Warmest places to go from Dublin in October
In October, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Dublin is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 29.1 °C across day and night and 11.0 h sun a day, about 9h 36m each way by air. Nowhere on the list is reachable by train within 15 hours in October.
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in October.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Dublin
Ranked on warmth in October 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, Egypt29.1 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 36m · 1,077 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt29.0 °C · 10.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt28.4 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 24m · 1,040 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan26.8 °C · 10.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.3 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 994 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain24.9 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 741 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia24.2 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h · 661 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia24.1 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 25.9 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 619 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain23.9 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 731 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain23.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 725 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia23.5 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 591 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 October within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 29.0 °C, costing 1,017 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Omagh at 39.4 kg — 26× less carbon, for 18.5 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in October 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 | 10.5 °C | 4.4 h | 3.1 mm | 3h 42m |
| Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom | Air | 42.2 kg | 12.3 °C | 5.8 h | 4.7 mm | 3h 42m |
| Plymouth, United Kingdom | Air | 90.5 kg | 13.5 °C | 6.4 h | 5.9 mm | 4h |
| St-Malo, France | Air | 151 kg | 15.0 °C | 7.1 h | 3.0 mm | 4h 18m |
| La Rochelle, France | Air | 221 kg | 16.0 °C | 7.2 h | 7.3 mm | 4h 42m |
| Gijón, Spain | Air | 274 kg | 16.9 °C | 7.2 h | 5.2 mm | 5h |
| Castro Urdiales, Spain | Air | 284 kg | 18.2 °C | 7.2 h | 4.9 mm | 5h |
| Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain | Air | 367 kg | 19.4 °C | 8.6 h | 3.2 mm | 5h 24m |
| Valencia, Spain | Air | 404 kg | 20.6 °C | 8.7 h | 3.1 mm | 5h 36m |
| Alzira, Spain | Air | 412 kg | 21.1 °C | 8.8 h | 3.1 mm | 5h 42m |
| Ibiza Town, Spain | Air | 429 kg | 22.0 °C | 9.8 h | 0.7 mm | 5h 48m |
| Bizerte, Tunisia | Air | 547 kg | 23.1 °C | 9.7 h | 1.3 mm | 6h 24m |
| Kairouan, Tunisia | Air | 589 kg | 23.7 °C | 9.2 h | 0.9 mm | 6h 36m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 613 kg | 25.4 °C | 10.0 h | 0.3 mm | 6h 48m |
| Assiut, Egypt | Air | 989 kg | 26.3 °C | 10.9 h | 0.0 mm | 9h 6m |
| Sohag, Egypt | Air | 1,009 kg | 27.0 °C | 10.9 h | 0.0 mm | 9h 12m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 1,017 kg | 29.0 °C | 10.9 h | 0.0 mm | 9h 18m |
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 Tozeur (613 kg, 25.4 °C) to Assiut (989 kg, 26.3 °C) buys 0.9 °C more warmth for an extra 375 kg — 417 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 but wetSharm el-SheikhEgypt1,017 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
October 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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Other months from Dublin
October from elsewhere
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- Barcelona
- Berlin
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Lisbon
- Liverpool
- London
- Madrid
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- Milan
- Munich
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- Oslo
- Paris
- Prague
- Rome
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stockholm
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Zurich
Photo credits
- Omagh: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 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
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sfax: Csisc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Dublin in October?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 29.0 °C. Reaching it emits 1,017 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h 18m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Dublin in October without flying?
Not within 15 hours. Every destination on this frontier requires flying in October.
How much carbon does a return trip from Dublin to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?
1,017 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.