Warsaw · January · warmth

Warmest places to go from Warsaw in January

In January, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Warsaw is Maspalomas, Spain, averaging 19.6 °C across day and night and 9.6 h sun a day, about 8h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Trieste, Italy, averaging 6.4 °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 January.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Warsaw

Ranked on warmth in January 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, Spain19.6 °C · 9.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 951 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.9 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.8 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 21.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 942 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.3 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt18.2 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 748 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.1 °C · 9.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 18.7 °Cair ≈ 8h 6m · 874 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.8 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 698 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt16.8 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 827 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco16.0 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 18.1 °Cair ≈ 8h · 853 kg CO₂e return
Ponta Delgada, Portugal15.2 °C · 7.0 h sun a day · 4.6 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 42m · 919 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Trieste is 6.4 °C for 26.6 kg — about 36× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.

Trieste, Italy6.4 °C · 5.2 h sun a day · 5.0 mm rain a day · sea 11.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 36m · 26.6 kg CO₂e return
Amsterdam, The Netherlands4.7 °C · 3.8 h sun a day · 3.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 32.3 kg CO₂e return
Emden, Germany4.3 °C · 3.5 h sun a day · 3.3 mm rain a day · sea 6.0 °Crail ≈ 14h · 27.6 kg CO₂e return
Udine, Italy4.3 °C · 5.2 h sun a day · 3.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 26.2 kg CO₂e return
Düsseldorf, Germany3.9 °C · 3.5 h sun a day · 3.0 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 18m · 29.1 kg CO₂e return
Bremerhaven, Germany3.8 °C · 3.0 h sun a day · 3.5 mm rain a day · sea 5.5 °Crail ≈ 12h 42m · 25.0 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 January within 15 hours is Safaga, 18.9 °C, costing 763 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lublin at 4.5 kg — 169× less carbon, for 18.2 degrees less warmth.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in January 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, January, 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.

January from Warsaw — 17 destinations on the frontier, 7 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Lublin, Poland	Rail	4.5 kg	0.7 °C	2.2 h	3.0 mm	3h 42m
Zdunska Wola, Poland	Rail	4.7 kg	1.5 °C	2.9 h	2.1 mm	3h 48m
Wroclaw, Poland	Rail	8.9 kg	2.3 °C	3.5 h	1.7 mm	5h 54m
Oradea, Romania	Rail	17.1 kg	3.4 °C	4.5 h	1.9 mm	13h 36m
Bremen, Germany	Rail	24.4 kg	3.9 °C	3.1 h	3.4 mm	12h 42m
Gorizia, Italy	Rail	26.0 kg	5.1 °C	5.1 h	4.6 mm	14h 18m
Trieste, Italy	Rail	26.6 kg	6.4 °C	5.2 h	5.0 mm	14h 36m
Split, Croatia	Air	258 kg	8.2 °C	6.4 h	6.4 mm	4h 54m
Pescara, Italy	Air	302 kg	8.6 °C	6.0 h	2.8 mm	5h 6m
Massa, Italy	Air	306 kg	9.4 °C	6.1 h	4.8 mm	5h 6m
Brindisi, Italy	Air	330 kg	11.1 °C	7.4 h	1.5 mm	5h 12m
Corfu, Greece	Air	353 kg	11.9 °C	7.1 h	7.1 mm	5h 24m
Cesme, Turkey	Air	402 kg	12.7 °C	7.8 h	3.1 mm	5h 36m
San Pawl il-Bahar, Malta	Air	474 kg	14.4 °C	8.8 h	1.1 mm	6h
Port Said, Egypt	Air	630 kg	15.8 °C	9.5 h	0.4 mm	6h 48m
El-Tor, Egypt	Air	721 kg	17.2 °C	9.9 h	0.0 mm	7h 18m
Safaga, Egypt	Air	763 kg	18.9 °C	10.0 h	0.0 mm	7h 30m

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, 6.4 °C) to Split (258 kg, 8.2 °C) buys 1.8 °C more warmth for an extra 232 kg — 129 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 return0.7 °C · 2.2 h sun · 3h 42m by railgrey and wet TriesteItaly26.6 kg CO₂e return6.4 °C · 5.2 h sun · 14h 36m by railcool

SafagaEgypt763 kg CO₂e return18.9 °C · 10.0 h sun · 7h 30m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

January 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 Safaga

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Photo credits

Lublin: Pankrzysztoff, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Safaga: User:MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 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
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 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
Bremerhaven: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Safaga, Egypt, at 18.9 °C. Reaching it emits 763 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 30m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Trieste reaches 6.4 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 36m (modelled), emitting 26.6 kg CO₂e return — though Safaga is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Warsaw to Safaga produce?

763 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.