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Warmest places to go from Stockholm in July

In July, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Stockholm is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.0 °C across day and night and 12.2 h sun a day, about 8h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Warsaw, Poland, averaging 21.4 °C across day and night, about 13h 42m each way by train, for about 40× less carbon (23.9 kg CO₂e return against 957 kg).

Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in July.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Stockholm

Ranked on warmth in July 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, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 54m · 957 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt35.9 °C · 13.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.5 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 868 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt35.8 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 914 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.8 °C · 13.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 894 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia32.8 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 6m · 677 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey32.8 °C · 13.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 18m · 723 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.2 °C · 13.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 24m · 728 kg CO₂e return
Marmaris, Turkey31.9 °C · 13.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h · 655 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia31.8 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 30m · 752 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.6 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 24m · 923 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Warsaw is 21.4 °C for 23.9 kg — about 40× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Warsaw, Poland21.4 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · 2.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 42m · 23.9 kg CO₂e return
Lodz, Poland21.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · 2.1 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 24.9 kg CO₂e return
Kalisz, Poland21.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 24.8 kg CO₂e return
Radom, Poland20.9 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · 2.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 26.6 kg CO₂e return
Dresden, Germany20.6 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return
Leipzig, Germany20.5 °C · 12.1 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 54m · 28.3 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 July within 15 hours is Zagora, 36.6 °C, costing 928 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Örebro at 4.8 kg — 193× less carbon, for 19.8 degrees less warmth.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in July 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 Stockholm. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, July, departing Stockholm. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Trnava can only be reached by air — 306 kg CO₂e, in 5h 6m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 35.9 kg in 19h 30m — 9× less carbon for 14h 24m more travelling.

July from Stockholm — 20 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Örebro, Sweden	Rail	4.8 kg	16.8 °C	12.4 h	4.7 mm	3h 48m
Visby, Sweden	Rail	5.6 kg	17.5 °C	14.1 h	2.2 mm	4h 12m
Riga, Latvia	Rail	13.1 kg	18.4 °C	13.1 h	3.7 mm	12h 30m
Grudziądz, Poland	Rail	19.2 kg	20.0 °C	12.8 h	2.2 mm	11h 24m
Torun, Poland	Rail	20.7 kg	20.4 °C	12.8 h	2.5 mm	12h 12m
Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland	Rail	25.8 kg	21.5 °C	12.7 h	1.6 mm	14h 36m
Brno, Czechia	Air	284 kg	22.5 °C	12.6 h	1.1 mm	5h
Břeclav, Czechia	Air	296 kg	23.2 °C	12.9 h	1.3 mm	5h 6m
Trnava, Slovakia	Air	306 kg	24.2 °C	12.7 h	1.4 mm	5h 6m
Szolnok, Hungary	Air	342 kg	25.1 °C	13.3 h	1.1 mm	5h 18m
Becej, Serbia	Air	385 kg	26.1 °C	13.5 h	1.8 mm	5h 30m
Focşani, Romania	Air	411 kg	26.8 °C	13.0 h	1.2 mm	5h 42m
Pazardzhik, Bulgaria	Air	491 kg	28.3 °C	14.0 h	0.2 mm	6h 6m
Manfredonia, Italy	Air	496 kg	29.2 °C	13.8 h	0.2 mm	6h 6m
Taranto, Italy	Air	528 kg	29.9 °C	13.8 h	0.3 mm	6h 18m
Corinth, Greece	Air	605 kg	31.4 °C	13.6 h	0.1 mm	6h 42m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	677 kg	32.8 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	7h 6m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	722 kg	34.3 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	7h 18m
Tozeur, Tunisia	Air	734 kg	35.6 °C	13.0 h	0.0 mm	7h 24m
Zagora, Morocco	Air	928 kg	36.6 °C	12.1 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 Tomaszów Mazowiecki (25.8 kg, 21.5 °C) to Brno (284 kg, 22.5 °C) buys 1.0 °C more warmth for an extra 259 kg — 259 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

ÖrebroSweden4.8 kg CO₂e return16.8 °C · 12.4 h sun · 3h 48m by railwarm but wet

Tomaszów MazowieckiPoland25.8 kg CO₂e return21.5 °C · 12.7 h sun · 14h 36m by railwarm overall

ZagoraMorocco928 kg CO₂e return36.6 °C · 12.1 h sun · 8h 24m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

July 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 Zagora

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Photo credits

Örebro: Liberaler Humanist (image 1), Arild Vågen (image 2, 3, 4 & 5), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tomaszów Mazowiecki: Warszawska róg Szerokiej w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim, w województwie łódzkim, PL, EU., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Zagora: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, 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
Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, 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
Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Warsaw: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lodz: Sebastian Glapinski platinstudio, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kalisz: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Radom: Witia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dresden: Bgabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Leipzig: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Stockholm in July?

Zagora, Morocco, at 36.6 °C. Reaching it emits 928 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 24m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Stockholm in July without flying?

Yes. Tomaszów Mazowiecki reaches 21.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 36m (modelled), emitting 25.8 kg CO₂e return — though Zagora is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Stockholm to Zagora produce?

928 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.