Warmest places to go from Frankfurt in January
In January, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Frankfurt is Maspalomas, Spain, averaging 19.6 °C across day and night and 9.6 h sun a day, about 7h 48m each way by air. Without flying, it is Civitavecchia, Italy, averaging 10.1 °C across day and night, about 15h each way by train, for about 30× less carbon (27.3 kg CO₂e return against 811 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in January.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Frankfurt
Ranked on warmth in January 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, Spain19.6 °C · 9.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 811 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.9 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 54m · 826 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.8 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 21.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 801 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.3 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 804 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt18.2 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 54m · 834 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.1 °C · 9.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 18.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 671 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.8 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 799 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt16.8 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 898 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco16.0 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 18.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 54m · 647 kg CO₂e return
Ponta Delgada, Portugal15.2 °C · 7.0 h sun a day · 4.6 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 765 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Civitavecchia is 10.1 °C for 27.3 kg — about 30× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.
- Civitavecchia, Italy10.1 °C · 7.1 h sun a day · 2.6 mm rain a day · sea 15.5 °Crail ≈ 15h · 27.3 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France9.9 °C · 7.2 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 14.4 °Crail ≈ 10h 24m · 23.8 kg CO₂e return- Sanremo, Italy9.6 °C · 7.0 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 14.9 °Crail ≈ 11h 30m · 20.8 kg CO₂e return
- Bilbao, Spain9.2 °C · 5.0 h sun a day · 5.2 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 13h 24m · 34.4 kg CO₂e return
- Barcelona, Spain9.0 °C · 7.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 13h 12m · 32.3 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France8.9 °C · 7.1 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 14.7 °Crail ≈ 11h 42m · 21.3 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 Frankfurt in January within 15 hours is Maspalomas, 19.6 °C, costing 811 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Eisenach at 4.4 kg — 184× less carbon, for 17.0 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in January 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenach, Germany | Rail | 4.4 kg | 2.6 °C | 2.6 h | 2.1 mm | 3h 42m |
| Cologne, Germany | Rail | 4.5 kg | 4.0 °C | 3.8 h | 2.7 mm | 2h 36m |
| Leiden, The Netherlands | Rail | 10.9 kg | 5.0 °C | 3.8 h | 3.2 mm | 6h 30m |
| Bellinzona, Switzerland | Rail | 12.9 kg | 5.7 °C | 6.6 h | 1.3 mm | 7h 42m |
| Genoa, Italy | Rail | 18.7 kg | 8.3 °C | 6.0 h | 3.2 mm | 10h 48m |
| Sanremo, Italy | Rail | 20.8 kg | 9.6 °C | 7.0 h | 1.8 mm | 11h 30m |
| Bastia, France | Air | 208 kg | 10.3 °C | 7.1 h | 2.1 mm | 4h 36m |
| Alghero, Italy | Air | 267 kg | 11.6 °C | 7.4 h | 2.3 mm | 4h 54m |
| Maó, Spain | Air | 299 kg | 12.5 °C | 8.1 h | 1.2 mm | 5h 6m |
| Bizerte, Tunisia | Air | 360 kg | 13.3 °C | 7.7 h | 1.8 mm | 5h 24m |
| San Pawl il-Bahar, Malta | Air | 413 kg | 14.4 °C | 8.8 h | 1.1 mm | 5h 42m |
| Essaouira, Morocco | Air | 647 kg | 16.0 °C | 9.5 h | 0.3 mm | 6h 54m |
| Taroudant, Morocco | Air | 661 kg | 17.7 °C | 9.5 h | 0.0 mm | 7h |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | Air | 801 kg | 18.8 °C | 9.4 h | 1.8 mm | 7h 42m |
| Maspalomas, Spain | Air | 811 kg | 19.6 °C | 9.6 h | 0.2 mm | 7h 48m |
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 Sanremo (20.8 kg, 9.6 °C) to Bastia (208 kg, 10.3 °C) buys 0.7 °C more warmth for an extra 187 kg — 267 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
MaspalomasSpain811 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
January 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
Places to stay in Maspalomas, Spain, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.
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Other months from Frankfurt
January 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
- 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
- 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
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 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
- Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Frankfurt in January?
Maspalomas, Spain, at 19.6 °C. Reaching it emits 811 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 48m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Frankfurt in January without flying?
Yes. Sanremo reaches 9.6 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 11h 30m (modelled), emitting 20.8 kg CO₂e return — though Maspalomas is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Frankfurt to Maspalomas produce?
811 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.