Warmest places to go from Stockholm in October
In October, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Stockholm is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 29.1 °C across day and night and 11.0 h sun a day, about 8h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Leipzig, Germany, averaging 12.6 °C across day and night, about 13h 54m each way by train, for about 34× less carbon (28.3 kg CO₂e return against 957 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in October.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Stockholm
Ranked on warmth in October 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, Egypt29.1 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 54m · 957 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt29.0 °C · 10.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 868 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt28.4 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 914 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan26.8 °C · 10.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 894 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain24.9 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia24.2 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 30m · 752 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia24.1 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 25.9 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 701 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain23.9 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 1,007 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain23.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.7 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 1,008 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia23.5 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 671 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Leipzig is 12.6 °C for 28.3 kg — about 34× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Leipzig, Germany12.6 °C · 6.2 h sun a day · 2.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 54m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return
Enschede, The Netherlands12.5 °C · 5.7 h sun a day · 4.1 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 31.1 kg CO₂e return- Münster, Germany12.5 °C · 5.6 h sun a day · 3.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 48m · 30.9 kg CO₂e return
Erfurt, Germany12.5 °C · 6.1 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 30.4 kg CO₂e return
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands12.2 °C · 5.4 h sun a day · 3.8 mm rain a day · sea 14.7 °Crail ≈ 14h 48m · 30.0 kg CO₂e return- Bielefeld, Germany12.2 °C · 5.6 h sun a day · 3.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 29.7 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 October within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 29.0 °C, costing 868 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Gävle at 4.7 kg — 185× less carbon, for 22.5 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in October 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 Győr can only be reached by air — 326 kg CO₂e, in 5h 12m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 38.2 kg in 20h 36m — 9× less carbon for 15h 24m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gävle, Sweden | Rail | 4.7 kg | 6.5 °C | 5.3 h | 2.4 mm | 3h 48m |
| Linköping, Sweden | Rail | 5.1 kg | 8.0 °C | 5.1 h | 2.7 mm | 4h |
| Visby, Sweden | Rail | 5.6 kg | 9.4 °C | 5.4 h | 2.9 mm | 4h 12m |
| Kristianstad, Sweden | Rail | 12.8 kg | 10.2 °C | 5.4 h | 3.2 mm | 7h 48m |
| Copenhagen, Denmark | Rail | 15.4 kg | 11.2 °C | 5.3 h | 2.6 mm | 6h 48m |
| Potsdam, Germany | Rail | 24.5 kg | 12.0 °C | 5.6 h | 2.5 mm | 12h 12m |
| Jena, Germany | Rail | 30.1 kg | 12.9 °C | 6.2 h | 2.3 mm | 14h 42m |
| Győr, Hungary | Air | 326 kg | 13.9 °C | 7.6 h | 2.4 mm | 5h 12m |
| Siófok, Hungary | Air | 348 kg | 14.9 °C | 7.9 h | 2.2 mm | 5h 18m |
| Trento, Italy | Air | 389 kg | 16.4 °C | 7.3 h | 6.1 mm | 5h 36m |
| Trieste, Italy | Air | 389 kg | 17.1 °C | 7.2 h | 10.8 mm | 5h 36m |
| Split, Croatia | Air | 443 kg | 18.9 °C | 9.1 h | 5.1 mm | 5h 54m |
| Pescara, Italy | Air | 477 kg | 19.4 °C | 8.7 h | 1.2 mm | 6h |
| Foggia, Italy | Air | 502 kg | 20.1 °C | 8.8 h | 1.5 mm | 6h 12m |
| Corfu, Greece | Air | 552 kg | 21.1 °C | 9.5 h | 3.8 mm | 6h 24m |
| Milazzo, Italy | Air | 593 kg | 22.5 °C | 9.7 h | 0.6 mm | 6h 36m |
| Monastir, Tunisia | Air | 672 kg | 23.8 °C | 9.4 h | 1.0 mm | 7h 6m |
| Sfax, Tunisia | Air | 701 kg | 24.1 °C | 9.5 h | 1.5 mm | 7h 12m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 734 kg | 25.4 °C | 10.0 h | 0.3 mm | 7h 24m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 868 kg | 29.0 °C | 10.9 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 Jena (30.1 kg, 12.9 °C) to Győr (326 kg, 13.9 °C) buys 1.0 °C more warmth for an extra 296 kg — 296 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 returncoolJenaGermany30.1 kg CO₂e returnmildSharm el-SheikhEgypt868 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
October 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
October 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
- Gävle: I99pema, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, 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
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sfax: Csisc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leipzig: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Enschede: Kleuske, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Erfurt: unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leeuwarden: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Stockholm in October?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 29.0 °C. Reaching it emits 868 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Stockholm in October without flying?
Yes. Jena reaches 12.9 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 42m (modelled), emitting 30.1 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.