Warmest places to go from Lisbon in March
In March, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Lisbon is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 23.4 °C across day and night and 11.2 h sun a day, about 9h 12m each way by air. Without flying, it is Almería, Spain, averaging 16.7 °C across day and night, about 11h each way by train, for about 54× less carbon (18.4 kg CO₂e return against 998 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in March.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Lisbon
Ranked on warmth in March 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, Egypt23.4 °C · 11.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 12m · 998 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 9h 6m · 977 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h · 971 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain21.0 °C · 11.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 5h 18m · 341 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan20.8 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 9h · 971 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.9 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 5h 18m · 331 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 5h 18m · 331 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco18.3 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 4h 42m · 233 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco18.0 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 4h 36m · 200 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia17.6 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h · 472 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Almería is 16.7 °C for 18.4 kg — about 54× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Almería, Spain16.7 °C · 10.2 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 15.5 °Crail ≈ 11h · 18.4 kg CO₂e return- Marbella, Spain15.7 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · 3.4 mm rain a day · sea 15.6 °Crail ≈ 8h 24m · 13.2 kg CO₂e return
- Elche, Spain15.6 °C · 10.2 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 15.0 °Crail ≈ 12h 36m · 21.7 kg CO₂e return
Seville, Spain15.5 °C · 8.7 h sun a day · 2.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 6h 30m · 9.3 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 Lisbon in March within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 23.6 °C, costing 994 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Figueira da Foz Municipality at 4.7 kg — 211× less carbon, for 10.5 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal | Rail | 4.7 kg | 13.1 °C | 8.7 h | 4.4 mm | 3h 48m |
| Portimão, Portugal | Rail | 5.4 kg | 14.8 °C | 9.5 h | 2.7 mm | 4h 6m |
| Málaga, Spain | Rail | 13.9 kg | 16.4 °C | 9.6 h | 2.7 mm | 8h 48m |
| Almuñécar, Spain | Rail | 15.6 kg | 17.1 °C | 9.8 h | 4.2 mm | 9h 36m |
| Marrakesh, Morocco | Air | 200 kg | 18.0 °C | 10.3 h | 0.7 mm | 4h 36m |
| Oulad Barhil, Morocco | Air | 227 kg | 19.5 °C | 10.2 h | 0.5 mm | 4h 42m |
| Taroudant, Morocco | Air | 231 kg | 20.9 °C | 10.5 h | 0.6 mm | 4h 42m |
| Al Waqf, Egypt | Air | 962 kg | 22.4 °C | 11.4 h | 0.0 mm | 9h |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 971 kg | 22.7 °C | 11.4 h | 0.0 mm | 9h |
| Kom Ombo, Egypt | Air | 994 kg | 23.6 °C | 11.3 h | 0.0 mm | 9h 12m |
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 Taroudant (231 kg, 20.9 °C) to Al Waqf (962 kg, 22.4 °C) buys 1.5 °C more warmth for an extra 731 kg — 487 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 returnmild and bright
AlmuñécarSpain15.6 kg CO₂e returnwarm but wet
Kom OmboEgypt994 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
March 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 Kom Ombo
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Other months from Lisbon
March 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
- Figueira da Foz Municipality: Threeohsix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Almuñécar: Zarateman, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kom Ombo: Jerzy Strzelecki, 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
- 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
- Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Almería: Javier rodriguez jimenez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Seville: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Lisbon in March?
Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 23.6 °C. Reaching it emits 994 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h 12m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Lisbon in March without flying?
Yes. Almuñécar reaches 17.1 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 9h 36m (modelled), emitting 15.6 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Lisbon to Kom Ombo produce?
994 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.