Warmest places to go from Rome in August
In August, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Rome is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.4 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 7h 6m each way by air. Without flying, it is Taranto, Italy, averaging 28.5 °C across day and night, about 6h 54m each way by train, for about 55× less carbon (12.6 kg CO₂e return against 687 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in August.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Rome
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 6m · 687 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt36.3 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 54m · 648 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 30.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 632 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 614 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey33.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 36m · 580 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.7 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 621 kg CO₂e return- Diyarbakir, Turkey32.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 42m · 602 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco31.1 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 540 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 18m · 532 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia30.5 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 4h 30m · 182 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Taranto is 28.5 °C for 12.6 kg — about 55× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Taranto, Italy28.5 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.8 °Crail ≈ 6h 54m · 12.6 kg CO₂e return
Corfu, Greece28.3 °C · 12.7 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 26.7 °Crail ≈ 13h 54m · 19.9 kg CO₂e return- Catania, Italy28.2 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.6 °Crail ≈ 8h 48m · 15.8 kg CO₂e return
Foggia, Italy28.2 °C · 12.7 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 5h 6m · 7.6 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 Rome in August within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 36.8 °C, costing 679 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Grosseto at 4.4 kg — 154× less carbon, for 10.1 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
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosseto, Italy | Rail | 4.4 kg | 26.7 °C | 12.6 h | 0.9 mm | 3h 42m |
| Foggia, Italy | Rail | 7.6 kg | 28.2 °C | 12.7 h | 0.3 mm | 5h 6m |
| Rossano Stazione, Italy | Rail | 12.7 kg | 29.5 °C | 13.0 h | 0.4 mm | 6h 48m |
| Kairouan, Tunisia | Air | 182 kg | 30.5 °C | 12.6 h | 0.4 mm | 4h 30m |
| Kebili, Tunisia | Air | 242 kg | 31.9 °C | 12.5 h | 0.1 mm | 4h 48m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 243 kg | 33.1 °C | 12.4 h | 0.0 mm | 4h 48m |
| Recani, Morocco | Air | 478 kg | 34.9 °C | 12.0 h | 0.1 mm | 6h |
| Zagora, Morocco | Air | 524 kg | 35.9 °C | 12.1 h | 0.0 mm | 6h 18m |
| Kom Ombo, Egypt | Air | 679 kg | 36.8 °C | 11.9 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 6m |
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 (524 kg, 35.9 °C) to Kom Ombo (679 kg, 36.8 °C) buys 0.9 °C more warmth for an extra 155 kg — 173 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
Kom OmboEgypt679 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
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 Rome
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
- 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
- Corfu: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Foggia: Orledio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Rome in August?
Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 36.8 °C. Reaching it emits 679 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 6m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Rome in August without flying?
Yes. Rossano Stazione reaches 29.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 6h 48m (modelled), emitting 12.7 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Rome to Kom Ombo produce?
679 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.