Warmest places to go from Madrid in October
In October, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Madrid is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 29.1 °C across day and night and 11.0 h sun a day, about 8h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Almería, Spain, averaging 21.5 °C across day and night, about 6h 54m each way by train, for about 74× less carbon (12.2 kg CO₂e return against 902 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in October.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Madrid
Ranked on warmth in October 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, Egypt29.1 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 36m · 902 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt29.0 °C · 10.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 30m · 873 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt28.4 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 30m · 872 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan26.8 °C · 10.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 929 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain24.9 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 5h 54m · 448 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia24.2 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 30m · 380 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia24.1 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 25.9 °Cair ≈ 5h 24m · 357 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain23.9 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 5h 48m · 437 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain23.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.7 °Cair ≈ 5h 48m · 441 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia23.5 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 5h 18m · 340 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Almería is 21.5 °C for 12.2 kg — about 74× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Almería, Spain21.5 °C · 9.3 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 21.1 °Crail ≈ 6h 54m · 12.2 kg CO₂e return
Seville, Spain20.7 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 6.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 3h 54m · 11.5 kg CO₂e return
Benidorm, Spain20.7 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 23.2 °Crail ≈ 4h 54m · 10.9 kg CO₂e return- Elche, Spain20.5 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · 2.1 mm rain a day · sea 23.2 °Crail ≈ 4h 36m · 10.4 kg CO₂e return
Portimão, Portugal19.8 °C · 8.9 h sun a day · 4.0 mm rain a day · sea 20.1 °Crail ≈ 8h 18m · 16.4 kg CO₂e return
Lisbon, Portugal19.3 °C · 8.3 h sun a day · 3.8 mm rain a day · sea 19.2 °Crail ≈ 9h 18m · 14.9 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 Madrid in October within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 29.0 °C, costing 873 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Tomelloso at 4.5 kg — 194× less carbon, for 11.7 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomelloso, Spain | Rail | 4.5 kg | 17.3 °C | 8.5 h | 2.1 mm | 3h 42m |
| Don Benito, Spain | Rail | 7.3 kg | 19.0 °C | 7.5 h | 4.0 mm | 5h 6m |
| Córdoba, Spain | Rail | 8.7 kg | 19.7 °C | 8.1 h | 4.5 mm | 3h 12m |
| Valencia, Spain | Rail | 8.9 kg | 20.6 °C | 8.7 h | 3.1 mm | 3h 6m |
| Gandia, Spain | Rail | 10.1 kg | 21.9 °C | 9.2 h | 2.2 mm | 4h 36m |
| Souk et Tnine Jorf el Mellah, Morocco | Air | 171 kg | 22.7 °C | 9.0 h | 3.6 mm | 4h 24m |
| Taroudant, Morocco | Air | 302 kg | 24.4 °C | 10.2 h | 2.1 mm | 5h 6m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 320 kg | 25.4 °C | 10.0 h | 0.3 mm | 5h 12m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 872 kg | 28.4 °C | 11.0 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 30m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 873 kg | 29.0 °C | 10.9 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 30m |
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 Gandia (10.1 kg, 21.9 °C) to Souk et Tnine Jorf el Mellah (171 kg, 22.7 °C) buys 0.8 °C more warmth for an extra 160 kg — 200 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
TomellosoSpain4.5 kg CO₂e returnwarm overallGandiaSpain10.1 kg CO₂e returnwarm overallSharm el-SheikhEgypt873 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
October 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 Madrid
October 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
- Tomelloso: Zarateman, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, 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
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sfax: Csisc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), 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
- Benidorm: Simon Cobb, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portimão: Jose A., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lisbon: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Madrid in October?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 29.0 °C. Reaching it emits 873 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 30m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Madrid in October without flying?
Yes. Gandia reaches 21.9 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 4h 36m (modelled), emitting 10.1 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Madrid to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?
873 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.