.3 kg CO₂e return
Truro, United Kingdom9.9 °C · 4.0 h sun a day · 4.7 mm rain a day · sea 13.9 °Crail ≈ 4h 12m · 15.2 kg CO₂e return
Hastings, United Kingdom9.1 °C · 4.2 h sun a day · 3.4 mm rain a day · sea 14.4 °Crail ≈ 5h 24m · 21.8 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 Cardiff in November within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 24.6 °C, costing 953 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Reading at 12.3 kg — 77× less carbon, for 16.8 degrees less warmth.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in November 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 Cardiff. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, November, departing Cardiff. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Valencia can only be reached by air — 340 kg CO₂e, in 5h 18m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 56.5 kg in 19h 54m — 6× less carbon for 14h 36m more travelling.

November from Cardiff — 14 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Reading, United Kingdom	Rail	12.3 kg	7.8 °C	4.1 h	3.0 mm	3h 42m
Portsmouth, United Kingdom	Rail	13.2 kg	9.2 °C	4.3 h	3.2 mm	3h 54m
Newquay, United Kingdom	Rail	14.3 kg	10.6 °C	4.0 h	5.7 mm	4h 6m
St-Malo, France	Rail	27.2 kg	11.5 °C	4.1 h	4.4 mm	12h 6m
Biarritz, France	Rail	43.5 kg	12.9 °C	6.0 h	7.0 mm	13h 6m
Donostia / San Sebastian, Spain	Rail	44.2 kg	13.9 °C	6.1 h	6.3 mm	14h 54m
Viana do Castelo, Portugal	Air	294 kg	15.1 °C	6.2 h	6.1 mm	5h 6m
Valencia, Spain	Air	340 kg	16.5 °C	8.3 h	2.0 mm	5h 18m
Ibiza Town, Spain	Air	363 kg	17.9 °C	8.7 h	1.1 mm	5h 24m
Melilla, Spain	Air	453 kg	18.0 °C	9.2 h	0.3 mm	5h 54m
Monastir, Tunisia	Air	521 kg	18.8 °C	9.3 h	0.8 mm	6h 18m
Houmt Souk, Tunisia	Air	569 kg	20.3 °C	9.6 h	0.4 mm	6h 30m
Taroudant, Morocco	Air	599 kg	22.2 °C	9.6 h	0.2 mm	6h 42m
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Air	953 kg	24.6 °C	10.3 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 Ibiza Town (363 kg, 17.9 °C) to Melilla (453 kg, 18.0 °C) buys 0.1 °C more warmth for an extra 89.7 kg — 897 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

ReadingUnited Kingdom12.3 kg CO₂e return7.8 °C · 4.1 h sun · 3h 42m by railcool

Donostia / San SebastianSpain44.2 kg CO₂e return13.9 °C · 6.1 h sun · 14h 54m by railmild but wet

Sharm el-SheikhEgypt953 kg CO₂e return24.6 °C · 10.3 h sun · 8h 54m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

November 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

Reading: Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Donostia / San Sebastian: Keta, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hurghada: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, 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
Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Biarritz: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Truro: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hastings: Ross Burgess, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Cardiff in November?

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 24.6 °C. Reaching it emits 953 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 54m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Cardiff in November without flying?

Yes. Donostia / San Sebastian reaches 13.9 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 54m (modelled), emitting 44.2 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.

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

953 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.