Warsaw · February · warmth

Warmest places to go from Warsaw in February

In February, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Warsaw is Maspalomas, Spain, averaging 18.8 °C across day and night and 10.4 h sun a day, about 8h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Trieste, Italy, averaging 7.7 °C across day and night, about 14h 36m each way by train, for about 36× less carbon (26.6 kg CO₂e return against 951 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Warsaw

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 54m · 951 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.6 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 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 54m · 942 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt17.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 827 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain17.6 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt17.6 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 748 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.3 °C · 9.1 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 6m · 874 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.4 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 698 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco15.9 °C · 8.8 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 8h · 853 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 · 919 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Trieste is 7.7 °C for 26.6 kg — about 36× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.

Trieste, Italy7.7 °C · 6.4 h sun a day · 2.6 mm rain a day · sea 10.1 °Crail ≈ 14h 36m · 26.6 kg CO₂e return
Amsterdam, The Netherlands6.7 °C · 4.0 h sun a day · 3.1 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 32.3 kg CO₂e return
Koblenz, Germany6.5 °C · 4.9 h sun a day · 2.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 28.2 kg CO₂e return
Düsseldorf, Germany6.5 °C · 3.8 h sun a day · 2.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 18m · 29.1 kg CO₂e return
Sopron, Hungary6.3 °C · 7.0 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 10h 6m · 17.6 kg CO₂e return
Heidelberg, Germany5.9 °C · 5.4 h sun a day · 2.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 27.1 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 Warsaw in February within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 18.6 °C, costing 735 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lublin at 4.5 kg — 163× less carbon, for 15.4 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.

Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Warsaw. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, February, departing Warsaw. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Massa 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 35.8 kg in 19h 12m — 9× less carbon for 14h 6m more travelling.

February from Warsaw — 15 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Lublin, Poland	Rail	4.5 kg	3.2 °C	3.6 h	2.1 mm	3h 42m
Tarnobrzeg, Poland	Rail	5.6 kg	4.0 °C	3.7 h	1.9 mm	4h 12m
Wroclaw, Poland	Rail	8.9 kg	4.8 °C	3.8 h	2.4 mm	5h 54m
Trnava, Slovakia	Rail	14.5 kg	5.6 °C	6.6 h	1.1 mm	8h 36m
Szekszárd, Hungary	Rail	19.9 kg	6.4 °C	7.3 h	1.1 mm	11h 6m
Trieste, Italy	Rail	26.6 kg	7.7 °C	6.4 h	2.6 mm	14h 36m
Split, Croatia	Air	258 kg	9.2 °C	8.1 h	3.1 mm	4h 54m
Massa, Italy	Air	306 kg	10.0 °C	7.0 h	4.3 mm	5h 6m
Fondi, Italy	Air	337 kg	11.2 °C	8.5 h	3.6 mm	5h 18m
Corfu, Greece	Air	353 kg	11.9 °C	8.9 h	3.1 mm	5h 24m
San Pawl il-Bahar, Malta	Air	474 kg	13.9 °C	9.0 h	2.4 mm	6h
Houmt Souk, Tunisia	Air	552 kg	14.7 °C	9.1 h	0.9 mm	6h 24m
Zaafarana, Egypt	Air	690 kg	15.8 °C	9.8 h	0.0 mm	7h 12m
El-Tor, Egypt	Air	721 kg	16.7 °C	9.9 h	0.1 mm	7h 18m
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Air	735 kg	18.6 °C	10.0 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 Trieste (26.6 kg, 7.7 °C) to Split (258 kg, 9.2 °C) buys 1.5 °C more warmth for an extra 232 kg — 155 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

LublinPoland4.5 kg CO₂e return3.2 °C · 3.6 h sun · 3h 42m by railcool TriesteItaly26.6 kg CO₂e return7.7 °C · 6.4 h sun · 14h 36m by railcool

Sharm el-SheikhEgypt735 kg CO₂e return18.6 °C · 10.0 h sun · 7h 24m by airwarm, bright and dry

The 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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Photo credits

Lublin: Pankrzysztoff, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, 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
Düsseldorf: Kai Pilger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sopron: Civertan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Heidelberg: Miholz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Warsaw in February?

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 18.6 °C. Reaching it emits 735 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Warsaw in February without flying?

Yes. Trieste reaches 7.7 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 36m (modelled), emitting 26.6 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Warsaw to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?

735 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.