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Warmest places to go from Paris in August

In August, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Paris is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.4 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 8h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Madrid, Spain, averaging 28.2 °C across day and night, about 11h 48m each way by train, for about 29× less carbon (31.1 kg CO₂e return against 897 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Paris

Ranked on warmth in August 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, Egypt36.4 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 36m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt36.3 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 24m · 924 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 30.1 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 902 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 880 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey33.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 48m · 804 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.7 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 835 kg CO₂e return
Diyarbakir, Turkey32.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 48m · 818 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco31.1 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 18m · 529 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 538 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia30.5 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 36m · 401 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Madrid is 28.2 °C for 31.1 kg — about 29× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Madrid, Spain28.2 °C · 12.7 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 11h 48m · 31.1 kg CO₂e return
Lleida, Spain27.9 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 10h · 24.1 kg CO₂e return
Albacete, Spain27.3 °C · 12.7 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 13h 48m · 33.8 kg CO₂e return
Cassino, Italy27.3 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 48m · 35.8 kg CO₂e return
Terni, Italy27.2 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · 1.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 31.3 kg CO₂e return
Benidorm, Spain26.8 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 6m · 34.4 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 Paris in August within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 36.8 °C, costing 889 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Dieppe at 4.4 kg — 202× less carbon, for 18.3 degrees less warmth.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in August 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, August, departing Paris. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

August from Paris — 16 destinations on the frontier, 12 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Dieppe, France	Rail	4.4 kg	18.5 °C	10.9 h	2.7 mm	3h 42m
Cambrai, France	Rail	4.7 kg	19.1 °C	10.6 h	2.1 mm	3h 48m
Beaune, France	Rail	8.1 kg	21.2 °C	11.6 h	2.0 mm	4h 12m
Chalon-sur-Saône, France	Rail	8.8 kg	21.9 °C	11.8 h	1.5 mm	4h 36m
Lyon, France	Rail	11.6 kg	23.3 °C	12.0 h	1.3 mm	3h 30m
Aix-les-Bains, France	Rail	13.1 kg	23.6 °C	11.5 h	1.7 mm	5h 18m
Montélimar, France	Rail	15.1 kg	25.2 °C	12.6 h	1.2 mm	5h 48m
Avignon, France	Rail	17.0 kg	25.6 °C	12.6 h	1.3 mm	4h 12m
Cannes, France	Rail	20.4 kg	26.8 °C	12.5 h	1.4 mm	7h 6m
Lleida, Spain	Rail	24.1 kg	27.9 °C	12.8 h	0.3 mm	10h
Aranjuez, Spain	Rail	32.1 kg	28.9 °C	12.8 h	0.4 mm	12h 42m
Córdoba, Spain	Rail	39.7 kg	31.0 °C	12.7 h	0.0 mm	14h 36m
Nefta, Tunisia	Air	434 kg	33.3 °C	12.3 h	0.0 mm	5h 48m
Recani, Morocco	Air	511 kg	34.9 °C	12.0 h	0.1 mm	6h 12m
Zagora, Morocco	Air	546 kg	35.9 °C	12.1 h	0.0 mm	6h 24m
Kom Ombo, Egypt	Air	889 kg	36.8 °C	11.9 h	0.0 mm	8h 36m

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 Zagora (546 kg, 35.9 °C) to Kom Ombo (889 kg, 36.8 °C) buys 0.9 °C more warmth for an extra 343 kg — 381 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 return18.5 °C · 10.9 h sun · 3h 42m by railwarm overall CórdobaSpain39.7 kg CO₂e return31.0 °C · 12.7 h sun · 14h 36m by railwarm, bright and dry

Kom OmboEgypt889 kg CO₂e return36.8 °C · 11.9 h sun · 8h 36m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

August 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

Places to stay in Kom Ombo, Egypt, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Other months from Paris

August from elsewhere

Photo credits

Dieppe: Baidax, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
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
Sanliurfa: Damien Halleux Radermecker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Batman: Ferhat 72 at Turkish Wikipedia, Public domain, 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
Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lleida: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Benidorm: Simon Cobb, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 36.8 °C. Reaching it emits 889 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 36m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Córdoba reaches 31.0 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 36m (modelled), emitting 39.7 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.

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

889 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.