Warmest places to go from Vienna in May
In May, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Vienna is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 31.5 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 7h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Taranto, Italy, averaging 19.4 °C across day and night, about 14h 24m each way by train, for about 30× less carbon (25.5 kg CO₂e return against 767 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in May.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Vienna
Ranked on warmth in May 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, Egypt31.5 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 767 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt31.2 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 18m · 724 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt30.0 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 688 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan28.2 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.5 °Cair ≈ 7h · 658 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco23.0 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 692 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia22.9 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 54m · 445 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco22.5 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 693 kg CO₂e return
Adana, Turkey22.0 °C · 11.6 h sun a day · 3.6 mm rain a dayair ≈ 6h 6m · 498 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus21.9 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 506 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus21.9 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.3 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 513 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Taranto is 19.4 °C for 25.5 kg — about 30× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Taranto, Italy19.4 °C · 11.3 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 17.9 °Crail ≈ 14h 24m · 25.5 kg CO₂e return
- Brindisi, Italy19.0 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Crail ≈ 14h 18m · 25.1 kg CO₂e return
Foggia, Italy18.9 °C · 10.5 h sun a day · 3.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 48m · 22.2 kg CO₂e return- Šibenik, Croatia18.7 °C · 11.5 h sun a day · 4.2 mm rain a day · sea 17.5 °Crail ≈ 13h 42m · 14.7 kg CO₂e return
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina18.5 °C · 10.9 h sun a day · 9.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 16.3 kg CO₂e return- Civitavecchia, Italy18.3 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · 3.4 mm rain a day · sea 18.0 °Crail ≈ 13h 6m · 22.7 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 Vienna in May within 15 hours is Edfu, 31.4 °C, costing 744 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Prostějov at 4.4 kg — 169× less carbon, for 17.1 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in May 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 | 14.3 °C | 10.8 h | 2.6 mm | 4h 12m |
| Zalaegerszeg, Hungary | Rail | 4.6 kg | 15.9 °C | 10.3 h | 3.3 mm | 4h 12m |
| Tata, Hungary | Rail | 4.7 kg | 16.6 °C | 10.9 h | 2.5 mm | 4h 18m |
| Siófok, Hungary | Rail | 5.7 kg | 17.6 °C | 11.3 h | 2.7 mm | 4h 42m |
| Split, Croatia | Rail | 15.4 kg | 18.9 °C | 11.3 h | 5.4 mm | 14h 18m |
| Trani, Italy | Rail | 22.7 kg | 19.5 °C | 11.2 h | 2.8 mm | 13h 6m |
| OEdemis, Turkey | Air | 365 kg | 21.2 °C | 11.7 h | 1.7 mm | 5h 24m |
| Kairouan, Tunisia | Air | 374 kg | 21.8 °C | 11.0 h | 1.7 mm | 5h 30m |
| Gafsa, Tunisia | Air | 417 kg | 22.9 °C | 11.7 h | 1.2 mm | 5h 42m |
| Metlaoui, Tunisia | Air | 422 kg | 23.8 °C | 11.8 h | 0.8 mm | 5h 42m |
| Kebili, Tunisia | Air | 434 kg | 24.9 °C | 11.6 h | 0.3 mm | 5h 48m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 435 kg | 25.8 °C | 11.6 h | 0.6 mm | 5h 48m |
| Al Fayyum, Egypt | Air | 613 kg | 27.1 °C | 12.0 h | 0.0 mm | 6h 48m |
| Minya, Egypt | Air | 643 kg | 28.2 °C | 11.8 h | 0.1 mm | 6h 54m |
| Assiut, Egypt | Air | 671 kg | 29.0 °C | 11.9 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 6m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 688 kg | 30.0 °C | 12.6 h | 0.1 mm | 7h 6m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 724 kg | 31.2 °C | 12.0 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 18m |
| Edfu, Egypt | Air | 744 kg | 31.4 °C | 12.1 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 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 Trani (22.7 kg, 19.5 °C) to OEdemis (365 kg, 21.2 °C) buys 1.7 °C more warmth for an extra 342 kg — 201 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 returnmild and brightTraniItaly22.7 kg CO₂e returnwarm overall
EdfuEgypt744 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
May 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
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Other months from Vienna
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Photo credits
- Prostějov: Palickap, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Adana: Anatolianpride, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Limassol: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Foggia: Orledio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mostar: Ramirez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Vienna in May?
Edfu, Egypt, at 31.4 °C. Reaching it emits 744 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Vienna in May without flying?
Yes. Trani reaches 19.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 6m (modelled), emitting 22.7 kg CO₂e return — though Edfu is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Vienna to Edfu produce?
744 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.