Warmest places to go from Stockholm in February
In February, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Stockholm is Maspalomas, Spain, averaging 18.8 °C across day and night and 10.4 h sun a day, about 9h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, averaging 6.5 °C across day and night, about 14h 48m each way by train, for about 34× less carbon (30.0 kg CO₂e return against 1,017 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in February.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Stockholm
Ranked on warmth in February 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.
Maspalomas, Spain18.8 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.6 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 868 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.0 °C · 10.1 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 20.3 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 1,007 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt17.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 54m · 957 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain17.6 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 1,008 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt17.6 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.5 °Cair ≈ 8h 30m · 881 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.3 °C · 9.1 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 36m · 895 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.4 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 894 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco15.9 °C · 8.8 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 30m · 871 kg CO₂e return
Ponta Delgada, Portugal15.1 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 5.0 mm rain a day · sea 16.9 °Cair ≈ 8h 42m · 914 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Leeuwarden is 6.5 °C for 30.0 kg — about 34× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands6.5 °C · 3.9 h sun a day · 2.8 mm rain a day · sea 6.3 °Crail ≈ 14h 48m · 30.0 kg CO₂e return
Groningen, The Netherlands6.3 °C · 4.0 h sun a day · 2.8 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 28.9 kg CO₂e return- Emden, Germany6.2 °C · 3.9 h sun a day · 3.2 mm rain a day · sea 5.5 °Crail ≈ 13h 30m · 27.7 kg CO₂e return
Enschede, The Netherlands6.1 °C · 3.7 h sun a day · 3.0 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 31.1 kg CO₂e return- Münster, Germany5.9 °C · 3.6 h sun a day · 3.0 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 48m · 30.9 kg CO₂e return
Bremerhaven, Germany5.6 °C · 3.6 h sun a day · 3.0 mm rain a day · sea 5.4 °Crail ≈ 12h 18m · 25.6 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 Stockholm in February within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 18.6 °C, costing 868 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Gävle at 4.7 kg — 185× less carbon, for 20.2 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in February and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Dunkirk can only be reached by air — 340 kg CO₂e, in 5h 18m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 39.9 kg in 19h 36m — 9× less carbon for 14h 18m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gävle, Sweden | Rail | 4.7 kg | -1.6 °C | 4.4 h | 1.6 mm | 3h 48m |
| Linköping, Sweden | Rail | 5.1 kg | 0.6 °C | 3.9 h | 1.4 mm | 4h |
| Visby, Sweden | Rail | 5.6 kg | 1.4 °C | 3.5 h | 1.9 mm | 4h 12m |
| Karlskrona, Sweden | Rail | 11.3 kg | 2.3 °C | 4.1 h | 2.0 mm | 7h |
| Aalborg, Denmark | Rail | 15.9 kg | 3.8 °C | 4.1 h | 2.7 mm | 7h 42m |
| Odense, Denmark | Rail | 18.7 kg | 4.4 °C | 3.9 h | 2.6 mm | 9h 24m |
| Lübeck, Germany | Rail | 22.3 kg | 4.8 °C | 4.0 h | 2.3 mm | 10h 36m |
| Bremerhaven, Germany | Rail | 25.6 kg | 5.6 °C | 3.6 h | 3.0 mm | 12h 18m |
| Leeuwarden, The Netherlands | Rail | 30.0 kg | 6.5 °C | 3.9 h | 2.8 mm | 14h 48m |
| Dunkirk, France | Air | 340 kg | 7.4 °C | 4.5 h | 2.7 mm | 5h 18m |
| Dublin, Ireland | Air | 410 kg | 8.1 °C | 4.3 h | 1.6 mm | 5h 42m |
| Split, Croatia | Air | 443 kg | 9.2 °C | 8.1 h | 3.1 mm | 5h 54m |
| Cannes, France | Air | 480 kg | 10.3 °C | 8.2 h | 3.9 mm | 6h |
| Bastia, France | Air | 488 kg | 10.6 °C | 8.1 h | 2.3 mm | 6h 6m |
| Corfu, Greece | Air | 552 kg | 11.9 °C | 8.9 h | 3.1 mm | 6h 24m |
| Bizerte, Tunisia | Air | 634 kg | 13.1 °C | 8.3 h | 1.8 mm | 6h 54m |
| San Pawl il-Bahar, Malta | Air | 657 kg | 13.9 °C | 9.0 h | 2.4 mm | 7h |
| Melilla, Spain | Air | 774 kg | 14.9 °C | 9.3 h | 1.3 mm | 7h 36m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 868 kg | 18.6 °C | 10.0 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 24m |
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 Leeuwarden (30.0 kg, 6.5 °C) to Dunkirk (340 kg, 7.4 °C) buys 0.9 °C more warmth for an extra 310 kg — 344 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
GävleSweden4.7 kg CO₂e returncoolLeeuwardenThe Netherlands30.0 kg CO₂e returncoolSharm el-SheikhEgypt868 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
February 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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Other months from Stockholm
February from elsewhere
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- Stockholm
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Photo credits
- Gävle: I99pema, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leeuwarden: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hurghada: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ponta Delgada: Maximilian Schönherr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Groningen: Braun & Hogenberg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Enschede: Kleuske, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bremerhaven: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Stockholm in February?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 18.6 °C. Reaching it emits 868 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Stockholm in February without flying?
Yes. Leeuwarden reaches 6.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 48m (modelled), emitting 30.0 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Stockholm to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?
868 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.