Warmest places to go from Frankfurt in November
In November, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Frankfurt is Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, averaging 24.6 °C across day and night and 10.3 h sun a day, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Civitavecchia, Italy, averaging 14.7 °C across day and night, about 15h each way by train, for about 30× less carbon (27.3 kg CO₂e return against 826 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in November.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Frankfurt
Ranked on warmth in November 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.
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt24.6 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 54m · 826 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt23.4 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 54m · 834 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt23.2 °C · 10.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 898 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain22.9 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 811 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan22.3 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 799 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain22.0 °C · 9.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 801 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain21.6 °C · 9.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 804 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco20.9 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 19.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 671 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco19.6 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 54m · 647 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco19.2 °C · 9.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 623 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Civitavecchia is 14.7 °C for 27.3 kg — about 30× less carbon than flying to Sharm el-Sheikh.
- Civitavecchia, Italy14.7 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 20.1 °Crail ≈ 15h · 27.3 kg CO₂e return
- Barcelona, Spain14.3 °C · 7.5 h sun a day · 1.7 mm rain a day · sea 18.2 °Crail ≈ 13h 12m · 32.3 kg CO₂e return
- Bilbao, Spain13.6 °C · 6.1 h sun a day · 5.1 mm rain a day · sea 17.1 °Crail ≈ 13h 24m · 34.4 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France13.4 °C · 7.7 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 17.9 °Crail ≈ 10h 24m · 23.8 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France13.2 °C · 7.6 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 17.8 °Crail ≈ 11h 30m · 27.6 kg CO₂e return
Girona, Spain13.1 °C · 7.4 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 13h 12m · 29.8 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 November within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 24.6 °C, costing 826 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Eisenach at 4.4 kg — 188× less carbon, for 19.1 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in November and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Milazzo can only be reached by air — 357 kg CO₂e, in 5h 24m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 41.9 kg in 21h 6m — 9× less carbon for 15h 42m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenach, Germany | Rail | 4.4 kg | 5.5 °C | 3.7 h | 2.2 mm | 3h 42m |
| Cologne, Germany | Rail | 4.5 kg | 7.4 °C | 3.7 h | 3.5 mm | 2h 36m |
| Middelburg, The Netherlands | Rail | 11.5 kg | 8.6 °C | 3.7 h | 4.5 mm | 6h 54m |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer, France | Rail | 14.9 kg | 9.5 °C | 3.6 h | 6.0 mm | 8h 18m |
| Trieste, Italy | Rail | 18.4 kg | 10.3 °C | 6.6 h | 4.8 mm | 10h 42m |
| Genoa, Italy | Rail | 18.7 kg | 11.8 °C | 7.1 h | 3.1 mm | 10h 48m |
| Imperia, Italy | Rail | 20.5 kg | 12.9 °C | 7.5 h | 1.3 mm | 11h 24m |
| Piombino, Italy | Rail | 24.0 kg | 14.3 °C | 7.7 h | 2.1 mm | 13h 24m |
| Alghero, Italy | Air | 267 kg | 16.2 °C | 8.2 h | 2.0 mm | 4h 54m |
| Maó, Spain | Air | 299 kg | 17.2 °C | 7.9 h | 0.9 mm | 5h 6m |
| Milazzo, Italy | Air | 357 kg | 18.5 °C | 8.4 h | 5.4 mm | 5h 24m |
| Houmt Souk, Tunisia | Air | 456 kg | 20.3 °C | 9.6 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 54m |
| Taroudant, Morocco | Air | 661 kg | 22.2 °C | 9.6 h | 0.2 mm | 7h |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 826 kg | 24.6 °C | 10.3 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 54m |
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 Piombino (24.0 kg, 14.3 °C) to Alghero (267 kg, 16.2 °C) buys 1.9 °C more warmth for an extra 243 kg — 128 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
Sharm el-SheikhEgypt826 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
November 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 Frankfurt
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Photo credits
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hurghada: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Girona: Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Frankfurt in November?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 24.6 °C. Reaching it emits 826 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 54m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Frankfurt in November without flying?
Yes. Piombino reaches 14.3 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 24m (modelled), emitting 24.0 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Frankfurt to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?
826 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.