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Warmest places to go from Paris in April

In April, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Paris is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 28.1 °C across day and night and 11.8 h sun a day, about 8h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Elche, Spain, averaging 17.3 °C across day and night, about 14h 54m each way by train, for about 25× less carbon (35.5 kg CO₂e return against 897 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Paris

Ranked on warmth in April 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, Egypt28.1 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 36m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt27.4 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 24m · 924 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt27.3 °C · 11.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 902 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan25.2 °C · 11.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 880 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain22.1 °C · 11.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 705 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco21.7 °C · 11.5 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 18m · 529 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco20.8 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 538 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco20.2 °C · 12.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 18.5 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 575 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain20.1 °C · 11.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 695 kg CO₂e return
Seville, Spain19.8 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 24m · 363 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Elche is 17.3 °C for 35.5 kg — about 25× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Elche, Spain17.3 °C · 11.2 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 17.0 °Crail ≈ 14h 54m · 35.5 kg CO₂e return
Valencia, Spain16.6 °C · 11.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 16.2 °Crail ≈ 12h 18m · 31.4 kg CO₂e return
Benidorm, Spain16.4 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 17.0 °Crail ≈ 14h 6m · 34.4 kg CO₂e return
Lleida, Spain16.3 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 10h · 24.1 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France15.2 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 14.4 °Crail ≈ 6h 30m · 20.2 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France14.4 °C · 11.3 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 15.4 °Crail ≈ 7h 12m · 20.2 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 Paris in April within 15 hours is Edfu, 27.9 °C, costing 878 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Dieppe at 4.4 kg — 199× less carbon, for 17.8 degrees less warmth.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in April 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 Paris. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, April, departing Paris. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Palma del Rio can only be reached by air — 348 kg CO₂e, in 5h 18m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 40.8 kg in 15h 54m — 9× less carbon for 10h 36m more travelling.

April from Paris — 14 destinations on the frontier, 9 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Dieppe, France	Rail	4.4 kg	10.1 °C	9.0 h	3.0 mm	3h 42m
Tours, France	Rail	6.0 kg	11.0 °C	8.9 h	2.1 mm	2h 36m
La Rochelle, France	Rail	11.8 kg	12.1 °C	9.8 h	2.6 mm	5h 18m
Bordeaux, France	Rail	14.7 kg	12.9 °C	9.6 h	2.2 mm	3h 36m
Montpellier, France	Rail	17.5 kg	14.1 °C	10.5 h	1.9 mm	4h 48m
Perpignan, France	Rail	20.2 kg	15.2 °C	10.4 h	1.3 mm	6h 30m
Lleida, Spain	Rail	24.1 kg	16.3 °C	11.4 h	0.6 mm	10h
Alzira, Spain	Rail	32.5 kg	18.2 °C	11.5 h	0.1 mm	13h 24m
Córdoba, Spain	Rail	39.7 kg	18.6 °C	12.0 h	0.5 mm	14h 36m
Palma del Rio, Spain	Air	348 kg	20.0 °C	11.9 h	0.4 mm	5h 18m
Nefta, Tunisia	Air	434 kg	21.4 °C	10.7 h	0.8 mm	5h 48m
Recani, Morocco	Air	511 kg	23.2 °C	11.7 h	0.0 mm	6h 12m
Zagora, Morocco	Air	546 kg	24.7 °C	12.1 h	0.0 mm	6h 24m
Edfu, Egypt	Air	878 kg	27.9 °C	11.8 h	0.0 mm	8h 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 Córdoba (39.7 kg, 18.6 °C) to Palma del Rio (348 kg, 20.0 °C) buys 1.4 °C more warmth for an extra 308 kg — 220 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

DieppeFrance4.4 kg CO₂e return10.1 °C · 9.0 h sun · 3h 42m by railmild and bright CórdobaSpain39.7 kg CO₂e return18.6 °C · 12.0 h sun · 14h 36m by railwarm, bright and dry

EdfuEgypt878 kg CO₂e return27.9 °C · 11.8 h sun · 8h 30m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

April 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 Paris

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Photo credits

Dieppe: Baidax, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Seville: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Valencia: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Benidorm: Simon Cobb, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lleida: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, 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

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Paris in April?

Edfu, Egypt, at 27.9 °C. Reaching it emits 878 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 30m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Paris in April without flying?

Yes. Córdoba reaches 18.6 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 36m (modelled), emitting 39.7 kg CO₂e return — though Edfu is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Paris to Edfu produce?

878 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.