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Warmest places to go from Prague in October

In October, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Prague is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 29.1 °C across day and night and 11.0 h sun a day, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Pescara, Italy, averaging 19.4 °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 October.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Prague

Ranked on warmth in October 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, Egypt29.1 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 831 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt29.0 °C · 10.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 751 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt28.4 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 787 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan26.8 °C · 10.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 720 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain24.9 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 892 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia24.2 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 6m · 487 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia24.1 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 25.9 °Cair ≈ 5h 48m · 436 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain23.9 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 882 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain23.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.7 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 887 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia23.5 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 5h 42m · 406 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Pescara is 19.4 °C for 25.0 kg — about 33× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Pescara, Italy19.4 °C · 8.7 h sun a day · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 21.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 12m · 25.0 kg CO₂e return
Pesaro, Italy18.9 °C · 7.8 h sun a day · 3.3 mm rain a day · sea 21.3 °Crail ≈ 12h 6m · 20.6 kg CO₂e return
Grosseto, Italy18.7 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 5.6 mm rain a day · sea 22.5 °Crail ≈ 14h 18m · 25.2 kg CO₂e return
Sanremo, Italy18.6 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 6.0 mm rain a day · sea 21.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 24m · 25.4 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France18.3 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 6.0 mm rain a day · sea 21.5 °Crail ≈ 14h 54m · 26.4 kg CO₂e return
Rijeka, Croatia16.9 °C · 7.2 h sun a day · 14.5 mm rain a day · sea 19.9 °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 October within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 29.0 °C, costing 751 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Hoyerswerda at 4.4 kg — 171× less carbon, for 16.7 degrees less warmth.

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

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Taranto can only be reached by air — 275 kg CO₂e, in 5h. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 32.2 kg in 17h 48m — 9× less carbon for 12h 48m more travelling.

October from Prague — 16 destinations on the frontier, 9 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Hoyerswerda, Germany	Rail	4.4 kg	12.3 °C	6.5 h	2.0 mm	4h 12m
Vienna, Austria	Rail	7.5 kg	13.1 °C	7.3 h	1.7 mm	5h 30m
Győr, Hungary	Rail	10.5 kg	13.9 °C	7.6 h	2.4 mm	7h 6m
Siófok, Hungary	Rail	13.1 kg	14.9 °C	7.9 h	2.2 mm	8h 24m
Pordenone, Italy	Rail	14.1 kg	16.3 °C	6.7 h	7.1 mm	8h 54m
Trieste, Italy	Rail	14.6 kg	17.1 °C	7.2 h	10.8 mm	9h 12m
Ravenna, Italy	Rail	19.3 kg	18.2 °C	7.4 h	3.4 mm	11h 24m
Pescara, Italy	Rail	25.0 kg	19.4 °C	8.7 h	1.2 mm	14h 12m
Termoli, Italy	Rail	26.6 kg	20.1 °C	9.0 h	1.2 mm	15h
Taranto, Italy	Air	275 kg	20.9 °C	9.4 h	1.8 mm	5h
Rossano Stazione, Italy	Air	297 kg	21.8 °C	9.5 h	1.4 mm	5h 6m
Monastir, Tunisia	Air	407 kg	23.8 °C	9.4 h	1.0 mm	5h 42m
Sfax, Tunisia	Air	436 kg	24.1 °C	9.5 h	1.5 mm	5h 48m
Tozeur, Tunisia	Air	470 kg	25.4 °C	10.0 h	0.3 mm	6h
Aqaba, Jordan	Air	720 kg	26.8 °C	10.6 h	0.0 mm	7h 18m
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Air	751 kg	29.0 °C	10.9 h	0.0 mm	7h 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 Termoli (26.6 kg, 20.1 °C) to Taranto (275 kg, 20.9 °C) buys 0.8 °C more warmth for an extra 248 kg — 310 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 return12.3 °C · 6.5 h sun · 4h 12m by railmild TermoliItaly26.6 kg CO₂e return20.1 °C · 9.0 h sun · 15h by railwarm overall

Sharm el-SheikhEgypt751 kg CO₂e return29.0 °C · 10.9 h sun · 7h 30m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

October 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 Sharm el-Sheikh

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Photo credits

Hoyerswerda: Frank Weiner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, 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
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sfax: Csisc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), 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 October?

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 29.0 °C. Reaching it emits 751 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 30m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Termoli reaches 20.1 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 15h (modelled), emitting 26.6 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Prague to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?

751 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.