Warmest places to go from Dublin in February
In February, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Dublin is Maspalomas, Spain, averaging 18.8 °C across day and night and 10.4 h sun a day, about 7h 24m each way by air. Nowhere on the list is reachable by train within 15 hours in February.
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in February.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Dublin
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 day · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 741 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.6 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.0 °C · 10.1 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 20.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 731 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt17.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 36m · 1,077 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain17.6 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 725 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt17.6 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.5 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,023 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.3 °C · 9.1 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 6h 54m · 644 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.4 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 994 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco15.9 °C · 8.8 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 614 kg CO₂e return
Ponta Delgada, Portugal15.1 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 5.0 mm rain a day · sea 16.9 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 575 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 February within 15 hours is Maspalomas, 18.8 °C, costing 741 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Omagh at 39.4 kg — 19× less carbon, for 12.3 degrees less warmth.
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.
By rail or ferry By air
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omagh, United Kingdom | Air | 39.4 kg | 6.5 °C | 3.5 h | 2.3 mm | 3h 42m |
| Galway, Ireland | Air | 46.9 kg | 7.9 °C | 3.8 h | 3.3 mm | 3h 42m |
| Falmouth, United Kingdom | Air | 91.2 kg | 8.6 °C | 4.6 h | 3.3 mm | 4h |
| Gijón, Spain | Air | 274 kg | 9.7 °C | 6.9 h | 3.9 mm | 5h |
| A Coruña, Spain | Air | 281 kg | 10.6 °C | 7.5 h | 4.4 mm | 5h |
| Vila do Conde, Portugal | Air | 338 kg | 11.6 °C | 8.5 h | 3.9 mm | 5h 18m |
| Lisbon, Portugal | Air | 412 kg | 12.7 °C | 8.7 h | 2.0 mm | 5h 42m |
| Águilas, Spain | Air | 455 kg | 13.5 °C | 9.0 h | 0.2 mm | 5h 54m |
| Melilla, Spain | Air | 509 kg | 14.9 °C | 9.3 h | 1.3 mm | 6h 12m |
| Essaouira, Morocco | Air | 614 kg | 15.9 °C | 8.8 h | 2.3 mm | 6h 48m |
| Taroudant, Morocco | Air | 642 kg | 17.8 °C | 8.9 h | 1.6 mm | 6h 54m |
| Maspalomas, Spain | Air | 741 kg | 18.8 °C | 10.4 h | 0.6 mm | 7h 24m |
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 Falmouth (91.2 kg, 8.6 °C) to Gijón (274 kg, 9.7 °C) buys 1.1 °C more warmth for an extra 183 kg — 166 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
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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Other months from Dublin
February from elsewhere
- Amsterdam
- Barcelona
- Berlin
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Lisbon
- Liverpool
- London
- Madrid
- Manchester
- Milan
- Munich
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Oslo
- Paris
- Prague
- Rome
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stockholm
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Zurich
Photo credits
- Omagh: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Dublin in February?
Maspalomas, Spain, at 18.8 °C. Reaching it emits 741 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Dublin in February without flying?
Not within 15 hours. Every destination on this frontier requires flying in February.
How much carbon does a return trip from Dublin to Maspalomas produce?
741 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.