Warmest places to go from Dublin in August
In August, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Dublin is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.4 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 9h 36m each way by air. Nowhere on the list is reachable by train within 15 hours in August.
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in August.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Dublin
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 36m · 1,077 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt36.3 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 24m · 1,040 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 30.1 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.0 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 994 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey33.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 907 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.7 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 48m · 930 kg CO₂e return- Diyarbakir, Turkey32.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 916 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco31.1 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 42m · 608 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 627 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia30.5 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 36m · 589 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 Dublin in August within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 36.8 °C, costing 1,070 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Omagh at 39.4 kg — 27× less carbon, for 22.6 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.
By rail or ferry By air
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omagh, United Kingdom | Air | 39.4 kg | 14.2 °C | 8.7 h | 4.7 mm | 3h 42m |
| Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom | Air | 42.2 kg | 16.1 °C | 9.3 h | 4.2 mm | 3h 42m |
| Newport, United Kingdom | Air | 73.8 kg | 16.9 °C | 9.6 h | 2.9 mm | 3h 54m |
| Cambridge, United Kingdom | Air | 112 kg | 18.0 °C | 10.7 h | 1.5 mm | 4h 6m |
| Caen, France | Air | 155 kg | 18.7 °C | 10.4 h | 2.2 mm | 4h 18m |
| Angers, France | Air | 193 kg | 20.2 °C | 10.3 h | 1.6 mm | 4h 30m |
| La Rochelle, France | Air | 221 kg | 20.5 °C | 12.0 h | 1.9 mm | 4h 42m |
| Bordeaux, France | Air | 259 kg | 21.7 °C | 11.4 h | 1.7 mm | 4h 54m |
| Mâcon, France | Air | 280 kg | 22.6 °C | 11.7 h | 1.7 mm | 5h |
| Lyon, France | Air | 292 kg | 23.3 °C | 12.0 h | 1.3 mm | 5h |
| Romans-sur-Isère, France | Air | 310 kg | 24.2 °C | 12.4 h | 0.8 mm | 5h 6m |
| Nîmes, France | Air | 330 kg | 25.8 °C | 12.7 h | 0.8 mm | 5h 12m |
| Zaragoza, Spain | Air | 342 kg | 27.2 °C | 12.7 h | 0.7 mm | 5h 18m |
| Madrid, Spain | Air | 365 kg | 28.2 °C | 12.7 h | 0.3 mm | 5h 24m |
| Aranjuez, Spain | Air | 375 kg | 28.9 °C | 12.8 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 30m |
| Andujar, Spain | Air | 430 kg | 31.1 °C | 12.7 h | 0.1 mm | 5h 48m |
| Palma del Rio, Spain | Air | 438 kg | 31.5 °C | 12.8 h | 0.0 mm | 5h 48m |
| Nefta, Tunisia | Air | 612 kg | 33.3 °C | 12.3 h | 0.0 mm | 6h 42m |
| Recani, Morocco | Air | 618 kg | 34.9 °C | 12.0 h | 0.1 mm | 6h 48m |
| Zagora, Morocco | Air | 643 kg | 35.9 °C | 12.1 h | 0.0 mm | 6h 54m |
| Kom Ombo, Egypt | Air | 1,070 kg | 36.8 °C | 11.9 h | 0.0 mm | 9h 36m |
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 (643 kg, 35.9 °C) to Kom Ombo (1,070 kg, 36.8 °C) buys 0.9 °C more warmth for an extra 427 kg — 474 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
OmaghUnited Kingdom39.4 kg CO₂e returnmild and bright
Kom OmboEgypt1,070 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe 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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Other months from Dublin
August from elsewhere
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- Berlin
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Lisbon
- Liverpool
- London
- Madrid
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- Milan
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- Paris
- Prague
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- Sheffield
- Southampton
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- Zurich
Photo credits
- Omagh: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 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
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Dublin in August?
Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 36.8 °C. Reaching it emits 1,070 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h 36m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Dublin in August without flying?
Not within 15 hours. Every destination on this frontier requires flying in August.
How much carbon does a return trip from Dublin to Kom Ombo produce?
1,070 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.