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Warmest places to go from Munich in March

In March, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Munich is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 23.4 °C across day and night and 11.2 h sun a day, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Perpignan, France, averaging 13.0 °C across day and night, about 13h 36m each way by train, for about 31× less carbon (26.8 kg CO₂e return against 821 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Munich

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 ≈ 7h 54m · 821 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 750 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 779 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain21.0 °C · 11.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 819 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan20.8 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 723 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 ≈ 7h 48m · 809 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 814 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco18.3 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 671 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco18.0 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 621 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia17.6 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 48m · 426 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Perpignan is 13.0 °C for 26.8 kg — about 31× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Perpignan, France13.0 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 13.0 °Crail ≈ 13h 36m · 26.8 kg CO₂e return
Anzio, Italy12.8 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · 3.0 mm rain a day · sea 14.8 °Crail ≈ 12h 48m · 22.1 kg CO₂e return
Civitavecchia, Italy12.7 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · 2.7 mm rain a day · sea 14.5 °Crail ≈ 11h 42m · 19.8 kg CO₂e return
Naples, Italy12.5 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · 2.9 mm rain a day · sea 14.9 °Crail ≈ 14h 6m · 24.7 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France12.2 °C · 9.2 h sun a day · 4.3 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 10h 36m · 17.6 kg CO₂e return
Rome, Italy12.2 °C · 9.2 h sun a day · 3.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 6m · 20.6 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 Munich in March within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 23.6 °C, costing 813 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Schwäbisch Gmünd at 4.4 kg — 185× less carbon, for 15.9 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.

Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Munich. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, March, departing Munich. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Palermo can only be reached by air — 283 kg CO₂e, in 5h. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 33.2 kg in 18h 12m — 9× less carbon for 13h 12m more travelling.

March from Munich — 16 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany	Rail	4.4 kg	7.7 °C	6.6 h	3.1 mm	3h 42m
Bolzano, Italy	Rail	5.4 kg	9.7 °C	8.3 h	3.3 mm	4h 42m
Trieste, Italy	Rail	9.5 kg	10.7 °C	7.9 h	4.5 mm	6h 42m
Pula, Croatia	Rail	11.9 kg	11.5 °C	8.7 h	3.5 mm	11h 30m
Cannes, France	Rail	18.3 kg	12.6 °C	9.3 h	5.0 mm	11h
Trani, Italy	Rail	25.2 kg	13.6 °C	9.8 h	2.8 mm	14h 18m
Palermo, Italy	Air	283 kg	14.4 °C	10.4 h	2.1 mm	5h
Dar Chabanne, Tunisia	Air	327 kg	15.2 °C	10.6 h	0.6 mm	5h 12m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	350 kg	16.8 °C	10.6 h	0.2 mm	5h 24m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	392 kg	17.5 °C	10.8 h	0.2 mm	5h 36m
Gabes, Tunisia	Air	400 kg	18.3 °C	10.7 h	0.1 mm	5h 36m
Recani, Morocco	Air	579 kg	19.7 °C	10.7 h	0.0 mm	6h 36m
Taroudant, Morocco	Air	659 kg	20.9 °C	10.5 h	0.6 mm	7h
Akhmim, Egypt	Air	747 kg	21.7 °C	11.4 h	0.0 mm	7h 30m
Luxor, Egypt	Air	779 kg	22.7 °C	11.4 h	0.0 mm	7h 36m
Kom Ombo, Egypt	Air	813 kg	23.6 °C	11.3 h	0.0 mm	7h 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 Trani (25.2 kg, 13.6 °C) to Palermo (283 kg, 14.4 °C) buys 0.8 °C more warmth for an extra 257 kg — 322 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

Schwäbisch GmündGermany4.4 kg CO₂e return7.7 °C · 6.6 h sun · 3h 42m by railcool TraniItaly25.2 kg CO₂e return13.6 °C · 9.8 h sun · 14h 18m by railmild and bright

Kom OmboEgypt813 kg CO₂e return23.6 °C · 11.3 h sun · 7h 48m by airwarm, bright and dry

The 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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Photo credits

Schwäbisch Gmünd: Vexillum, CC BY 3.0, 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
Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Rome: Bert Kaufmann from Roermond, Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Munich in March?

Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 23.6 °C. Reaching it emits 813 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 48m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Munich in March without flying?

Yes. Trani reaches 13.6 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 18m (modelled), emitting 25.2 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Munich to Kom Ombo produce?

813 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.