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Warmest places to go from Manchester in September

The warmest place you can reach from Manchester in September within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 33.7 °C, costing 963 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Peterborough at 13.4 kg — 72× less carbon, for 17.5 degrees less warmth.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Manchester

Ranked on warmth in September 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, Egypt34.1 °C · 11.5 h sun a dayair 9h 18m · 1,027 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt33.7 °C · 11.5 h sun a dayair 9h · 963 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt33.6 °C · 11.6 h sun a dayair 9h 6m · 988 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan31.5 °C · 11.4 h sun a dayair 8h 48m · 939 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey27.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a dayair 8h 18m · 909 kg CO₂e return
Adana, Turkey27.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a dayair 8h · 857 kg CO₂e return
Famagusta, Cyprus27.1 °C · 11.4 h sun a dayair 8h 6m · 873 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia27.0 °C · 10.7 h sun a dayair 6h 24m · 553 kg CO₂e return
Rhodes, Greece27.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a dayair 7h 30m · 759 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey26.8 °C · 11.6 h sun a dayair 8h 30m · 869 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Toulon is 21.3 °C for 51.7 kg — about 20× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Toulon, France21.3 °C · 10.6 h sun a dayrail 13h 12m · 51.7 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France21.3 °C · 10.1 h sun a dayrail 14h 18m · 50.7 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France21.2 °C · 10.3 h sun a dayrail 15h · 51.4 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France20.1 °C · 10.3 h sun a dayrail 12h · 48.1 kg CO₂e return
Turin, Italy18.7 °C · 9.6 h sun a dayrail 15h · 48.2 kg CO₂e return
Karlsruhe, Germany18.1 °C · 9.7 h sun a dayrail 13h 12m · 40.7 kg CO₂e return

Rail times are modelled; air times include getting to and through the airport.

The low-carbon trade-off

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in September 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 Manchester. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, September, departing Manchester. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Palma del Rio can only be reached by air — 445 kg CO₂e, in 5h 54m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 67.9 kg in 23h 48m — 7× less carbon for 17h 54m more travelling.

September from Manchester — 18 destinations on the frontier, 8 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Peterborough, United Kingdom	Rail	13.4 kg	16.2 °C	8.1 h	2.9 mm	3h 54m
Cambridge, United Kingdom	Rail	17.1 kg	16.5 °C	8.3 h	3.4 mm	4h 36m
Dunkirk, France	Rail	26.4 kg	17.3 °C	8.8 h	3.0 mm	8h 30m
La Rochelle, France	Rail	38.7 kg	18.7 °C	10.0 h	3.5 mm	13h 6m
Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France	Rail	44.4 kg	19.1 °C	9.9 h	4.0 mm	13h 36m
Avignon, France	Rail	48.1 kg	20.1 °C	10.3 h	3.1 mm	12h
Perpignan, France	Rail	50.7 kg	21.3 °C	10.1 h	1.1 mm	14h 18m
Cannes, France	Rail	51.5 kg	21.7 °C	10.3 h	3.3 mm	15h
Valencia, Spain	Air	393 kg	22.9 °C	10.6 h	3.5 mm	5h 36m
Alzira, Spain	Air	402 kg	23.3 °C	10.1 h	2.4 mm	5h 36m
Palma del Rio, Spain	Air	445 kg	24.4 °C	10.9 h	0.9 mm	5h 54m
Bizerte, Tunisia	Air	510 kg	25.4 °C	10.8 h	0.4 mm	6h 12m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	553 kg	27.0 °C	10.7 h	0.7 mm	6h 24m
Nefta, Tunisia	Air	584 kg	29.6 °C	10.2 h	0.2 mm	6h 36m
Minya, Egypt	Air	912 kg	31.0 °C	11.8 h	0.0 mm	8h 42m
Assiut, Egypt	Air	937 kg	31.6 °C	11.7 h	0.0 mm	8h 48m
Sohag, Egypt	Air	957 kg	32.3 °C	11.7 h	0.0 mm	9h
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Air	963 kg	33.7 °C	11.5 h	0.0 mm	9h

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 Cannes (51.5 kg, 21.7 °C) to Valencia (393 kg, 22.9 °C) buys 1.2 °C more warmth for an extra 342 kg — 285 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

PeterboroughUnited Kingdom13.4 kg CO₂e return16.2 °C · 8.1 h sun · 3h 54m by railwarm overall

CannesFrance51.5 kg CO₂e return21.7 °C · 10.3 h sun · 15h by railwarm but wet

Sharm el-SheikhEgypt963 kg CO₂e return33.7 °C · 11.5 h sun · 9h by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

September 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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Photo credits

Peterborough: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cannes: Jenny Andersson / News Oresund, CC BY 2.0, 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
Sanliurfa: Damien Halleux Radermecker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Adana: Anatolianpride, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Rhodes: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Batman: Ferhat 72 at Turkish Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Avignon: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Manchester in September?

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 33.7 °C. Reaching it emits 963 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Manchester in September without flying?

Yes. Cannes reaches 21.7 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 15h (modelled), emitting 51.5 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Manchester to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?

963 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.