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Warmest places to go from Lisbon in July

In July, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Lisbon is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.0 °C across day and night and 12.2 h sun a day, about 9h 12m each way by air. Without flying, it is Seville, Spain, averaging 29.3 °C across day and night, about 6h 30m each way by train, for about 107× less carbon (9.3 kg CO₂e return against 998 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Lisbon

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 12m · 998 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt35.9 °C · 13.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.5 °Cair ≈ 9h 6m · 977 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt35.8 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h · 971 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.8 °C · 13.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.2 °Cair ≈ 9h · 971 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia32.8 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 48m · 436 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey32.8 °C · 13.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h · 974 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.2 °C · 13.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,014 kg CO₂e return
Marmaris, Turkey31.9 °C · 13.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 823 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia31.8 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h · 472 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.6 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 4h 42m · 224 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Seville is 29.3 °C for 9.3 kg — about 107× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Seville, Spain29.3 °C · 13.2 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 6h 30m · 9.3 kg CO₂e return
Granada, Spain29.0 °C · 13.5 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 9h 24m · 15.2 kg CO₂e return
Almería, Spain28.7 °C · 13.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.8 °Crail ≈ 11h · 18.4 kg CO₂e return
Madrid, Spain28.1 °C · 14.0 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 9h 12m · 14.9 kg CO₂e return
Portimão, Portugal24.0 °C · 13.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 18.6 °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 July within 15 hours is Zagora, 36.6 °C, costing 247 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Figueira da Foz Municipality at 4.7 kg — 53× 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 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 Lisbon. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

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

July from Lisbon — 9 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal	Rail	4.7 kg	19.6 °C	12.8 h	0.2 mm	3h 48m
Portalegre, Portugal	Rail	4.8 kg	24.2 °C	13.8 h	0.1 mm	3h 48m
Badajoz, Spain	Rail	5.6 kg	27.1 °C	13.8 h	0.0 mm	4h 42m
Mérida, Spain	Rail	7.2 kg	27.9 °C	13.8 h	0.0 mm	5h 30m
Seville, Spain	Rail	9.3 kg	29.3 °C	13.2 h	0.0 mm	6h 30m
Palma del Rio, Spain	Rail	10.5 kg	30.9 °C	13.4 h	0.0 mm	7h 6m
Kasba Tadla, Morocco	Air	183 kg	32.3 °C	12.6 h	0.0 mm	4h 30m
Recani, Morocco	Air	236 kg	36.2 °C	12.1 h	0.0 mm	4h 48m
Zagora, Morocco	Air	247 kg	36.6 °C	12.1 h	0.0 mm	4h 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 Palma del Rio (10.5 kg, 30.9 °C) to Kasba Tadla (183 kg, 32.3 °C) buys 1.4 °C more warmth for an extra 173 kg — 124 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 return19.6 °C · 12.8 h sun · 3h 48m by railwarm, bright and dry Palma del RioSpain10.5 kg CO₂e return30.9 °C · 13.4 h sun · 7h 6m by railwarm, bright and dry

ZagoraMorocco247 kg CO₂e return36.6 °C · 12.1 h sun · 4h 48m 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 Zagora

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Photo credits

Figueira da Foz Municipality: Threeohsix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Zagora: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Seville: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 July?

Zagora, Morocco, at 36.6 °C. Reaching it emits 247 kg CO₂e return, travelling 4h 48m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Palma del Rio reaches 30.9 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 7h 6m (modelled), emitting 10.5 kg CO₂e return — though Zagora is warmer still, if you fly.

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

247 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.