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Warmest places to go from Sheffield in June

The warmest place you can reach from Sheffield in June within 15 hours is Edfu, 36.2 °C, costing 996 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Colwyn Bay at 12.1 kg — 82× less carbon, for 21.0 degrees less warmth.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Sheffield

Ranked on warmth in June 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, Egypt36.2 °C · 12.5 h sun a dayair 9h 18m · 1,015 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt35.9 °C · 12.7 h sun a dayair 9h 6m · 977 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt35.4 °C · 13.0 h sun a dayair 8h 54m · 952 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan33.2 °C · 12.9 h sun a dayair 8h 48m · 927 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey30.3 °C · 13.6 h sun a dayair 8h 18m · 896 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey28.5 °C · 13.6 h sun a dayair 8h 24m · 921 kg CO₂e return
Nicosia, Cyprus28.4 °C · 13.7 h sun a dayair 8h · 850 kg CO₂e return
Marmaris, Turkey27.9 °C · 13.7 h sun a dayair 7h 24m · 738 kg CO₂e return
Famagusta, Cyprus27.3 °C · 13.5 h sun a dayair 8h 6m · 860 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia27.2 °C · 11.9 h sun a dayair 6h 24m · 545 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Perpignan is 23.2 °C for 48.0 kg — about 21× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Perpignan, France23.2 °C · 12.3 h sun a dayrail 14h 12m · 48.0 kg CO₂e return
Narbonne, France22.4 °C · 12.2 h sun a dayrail 14h 24m · 46.5 kg CO₂e return
Montpellier, France22.3 °C · 12.5 h sun a dayrail 12h 36m · 45.7 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France22.0 °C · 12.6 h sun a dayrail 11h 54m · 45.4 kg CO₂e return
Turin, Italy20.4 °C · 11.7 h sun a dayrail 14h 54m · 45.4 kg CO₂e return
Karlsruhe, Germany20.0 °C · 12.6 h sun a dayrail 13h 6m · 38.0 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 June 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 Sheffield. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, June, departing Sheffield. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Andujar can only be reached by air — 432 kg CO₂e, in 5h 48m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 63.4 kg in 23h 36m — 7× less carbon for 17h 48m more travelling.

June from Sheffield — 21 destinations on the frontier, 9 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom	Rail	12.1 kg	15.2 °C	11.9 h	1.9 mm	3h 42m
Cambridge, United Kingdom	Rail	13.6 kg	16.4 °C	12.8 h	1.3 mm	3h 54m
Lille, France	Rail	25.4 kg	17.5 °C	12.3 h	2.2 mm	6h 54m
Antwerp, Belgium	Rail	27.6 kg	18.0 °C	12.2 h	2.4 mm	8h 42m
Paris, France	Rail	28.4 kg	18.6 °C	12.1 h	2.8 mm	7h 48m
Bourges, France	Rail	33.8 kg	19.5 °C	12.0 h	3.9 mm	11h 36m
Lyon, France	Rail	40.0 kg	20.4 °C	12.2 h	3.0 mm	11h
Montpellier, France	Rail	45.7 kg	22.3 °C	12.5 h	2.1 mm	12h 36m
Perpignan, France	Rail	48.0 kg	23.2 °C	12.3 h	1.0 mm	14h 12m
Zaragoza, Spain	Air	328 kg	23.4 °C	12.4 h	1.9 mm	5h 12m
Alzira, Spain	Air	399 kg	24.7 °C	12.6 h	0.9 mm	5h 36m
Andujar, Spain	Air	432 kg	25.7 °C	12.6 h	0.9 mm	5h 48m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	545 kg	27.2 °C	11.9 h	0.6 mm	6h 24m
Gafsa, Tunisia	Air	568 kg	28.6 °C	12.5 h	0.3 mm	6h 30m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	568 kg	29.8 °C	12.5 h	0.0 mm	6h 30m
Nefta, Tunisia	Air	576 kg	31.5 °C	12.4 h	0.0 mm	6h 36m
Minya, Egypt	Air	901 kg	32.9 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	8h 36m
Assiut, Egypt	Air	926 kg	33.7 °C	12.5 h	0.0 mm	8h 48m
Sohag, Egypt	Air	946 kg	34.5 °C	12.6 h	0.0 mm	8h 54m
Luxor, Egypt	Air	977 kg	35.9 °C	12.7 h	0.0 mm	9h 6m
Edfu, Egypt	Air	996 kg	36.2 °C	12.6 h	0.0 mm	9h 12m

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 Perpignan (48.0 kg, 23.2 °C) to Zaragoza (328 kg, 23.4 °C) buys 0.2 °C more warmth for an extra 280 kg — 1401 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

Colwyn BayUnited Kingdom12.1 kg CO₂e return15.2 °C · 11.9 h sun · 3h 42m by railwarm overall

PerpignanFrance48.0 kg CO₂e return23.2 °C · 12.3 h sun · 14h 12m by railwarm, bright and dry

EdfuEgypt996 kg CO₂e return36.2 °C · 12.6 h sun · 9h 12m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

June 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 Edfu

Places to stay in Edfu, Egypt, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Photo credits

Colwyn Bay: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Edfu: Olaf Tausch, 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
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
Marmaris: Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Narbonne: Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Montpellier: Assembled by DePlusJean, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Avignon: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Sheffield in June?

Edfu, Egypt, at 36.2 °C. Reaching it emits 996 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h 12m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Sheffield in June without flying?

Yes. Perpignan reaches 23.2 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 12m (modelled), emitting 48.0 kg CO₂e return — though Edfu is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Sheffield to Edfu produce?

996 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.