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Warmest places to go from Prague in March

In March, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Prague is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 23.4 °C across day and night and 11.2 h sun a day, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Nice, France, averaging 12.2 °C across day and night, about 14h 54m each way by train, for about 31× less carbon (26.4 kg CO₂e return against 831 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Prague

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 ≈ 7h 54m · 831 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 751 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 787 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain21.0 °C · 11.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 892 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan20.8 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 720 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 ≈ 8h 12m · 882 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 887 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco18.3 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 745 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco18.0 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 696 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia17.6 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 6m · 487 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Nice is 12.2 °C for 26.4 kg — about 31× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Nice, France12.2 °C · 9.2 h sun a day · 4.3 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 14h 54m · 26.4 kg CO₂e return
Sanremo, Italy12.1 °C · 9.2 h sun a day · 3.6 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 14h 24m · 25.4 kg CO₂e return
Pesaro, Italy12.1 °C · 8.6 h sun a day · 2.4 mm rain a day · sea 12.3 °Crail ≈ 12h 6m · 20.6 kg CO₂e return
Pescara, Italy12.0 °C · 9.3 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 13.3 °Crail ≈ 14h 12m · 25.0 kg CO₂e return
Genoa, Italy11.8 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 5.9 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 12h 54m · 22.3 kg CO₂e return
Rijeka, Croatia10.5 °C · 7.3 h sun a day · 7.0 mm rain a day · sea 11.8 °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 March within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 23.6 °C, costing 821 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Hoyerswerda at 4.4 kg — 187× less carbon, for 16.6 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.

Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Prague. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, March, departing Prague. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Syracuse can only be reached by air — 364 kg CO₂e, in 5h 24m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 42.7 kg in 22h 54m — 9× less carbon for 17h 30m more travelling.

March from Prague — 17 destinations on the frontier, 7 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Hoyerswerda, Germany	Rail	4.4 kg	7.0 °C	7.0 h	1.7 mm	4h 12m
Vienna, Austria	Rail	7.5 kg	8.2 °C	8.0 h	1.4 mm	5h 30m
Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	Rail	11.9 kg	8.9 °C	8.0 h	2.1 mm	7h 48m
Pordenone, Italy	Rail	14.1 kg	10.3 °C	7.4 h	4.0 mm	8h 54m
Trieste, Italy	Rail	14.6 kg	10.7 °C	7.9 h	4.5 mm	9h 12m
Rimini, Italy	Rail	20.2 kg	11.6 °C	8.7 h	2.7 mm	11h 54m
Piombino, Italy	Rail	25.1 kg	12.6 °C	9.2 h	2.6 mm	14h 18m
Trani, Italy	Air	249 kg	13.6 °C	9.8 h	2.8 mm	4h 48m
Syracuse, Italy	Air	364 kg	14.6 °C	10.8 h	0.9 mm	5h 24m
Sliema, Malta	Air	397 kg	15.5 °C	11.0 h	0.5 mm	5h 36m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	413 kg	16.8 °C	10.6 h	0.2 mm	5h 42m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	458 kg	17.5 °C	10.8 h	0.2 mm	5h 54m
Gabes, Tunisia	Air	462 kg	18.3 °C	10.7 h	0.1 mm	5h 54m
Bani Suwayf, Egypt	Air	685 kg	20.1 °C	11.1 h	0.1 mm	7h 6m
El-Tor, Egypt	Air	735 kg	20.9 °C	11.4 h	0.1 mm	7h 24m
Luxor, Egypt	Air	787 kg	22.7 °C	11.4 h	0.0 mm	7h 42m
Kom Ombo, Egypt	Air	821 kg	23.6 °C	11.3 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 Piombino (25.1 kg, 12.6 °C) to Trani (249 kg, 13.6 °C) buys 1.0 °C more warmth for an extra 224 kg — 224 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 return7.0 °C · 7.0 h sun · 4h 12m by railcold but bright PiombinoItaly25.1 kg CO₂e return12.6 °C · 9.2 h sun · 14h 18m by railmild and bright

Kom OmboEgypt821 kg CO₂e return23.6 °C · 11.3 h sun · 7h 54m by airwarm, bright and dry

The 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 Kom Ombo

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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
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
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Prague in March?

Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 23.6 °C. Reaching it emits 821 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 54m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Prague in March without flying?

Yes. Piombino reaches 12.6 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 18m (modelled), emitting 25.1 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.