Warmest places to go from Paris in March
In March, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Paris is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 23.4 °C across day and night and 11.2 h sun a day, about 8h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Elche, Spain, averaging 15.6 °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 March.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Paris
Ranked on warmth in March 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, Egypt23.4 °C · 11.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 36m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 902 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 24m · 924 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain21.0 °C · 11.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 705 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan20.8 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 880 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.9 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 695 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 696 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco18.3 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 575 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco18.0 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 18m · 529 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia17.6 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h · 477 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Elche is 15.6 °C for 35.5 kg — about 25× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Elche, Spain15.6 °C · 10.2 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 15.0 °Crail ≈ 14h 54m · 35.5 kg CO₂e return
Valencia, Spain15.1 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 14.3 °Crail ≈ 12h 18m · 31.4 kg CO₂e return
Benidorm, Spain15.0 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 15.1 °Crail ≈ 14h 6m · 34.4 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France13.0 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 13.0 °Crail ≈ 6h 30m · 20.2 kg CO₂e return- Barcelona, Spain12.9 °C · 10.2 h sun a day · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 14.0 °Crail ≈ 8h 12m · 24.5 kg CO₂e return
- Anzio, Italy12.8 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · 3.0 mm rain a day · sea 14.8 °Crail ≈ 13h 54m · 33.9 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 March within 15 hours is Edfu, 23.3 °C, costing 878 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Dieppe at 4.4 kg — 199× less carbon, for 14.5 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in March 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 Almería can only be reached by air — 350 kg CO₂e, in 5h 24m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 41.1 kg in 17h 24m — 9× less carbon for 12h more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieppe, France | Rail | 4.4 kg | 8.8 °C | 6.3 h | 3.2 mm | 3h 42m |
| Angoulême, France | Rail | 11.6 kg | 9.9 °C | 7.3 h | 4.8 mm | 5h |
| Bordeaux, France | Rail | 14.7 kg | 10.8 °C | 7.3 h | 4.5 mm | 3h 36m |
| Montpellier, France | Rail | 17.5 kg | 11.6 °C | 9.2 h | 2.7 mm | 4h 48m |
| Perpignan, France | Rail | 20.2 kg | 13.0 °C | 9.4 h | 1.0 mm | 6h 30m |
| Zaragoza, Spain | Rail | 24.8 kg | 13.5 °C | 9.5 h | 1.2 mm | 9h 36m |
| Castellon, Spain | Rail | 29.6 kg | 14.4 °C | 10.1 h | 0.5 mm | 12h 18m |
| Alzira, Spain | Rail | 32.5 kg | 15.9 °C | 10.1 h | 0.5 mm | 13h 24m |
| Almería, Spain | Air | 350 kg | 16.7 °C | 10.2 h | 1.3 mm | 5h 24m |
| Metlaoui, Tunisia | Air | 425 kg | 17.5 °C | 10.8 h | 0.2 mm | 5h 48m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 435 kg | 18.9 °C | 10.7 h | 0.0 mm | 5h 48m |
| Recani, Morocco | Air | 511 kg | 19.7 °C | 10.7 h | 0.0 mm | 6h 12m |
| Taroudant, Morocco | Air | 567 kg | 20.9 °C | 10.5 h | 0.6 mm | 6h 30m |
| Edfu, Egypt | Air | 878 kg | 23.3 °C | 11.4 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 Alzira (32.5 kg, 15.9 °C) to Almería (350 kg, 16.7 °C) buys 0.8 °C more warmth for an extra 318 kg — 397 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 returncoolAlziraSpain32.5 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dry
EdfuEgypt878 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
March 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
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Other months from Paris
March from elsewhere
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- Barcelona
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- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Lisbon
- Liverpool
- London
- Madrid
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- Milan
- Munich
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Oslo
- Paris
- Prague
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- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stockholm
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Zurich
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
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, 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
- Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Paris in March?
Edfu, Egypt, at 23.3 °C. Reaching it emits 878 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 30m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Paris in March without flying?
Yes. Alzira reaches 15.9 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 24m (modelled), emitting 32.5 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.