Warmest places to go from Newcastle in January
In January, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Newcastle is Maspalomas, Spain, averaging 19.6 °C across day and night and 9.6 h sun a day, about 7h 48m each way by air. Without flying, it is Toulon, France, averaging 9.9 °C across day and night, about 14h each way by train, for about 13× less carbon (62.6 kg CO₂e return against 812 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in January.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Newcastle
Ranked on warmth in January 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.
Maspalomas, Spain19.6 °C · 9.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 812 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.9 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.1 °Cair ≈ 9h 6m · 975 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.8 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 21.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 802 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.3 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 798 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt18.2 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.6 °Cair ≈ 9h 6m · 982 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.1 °C · 9.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 18.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 705 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.8 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 949 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt16.8 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 24m · 1,041 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco16.0 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 18.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 676 kg CO₂e return
Ponta Delgada, Portugal15.2 °C · 7.0 h sun a day · 4.6 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 7h · 663 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Toulon is 9.9 °C for 62.6 kg — about 13× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.
Toulon, France9.9 °C · 7.2 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 14.4 °Crail ≈ 14h · 62.6 kg CO₂e return
Marseille, France8.5 °C · 7.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 14.0 °Crail ≈ 13h 12m · 61.6 kg CO₂e return
Biarritz, France8.4 °C · 5.6 h sun a day · 4.7 mm rain a day · sea 13.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 6m · 58.5 kg CO₂e return
Montpellier, France7.4 °C · 6.9 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 24m · 59.4 kg CO₂e return
Truro, United Kingdom6.5 °C · 4.0 h sun a day · 4.1 mm rain a day · sea 10.8 °Crail ≈ 9h 48m · 46.0 kg CO₂e return
Plymouth, United Kingdom6.5 °C · 4.2 h sun a day · 4.8 mm rain a day · sea 10.9 °Crail ≈ 9h 18m · 43.4 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 Newcastle in January within 15 hours is Maspalomas, 19.6 °C, costing 812 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Preston at 12.2 kg — 67× less carbon, for 14.7 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in January and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget A Coruña can only be reached by air — 347 kg CO₂e, in 5h 18m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 64.3 kg in 22h 36m — 5× less carbon for 17h 18m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston, United Kingdom | Rail | 12.2 kg | 4.9 °C | 3.8 h | 5.0 mm | 3h 42m |
| Ayr, United Kingdom | Rail | 16.0 kg | 6.2 °C | 4.0 h | 4.5 mm | 4h 24m |
| Cherbourg, France | Rail | 38.9 kg | 7.0 °C | 4.1 h | 3.8 mm | 13h 24m |
| Bayonne, France | Rail | 58.4 kg | 8.6 °C | 5.6 h | 4.7 mm | 14h 6m |
| Toulon, France | Rail | 62.6 kg | 9.9 °C | 7.2 h | 1.1 mm | 14h |
| A Coruña, Spain | Air | 347 kg | 10.7 °C | 5.6 h | 6.0 mm | 5h 18m |
| Santa Uxia de Ribeira, Spain | Air | 373 kg | 11.5 °C | 5.5 h | 6.3 mm | 5h 30m |
| Gandia, Spain | Air | 449 kg | 13.0 °C | 7.8 h | 1.0 mm | 5h 54m |
| Ibiza Town, Spain | Air | 453 kg | 13.3 °C | 8.6 h | 0.6 mm | 5h 54m |
| Melilla, Spain | Air | 551 kg | 14.6 °C | 8.6 h | 0.9 mm | 6h 24m |
| Essaouira, Morocco | Air | 676 kg | 16.0 °C | 9.5 h | 0.3 mm | 7h 6m |
| Taroudant, Morocco | Air | 701 kg | 17.7 °C | 9.5 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 12m |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | Air | 802 kg | 18.8 °C | 9.4 h | 1.8 mm | 7h 48m |
| Maspalomas, Spain | Air | 812 kg | 19.6 °C | 9.6 h | 0.2 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 Toulon (62.6 kg, 9.9 °C) to A Coruña (347 kg, 10.7 °C) buys 0.8 °C more warmth for an extra 284 kg — 356 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
PrestonUnited Kingdom12.2 kg CO₂e returngrey and wetToulonFrance62.6 kg CO₂e returncold but brightMaspalomasSpain812 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
January 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 Maspalomas
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Other months from Newcastle
January 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
- Preston: Karl1587, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hurghada: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ponta Delgada: Maximilian Schönherr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Biarritz: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Montpellier: Assembled by DePlusJean, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Truro: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Plymouth: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Newcastle in January?
Maspalomas, Spain, at 19.6 °C. Reaching it emits 812 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 48m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Newcastle in January without flying?
Yes. Toulon reaches 9.9 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h (modelled), emitting 62.6 kg CO₂e return — though Maspalomas is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Newcastle to Maspalomas produce?
812 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.