Warmest places to go from Milan in December
In December, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Milan is Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, averaging 20.4 °C across day and night and 9.7 h sun a day, about 7h 24m each way by air. Without flying, it is Trapani, Italy, averaging 13.6 °C across day and night, about 11h 18m each way by train, for about 29× less carbon (25.8 kg CO₂e return against 742 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in December.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Milan
Ranked on warmth in December 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.
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt20.4 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 742 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt19.9 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 747 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain19.7 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.9 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 739 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain19.1 °C · 9.3 h sun a day · 2.8 mm rain a day · sea 21.9 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 729 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.9 °C · 9.3 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 22.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt18.7 °C · 10.1 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 48m · 803 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan18.0 °C · 9.2 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 720 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.4 °C · 9.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 588 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco16.4 °C · 9.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 18.4 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 567 kg CO₂e return
Ponta Delgada, Portugal15.8 °C · 7.0 h sun a day · 4.1 mm rain a day · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 754 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Trapani is 13.6 °C for 25.8 kg — about 29× less carbon than flying to Sharm el-Sheikh.
- Trapani, Italy13.6 °C · 7.2 h sun a day · 3.1 mm rain a day · sea 17.7 °Crail ≈ 11h 18m · 25.8 kg CO₂e return
- Messina, Italy12.6 °C · 7.3 h sun a day · 2.4 mm rain a day · sea 18.6 °Crail ≈ 10h 54m · 28.5 kg CO₂e return
- Catania, Italy12.6 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 17.9 °Crail ≈ 11h 48m · 29.9 kg CO₂e return
Agrigento, Italy11.7 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 17.6 °Crail ≈ 12h 6m · 28.8 kg CO₂e return- Reus, Spain10.4 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 16.2 °Crail ≈ 13h 30m · 23.9 kg CO₂e return
- Barcelona, Spain9.7 °C · 7.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 15.8 °Crail ≈ 12h 18m · 21.4 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 Milan in December within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 20.4 °C, costing 742 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Carpi at 4.5 kg — 165× less carbon, for 16.2 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpi, Italy | Rail | 4.5 kg | 4.2 °C | 5.1 h | 1.8 mm | 3h 42m |
| La Spezia, Italy | Rail | 4.7 kg | 8.0 °C | 5.7 h | 3.0 mm | 3h 48m |
| Imperia, Italy | Rail | 5.8 kg | 9.8 °C | 7.2 h | 1.2 mm | 4h 24m |
| La Seyne-sur-Mer, France | Rail | 11.0 kg | 10.3 °C | 7.4 h | 1.3 mm | 7h 24m |
| Fondi, Italy | Rail | 16.8 kg | 11.2 °C | 7.3 h | 2.4 mm | 6h 24m |
| Palermo, Italy | Rail | 26.2 kg | 13.8 °C | 7.5 h | 3.9 mm | 10h 54m |
| Milazzo, Italy | Rail | 28.0 kg | 14.7 °C | 7.1 h | 8.2 mm | 10h 42m |
| San Pawl il-Bahar, Malta | Air | 288 kg | 16.0 °C | 7.9 h | 1.3 mm | 5h |
| Taroudant, Morocco | Air | 576 kg | 17.9 °C | 8.9 h | 0.3 mm | 6h 36m |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | Air | 729 kg | 19.1 °C | 9.3 h | 2.8 mm | 7h 24m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 742 kg | 20.4 °C | 9.7 h | 0.1 mm | 7h 24m |
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 Milazzo (28.0 kg, 14.7 °C) to San Pawl il-Bahar (288 kg, 16.0 °C) buys 1.3 °C more warmth for an extra 260 kg — 200 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
Sharm el-SheikhEgypt742 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
December 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 Milan
December 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
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hurghada: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ponta Delgada: Maximilian Schönherr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agrigento: jschoenhofer, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Milan in December?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 20.4 °C. Reaching it emits 742 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Milan in December without flying?
Yes. Milazzo reaches 14.7 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 10h 42m (modelled), emitting 28.0 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Milan to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?
742 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.