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Warmest places to go from Edinburgh in July

In July, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Edinburgh is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.0 °C across day and night and 12.2 h sun a day, about 9h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Montpellier, France, averaging 25.4 °C across day and night, about 14h 54m each way by train, for about 15× less carbon (70.3 kg CO₂e return against 1,075 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Edinburgh

Ranked on warmth in July 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, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 36m · 1,075 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt35.9 °C · 13.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.5 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 1,008 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt35.8 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 24m · 1,036 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.8 °C · 13.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.2 °Cair ≈ 9h 6m · 981 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia32.8 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 621 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey32.8 °C · 13.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 30m · 877 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.2 °C · 13.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 36m · 896 kg CO₂e return
Marmaris, Turkey31.9 °C · 13.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 796 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia31.8 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 696 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.6 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 704 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Montpellier is 25.4 °C for 70.3 kg — about 15× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Montpellier, France25.4 °C · 13.4 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 54m · 70.3 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France25.4 °C · 13.7 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 12m · 70.0 kg CO₂e return
Marseille, France24.8 °C · 13.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.6 °Crail ≈ 14h 42m · 72.5 kg CO₂e return
Grenoble, France23.2 °C · 13.2 h sun a day · 3.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 36m · 67.3 kg CO₂e return
Geneva, Switzerland21.6 °C · 13.0 h sun a day · 3.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 64.9 kg CO₂e return
Frankfurt am Main, Germany20.5 °C · 11.6 h sun a day · 3.0 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h · 61.7 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 Edinburgh in July within 15 hours is Nefta, 36.0 °C, costing 653 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Whitehaven at 12.7 kg — 51× less carbon, for 21.4 degrees less warmth.

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

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, July, departing Edinburgh. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Aranjuez can only be reached by air — 445 kg CO₂e, in 5h 54m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 81.4 kg in 22h 48m — 5× less carbon for 16h 54m more travelling.

July from Edinburgh — 19 destinations on the frontier, 10 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Whitehaven, United Kingdom	Rail	12.7 kg	14.6 °C	9.9 h	5.4 mm	3h 48m
Sunderland, United Kingdom	Rail	13.1 kg	15.4 °C	11.1 h	4.0 mm	3h 48m
Doncaster, United Kingdom	Rail	24.2 kg	16.3 °C	10.3 h	3.3 mm	5h 48m
Cambridge, United Kingdom	Rail	37.8 kg	17.2 °C	10.6 h	3.0 mm	7h 54m
Le Havre, France	Rail	49.5 kg	18.0 °C	11.3 h	3.7 mm	13h 24m
Valenciennes, France	Rail	51.3 kg	18.8 °C	11.0 h	3.3 mm	10h 30m
Paris, France	Rail	53.1 kg	20.0 °C	11.2 h	2.6 mm	10h 12m
Chalon-sur-Saône, France	Rail	61.7 kg	21.2 °C	12.4 h	2.9 mm	14h 42m
Lyon, France	Rail	64.7 kg	22.5 °C	13.0 h	3.1 mm	13h 24m
Nîmes, France	Rail	69.9 kg	25.5 °C	13.5 h	0.8 mm	14h 36m
Zaragoza, Spain	Air	402 kg	27.1 °C	13.7 h	0.2 mm	5h 36m
Madrid, Spain	Air	435 kg	28.1 °C	14.0 h	0.0 mm	5h 48m
Aranjuez, Spain	Air	445 kg	28.9 °C	14.0 h	0.0 mm	5h 54m
Andujar, Spain	Air	501 kg	30.9 °C	13.6 h	0.0 mm	6h 12m
Rossano Stazione, Italy	Air	586 kg	31.2 °C	13.9 h	0.4 mm	6h 36m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	621 kg	32.8 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	6h 48m
Gafsa, Tunisia	Air	645 kg	33.3 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	6h 54m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	645 kg	34.3 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	6h 54m
Nefta, Tunisia	Air	653 kg	36.0 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	7h

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 Andujar (501 kg, 30.9 °C) to Rossano Stazione (586 kg, 31.2 °C) buys 0.3 °C more warmth for an extra 84.4 kg — 281 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

WhitehavenUnited Kingdom12.7 kg CO₂e return14.6 °C · 9.9 h sun · 3h 48m by railmild and bright

NîmesFrance69.9 kg CO₂e return25.5 °C · 13.5 h sun · 14h 36m by railwarm, bright and dry

NeftaTunisia653 kg CO₂e return36.0 °C · 12.9 h sun · 7h by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

July 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 Nefta

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Photo credits

Whitehaven: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nîmes: unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nefta: Majdi Sedik1994, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, 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
Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, 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
Marmaris: Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Montpellier: Assembled by DePlusJean, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Grenoble: Brücke-Osteuropa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Frankfurt am Main: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Edinburgh in July?

Nefta, Tunisia, at 36.0 °C. Reaching it emits 653 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Edinburgh in July without flying?

Yes. Nîmes reaches 25.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 36m (modelled), emitting 69.9 kg CO₂e return — though Nefta is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Edinburgh to Nefta produce?

653 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.