Warmest places to go from Prague in August
In August, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Prague is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.4 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Terni, Italy, averaging 27.2 °C across day and night, about 14h 12m each way by train, for about 33× less carbon (25.0 kg CO₂e return against 831 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in August.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Prague
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 ≈ 7h 54m · 831 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt36.3 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 787 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 30.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 751 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 720 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey33.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 42m · 607 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.7 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 631 kg CO₂e return- Diyarbakir, Turkey32.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 616 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco31.1 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 696 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 697 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia30.5 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 42m · 413 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Terni is 27.2 °C for 25.0 kg — about 33× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Terni, Italy27.2 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · 1.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 25.0 kg CO₂e return
- Grosseto, Italy26.7 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Crail ≈ 14h 18m · 25.2 kg CO₂e return
- Florence, Italy26.6 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · 1.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 42m · 21.9 kg CO₂e return
- Pescara, Italy26.5 °C · 12.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.9 °Crail ≈ 14h 12m · 25.0 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France25.8 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.7 °Crail ≈ 14h 54m · 26.4 kg CO₂e return- Rijeka, Croatia25.6 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · 4.4 mm rain a day · sea 26.1 °Crail ≈ 14h 30m · 15.6 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 Prague in August within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 36.8 °C, costing 821 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Hoyerswerda at 4.4 kg — 187× less carbon, for 16.1 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.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Foggia can only be reached by air — 242 kg CO₂e, in 4h 48m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 28.4 kg in 15h 54m — 9× less carbon for 11h 6m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyerswerda, Germany | Rail | 4.4 kg | 20.7 °C | 10.8 h | 3.1 mm | 4h 12m |
| Brno, Czechia | Rail | 5.5 kg | 21.8 °C | 10.7 h | 2.8 mm | 4h |
| Vienna, Austria | Rail | 7.5 kg | 22.9 °C | 11.2 h | 1.4 mm | 5h 30m |
| Dunajská Streda, Slovakia | Rail | 9.7 kg | 23.4 °C | 11.6 h | 1.3 mm | 6h 42m |
| Pordenone, Italy | Rail | 14.1 kg | 25.6 °C | 11.7 h | 3.7 mm | 8h 54m |
| Padua, Italy | Rail | 16.3 kg | 25.9 °C | 11.9 h | 2.6 mm | 10h |
| Terni, Italy | Rail | 25.0 kg | 27.2 °C | 12.5 h | 1.7 mm | 14h 12m |
| Foggia, Italy | Air | 242 kg | 28.2 °C | 12.7 h | 0.3 mm | 4h 48m |
| Rossano Stazione, Italy | Air | 297 kg | 29.5 °C | 13.0 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 6m |
| Kairouan, Tunisia | Air | 413 kg | 30.5 °C | 12.6 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 42m |
| Nazilli, Turkey | Air | 439 kg | 32.0 °C | 12.9 h | 0.1 mm | 5h 48m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 470 kg | 33.1 °C | 12.4 h | 0.0 mm | 6h |
| Akcakale, Turkey | Air | 618 kg | 34.0 °C | 12.9 h | 0.0 mm | 6h 48m |
| Silopi, Turkey | Air | 665 kg | 35.0 °C | 12.5 h | 0.0 mm | 7h |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 751 kg | 36.0 °C | 12.3 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 30m |
| Kom Ombo, Egypt | Air | 821 kg | 36.8 °C | 11.9 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 54m |
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 Terni (25.0 kg, 27.2 °C) to Foggia (242 kg, 28.2 °C) buys 1.0 °C more warmth for an extra 217 kg — 217 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
HoyerswerdaGermany4.4 kg CO₂e returnwarm but wetTerniItaly25.0 kg CO₂e returnwarm overall
Kom OmboEgypt821 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe 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
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Other months from Prague
August 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
- Hoyerswerda: Frank Weiner, Public domain, 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
- Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Prague in August?
Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 36.8 °C. Reaching it emits 821 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 54m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Prague in August without flying?
Yes. Terni reaches 27.2 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 12m (modelled), emitting 25.0 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Prague to Kom Ombo produce?
821 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.