Warmest places to go from Vienna in February
In February, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Vienna is Maspalomas, Spain, averaging 18.8 °C across day and night and 10.4 h sun a day, about 8h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Brindisi, Italy, averaging 11.0 °C across day and night, about 14h 18m each way by train, for about 36× less carbon (25.1 kg CO₂e return against 896 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in February.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Vienna
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 ≈ 8h 18m · 896 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.6 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 688 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 ≈ 8h 12m · 886 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt17.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 767 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain17.6 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 893 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt17.6 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 698 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.3 °C · 9.1 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 744 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.4 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 7h · 658 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco15.9 °C · 8.8 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 724 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 12m · 896 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Brindisi is 11.0 °C for 25.1 kg — about 36× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.
- Brindisi, Italy11.0 °C · 8.7 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 14h 18m · 25.1 kg CO₂e return
- Taranto, Italy10.9 °C · 8.5 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 14.4 °Crail ≈ 14h 24m · 25.5 kg CO₂e return
- Anzio, Italy10.7 °C · 8.3 h sun a day · 2.6 mm rain a day · sea 15.0 °Crail ≈ 13h 36m · 23.8 kg CO₂e return
- Civitavecchia, Italy10.4 °C · 8.2 h sun a day · 3.0 mm rain a day · sea 14.7 °Crail ≈ 13h 6m · 22.7 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France9.7 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 4.0 mm rain a day · sea 14.1 °Crail ≈ 14h 18m · 25.5 kg CO₂e return
Pula, Croatia8.9 °C · 7.4 h sun a day · 2.5 mm rain a day · sea 12.3 °Crail ≈ 11h 30m · 12.4 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 Vienna in February within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 18.6 °C, costing 688 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Prostějov at 4.4 kg — 156× less carbon, for 14.3 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
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prostějov, Czechia | Rail | 4.4 kg | 4.3 °C | 4.9 h | 1.5 mm | 4h 12m |
| Zalaegerszeg, Hungary | Rail | 4.6 kg | 5.6 °C | 7.0 h | 0.9 mm | 4h 12m |
| Maribor, Slovenia | Rail | 5.7 kg | 6.2 °C | 7.2 h | 1.1 mm | 4h 42m |
| Trieste, Italy | Rail | 10.2 kg | 7.7 °C | 6.4 h | 2.6 mm | 7h |
| Pula, Croatia | Rail | 12.4 kg | 8.9 °C | 7.4 h | 2.5 mm | 11h 30m |
| Piombino, Italy | Rail | 21.9 kg | 10.3 °C | 7.6 h | 2.8 mm | 12h 42m |
| Fondi, Italy | Rail | 23.5 kg | 11.2 °C | 8.5 h | 3.6 mm | 13h 30m |
| Corfu, Greece | Air | 250 kg | 11.9 °C | 8.9 h | 3.1 mm | 4h 48m |
| Bizerte, Tunisia | Air | 333 kg | 13.1 °C | 8.3 h | 1.8 mm | 5h 18m |
| San Pawl il-Bahar, Malta | Air | 345 kg | 13.9 °C | 9.0 h | 2.4 mm | 5h 18m |
| Houmt Souk, Tunisia | Air | 417 kg | 14.7 °C | 9.1 h | 0.9 mm | 5h 42m |
| Zaafarana, Egypt | Air | 639 kg | 15.8 °C | 9.8 h | 0.0 mm | 6h 54m |
| El-Tor, Egypt | Air | 672 kg | 16.7 °C | 9.9 h | 0.1 mm | 7h 6m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 688 kg | 18.6 °C | 10.0 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 Fondi (23.5 kg, 11.2 °C) to Corfu (250 kg, 11.9 °C) buys 0.7 °C more warmth for an extra 227 kg — 324 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
ProstějovCzechia4.4 kg CO₂e returncoolFondiItaly23.5 kg CO₂e returnmild and brightSharm el-SheikhEgypt688 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 Vienna
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Photo credits
- Prostějov: Palickap, 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
- Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pula: Orlovic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Vienna in February?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 18.6 °C. Reaching it emits 688 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 6m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Vienna in February without flying?
Yes. Fondi reaches 11.2 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 30m (modelled), emitting 23.5 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Vienna to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?
688 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.