Warmest places to go from Munich in May
In May, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Munich is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 31.5 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Foggia, Italy, averaging 18.9 °C across day and night, about 13h 42m each way by train, for about 35× less carbon (23.8 kg CO₂e return against 821 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in May.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Munich
Ranked on warmth in May 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, Egypt31.5 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 821 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt31.2 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 779 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt30.0 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 750 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan28.2 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 723 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco23.0 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 622 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia22.9 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 48m · 426 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco22.5 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 621 kg CO₂e return
Adana, Turkey22.0 °C · 11.6 h sun a day · 3.6 mm rain a dayair ≈ 6h 36m · 577 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus21.9 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 578 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus21.9 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.3 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 583 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Foggia is 18.9 °C for 23.8 kg — about 35× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Foggia, Italy18.9 °C · 10.5 h sun a day · 3.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 42m · 23.8 kg CO₂e return- Civitavecchia, Italy18.3 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · 3.4 mm rain a day · sea 18.0 °Crail ≈ 11h 42m · 19.8 kg CO₂e return
Pula, Croatia18.2 °C · 11.5 h sun a day · 5.4 mm rain a day · sea 16.3 °Crail ≈ 11h 30m · 11.9 kg CO₂e return- Anzio, Italy18.1 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · 3.7 mm rain a day · sea 18.0 °Crail ≈ 12h 48m · 22.1 kg CO₂e return
Zadar, Croatia18.1 °C · 11.7 h sun a day · 4.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 30m · 15.6 kg CO₂e return
Rome, Italy17.9 °C · 10.8 h sun a day · 3.9 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 May within 15 hours is Edfu, 31.4 °C, costing 800 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Nuremberg at 4.5 kg — 178× less carbon, for 16.7 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuremberg, Germany | Rail | 4.5 kg | 14.7 °C | 10.1 h | 2.5 mm | 2h 36m |
| Bolzano, Italy | Rail | 5.4 kg | 16.9 °C | 9.9 h | 5.5 mm | 4h 42m |
| Pordenone, Italy | Rail | 7.6 kg | 17.6 °C | 9.5 h | 9.5 mm | 5h 42m |
| Fondi, Italy | Rail | 22.7 kg | 18.6 °C | 11.0 h | 5.0 mm | 13h 6m |
| Trani, Italy | Rail | 25.2 kg | 19.5 °C | 11.2 h | 2.8 mm | 14h 18m |
| Sousse, Tunisia | Air | 345 kg | 20.4 °C | 11.1 h | 1.8 mm | 5h 18m |
| Kairouan, Tunisia | Air | 350 kg | 21.8 °C | 11.0 h | 1.7 mm | 5h 24m |
| Gafsa, Tunisia | Air | 388 kg | 22.9 °C | 11.7 h | 1.2 mm | 5h 36m |
| Metlaoui, Tunisia | Air | 392 kg | 23.8 °C | 11.8 h | 0.8 mm | 5h 36m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 404 kg | 25.8 °C | 11.6 h | 0.6 mm | 5h 36m |
| Recani, Morocco | Air | 579 kg | 26.6 °C | 12.1 h | 0.1 mm | 6h 36m |
| Bani Suwayf, Egypt | Air | 679 kg | 27.6 °C | 11.9 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 6m |
| Assiut, Egypt | Air | 725 kg | 29.0 °C | 11.9 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 18m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 750 kg | 30.0 °C | 12.6 h | 0.1 mm | 7h 30m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 779 kg | 31.2 °C | 12.0 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 36m |
| Edfu, Egypt | Air | 800 kg | 31.4 °C | 12.1 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 42m |
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, 19.5 °C) to Sousse (345 kg, 20.4 °C) buys 0.9 °C more warmth for an extra 320 kg — 355 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
EdfuEgypt800 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
May 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 Edfu
Places to stay in Edfu, Egypt, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.
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Other months from Munich
May from elsewhere
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Photo credits
- Edfu: Olaf Tausch, 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
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Adana: Anatolianpride, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Limassol: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Foggia: Orledio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pula: Orlovic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zadar: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rome: Bert Kaufmann from Roermond, Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Munich in May?
Edfu, Egypt, at 31.4 °C. Reaching it emits 800 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 42m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Munich in May without flying?
Yes. Trani reaches 19.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 18m (modelled), emitting 25.2 kg CO₂e return — though Edfu is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Munich to Edfu produce?
800 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.