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Warmest places to go from Lisbon in February

In February, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Lisbon is Maspalomas, Spain, averaging 18.8 °C across day and night and 10.4 h sun a day, about 5h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Almería, Spain, averaging 14.1 °C across day and night, about 11h each way by train, for about 19× less carbon (18.4 kg CO₂e return against 341 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Lisbon

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 ≈ 5h 18m · 341 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.6 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 9h 6m · 977 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 ≈ 5h 18m · 331 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt17.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 12m · 998 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain17.6 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 5h 18m · 331 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt17.6 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.5 °Cair ≈ 9h 6m · 974 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.3 °C · 9.1 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 4h 42m · 233 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.4 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 9h · 971 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco15.9 °C · 8.8 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 4h 36m · 202 kg CO₂e return
Ponta Delgada, Portugal15.1 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 5.0 mm rain a day · sea 16.9 °Cair ≈ 5h 24m · 364 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Almería is 14.1 °C for 18.4 kg — about 19× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.

Almería, Spain14.1 °C · 9.2 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 15.7 °Crail ≈ 11h · 18.4 kg CO₂e return
Marbella, Spain13.8 °C · 8.6 h sun a day · 2.1 mm rain a day · sea 15.8 °Crail ≈ 8h 24m · 13.2 kg CO₂e return
Portimão, Portugal13.7 °C · 8.9 h sun a day · 1.6 mm rain a day · sea 16.2 °Crail ≈ 4h 6m · 5.4 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 Lisbon in February within 15 hours is Maspalomas, 18.8 °C, costing 341 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Figueira da Foz Municipality at 4.7 kg — 73× less carbon, for 6.8 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.

Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Lisbon. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, February, departing Lisbon. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

February from Lisbon — 6 destinations on the frontier, 3 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal	Rail	4.7 kg	12.0 °C	8.3 h	3.0 mm	3h 48m
Portimão, Portugal	Rail	5.4 kg	13.7 °C	8.9 h	1.6 mm	4h 6m
Roquetas de Mar, Spain	Rail	18.1 kg	14.5 °C	9.2 h	0.4 mm	10h 48m
El Jadida, Morocco	Air	154 kg	15.3 °C	8.6 h	1.9 mm	4h 18m
Taroudant, Morocco	Air	231 kg	17.8 °C	8.9 h	1.6 mm	4h 42m
Maspalomas, Spain	Air	341 kg	18.8 °C	10.4 h	0.6 mm	5h 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 Roquetas de Mar (18.1 kg, 14.5 °C) to El Jadida (154 kg, 15.3 °C) buys 0.8 °C more warmth for an extra 136 kg — 169 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

Figueira da Foz MunicipalityPortugal4.7 kg CO₂e return12.0 °C · 8.3 h sun · 3h 48m by railmild and bright

Roquetas de MarSpain18.1 kg CO₂e return14.5 °C · 9.2 h sun · 10h 48m by railmild and bright

MaspalomasSpain341 kg CO₂e return18.8 °C · 10.4 h sun · 5h 18m by airwarm, bright and dry

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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Photo credits

Figueira da Foz Municipality: Threeohsix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Roquetas de Mar: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
Almería: Javier rodriguez jimenez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portimão: Jose A., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Lisbon in February?

Maspalomas, Spain, at 18.8 °C. Reaching it emits 341 kg CO₂e return, travelling 5h 18m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Lisbon in February without flying?

Yes. Roquetas de Mar reaches 14.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 10h 48m (modelled), emitting 18.1 kg CO₂e return — though Maspalomas is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Lisbon to Maspalomas produce?

341 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.