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Warmest places to go from Rome in August

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.

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 dayair 7h 6m · 687 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt36.3 °C · 12.0 h sun a dayair 6h 54m · 648 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a dayair 6h 48m · 632 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a dayair 6h 48m · 614 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey33.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a dayair 6h 36m · 580 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.7 °C · 12.8 h sun a dayair 6h 48m · 621 kg CO₂e return
Diyarbakir, Turkey32.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a dayair 6h 42m · 602 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco31.1 °C · 12.2 h sun a dayair 6h 24m · 540 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a dayair 6h 18m · 532 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia30.5 °C · 12.6 h sun a dayair 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 dayrail 6h 54m · 12.6 kg CO₂e return
Corfu, Greece28.3 °C · 12.7 h sun a dayrail 13h 54m · 19.9 kg CO₂e return
Catania, Italy28.2 °C · 12.6 h sun a dayrail 8h 48m · 15.8 kg CO₂e return
Foggia, Italy28.2 °C · 12.7 h sun a dayrail 5h 6m · 7.6 kg CO₂e return

Rail times are modelled; air times include getting to and through the airport.

The low-carbon trade-off

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.

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

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, August, departing Rome. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

August from Rome — 9 destinations on the frontier, 3 without flying.
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

GrossetoItaly4.4 kg CO₂e return26.7 °C · 12.6 h sun · 3h 42m by railwarm, bright and dry Rossano StazioneItaly12.7 kg CO₂e return29.5 °C · 13.0 h sun · 6h 48m by railwarm, bright and dry

Kom OmboEgypt679 kg CO₂e return36.8 °C · 11.9 h sun · 7h 6m by airwarm, bright and dry

The 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

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

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.