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Warmest places to go from Munich in September

In September, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Munich is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 34.1 °C across day and night and 11.5 h sun a day, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Foggia, Italy, averaging 23.2 °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 September.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Munich

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 day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 821 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt33.7 °C · 11.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 750 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt33.6 °C · 11.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 779 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan31.5 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.8 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 723 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey27.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 54m · 634 kg CO₂e return
Adana, Turkey27.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a dayair ≈ 6h 36m · 577 kg CO₂e return
Famagusta, Cyprus27.1 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.6 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 589 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia27.0 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 24m · 350 kg CO₂e return
Rhodes, Greece27.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.4 °Cair ≈ 6h · 473 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey26.8 °C · 11.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h · 664 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Foggia is 23.2 °C for 23.8 kg — about 35× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Foggia, Italy23.2 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 42m · 23.8 kg CO₂e return
Anzio, Italy22.7 °C · 10.9 h sun a day · 2.4 mm rain a day · sea 25.0 °Crail ≈ 12h 48m · 22.1 kg CO₂e return
Naples, Italy22.4 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · 3.3 mm rain a day · sea 25.4 °Crail ≈ 14h 6m · 24.7 kg CO₂e return
Rome, Italy22.3 °C · 10.8 h sun a day · 2.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 6m · 20.6 kg CO₂e return
Pula, Croatia21.8 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · 4.8 mm rain a day · sea 24.6 °Crail ≈ 11h 30m · 11.9 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France21.2 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · 3.3 mm rain a day · sea 24.2 °Crail ≈ 10h 36m · 17.6 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 September within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 33.7 °C, costing 750 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Schwäbisch Gmünd at 4.4 kg — 170× less carbon, for 16.6 degrees less warmth.

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 Munich. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, September, 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.

September from Munich — 15 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany	Rail	4.4 kg	17.1 °C	9.6 h	2.5 mm	3h 42m
Bolzano, Italy	Rail	5.4 kg	19.7 °C	9.8 h	6.5 mm	4h 42m
Pordenone, Italy	Rail	7.6 kg	20.6 °C	9.9 h	5.1 mm	5h 42m
Chioggia, Italy	Rail	9.7 kg	21.8 °C	10.1 h	3.2 mm	6h 48m
Foggia, Italy	Rail	23.8 kg	23.2 °C	10.3 h	2.0 mm	13h 42m
Trani, Italy	Rail	25.2 kg	23.7 °C	10.8 h	1.8 mm	14h 18m
Palermo, Italy	Air	283 kg	24.5 °C	11.0 h	2.1 mm	5h
Tunis, Tunisia	Air	318 kg	25.7 °C	10.9 h	0.9 mm	5h 12m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	350 kg	27.0 °C	10.7 h	0.7 mm	5h 24m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	392 kg	27.7 °C	10.5 h	0.3 mm	5h 36m
Tozeur, Tunisia	Air	404 kg	29.4 °C	10.3 h	0.3 mm	5h 36m
Al Fayyum, Egypt	Air	670 kg	30.3 °C	11.7 h	0.0 mm	7h 6m
Assiut, Egypt	Air	725 kg	31.6 °C	11.7 h	0.0 mm	7h 18m
Sohag, Egypt	Air	746 kg	32.3 °C	11.7 h	0.0 mm	7h 30m
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Air	750 kg	33.7 °C	11.5 h	0.0 mm	7h 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 Trani (25.2 kg, 23.7 °C) to Palermo (283 kg, 24.5 °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 return17.1 °C · 9.6 h sun · 3h 42m by railwarm overall TraniItaly25.2 kg CO₂e return23.7 °C · 10.8 h sun · 14h 18m by railwarm overall

Sharm el-SheikhEgypt750 kg CO₂e return33.7 °C · 11.5 h sun · 7h 30m 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

Schwäbisch Gmünd: Vexillum, CC BY 3.0, 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
Foggia: Orledio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rome: Bert Kaufmann from Roermond, Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pula: Orlovic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 33.7 °C. Reaching it emits 750 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 30m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Trani reaches 23.7 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 18m (modelled), emitting 25.2 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.

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

750 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.