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Warmest places to go from Warsaw in March

In March, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Warsaw is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 23.4 °C across day and night and 11.2 h sun a day, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Trieste, Italy, averaging 10.7 °C across day and night, about 14h 36m each way by train, for about 31× less carbon (26.6 kg CO₂e return against 827 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Warsaw

Ranked on warmth in March 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, Egypt23.4 °C · 11.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 827 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain21.0 °C · 11.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 951 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan20.8 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 698 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.9 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 942 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco18.3 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 8h 6m · 874 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco18.0 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 824 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia17.6 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 36m · 581 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Trieste is 10.7 °C for 26.6 kg — about 31× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Trieste, Italy10.7 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 4.5 mm rain a day · sea 11.5 °Crail ≈ 14h 36m · 26.6 kg CO₂e return
Udine, Italy9.6 °C · 7.3 h sun a day · 5.1 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 26.2 kg CO₂e return
Szeged, Hungary9.1 °C · 8.5 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 11h 6m · 19.7 kg CO₂e return
Sopron, Hungary8.8 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 10h 6m · 17.6 kg CO₂e return
Győr, Hungary8.8 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 9h 30m · 16.5 kg CO₂e return
Novo Mesto, Slovenia8.8 °C · 7.8 h sun a day · 3.1 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 30m · 24.5 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 March within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 23.6 °C, costing 817 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lublin at 4.5 kg — 181× less carbon, for 18.5 degrees less warmth.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in March 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, March, departing Warsaw. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Barletta can only be reached by air — 318 kg CO₂e, in 5h 12m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 37.3 kg in 19h 36m — 9× less carbon for 14h 24m more travelling.

March from Warsaw — 18 destinations on the frontier, 7 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Lublin, Poland	Rail	4.5 kg	5.1 °C	6.1 h	1.6 mm	3h 42m
Sieradz, Poland	Rail	5.1 kg	6.0 °C	6.7 h	1.4 mm	4h
Wroclaw, Poland	Rail	8.9 kg	7.1 °C	6.9 h	1.3 mm	5h 54m
Nyiregyhaza, Hungary	Rail	14.1 kg	7.8 °C	7.6 h	1.7 mm	8h 48m
Győr, Hungary	Rail	16.5 kg	8.8 °C	7.9 h	1.1 mm	9h 30m
Siófok, Hungary	Rail	18.6 kg	9.5 °C	7.9 h	1.2 mm	10h 24m
Trieste, Italy	Rail	26.6 kg	10.7 °C	7.9 h	4.5 mm	14h 36m
Split, Croatia	Air	258 kg	11.7 °C	8.7 h	4.3 mm	4h 54m
Barletta, Italy	Air	318 kg	13.3 °C	9.8 h	2.3 mm	5h 12m
Trani, Italy	Air	319 kg	13.6 °C	9.8 h	2.8 mm	5h 12m
Syracuse, Italy	Air	439 kg	14.6 °C	10.8 h	0.9 mm	5h 48m
Rhodes, Greece	Air	464 kg	15.6 °C	10.3 h	1.2 mm	6h
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	511 kg	16.8 °C	10.6 h	0.2 mm	6h 12m
Gabes, Tunisia	Air	558 kg	18.3 °C	10.7 h	0.1 mm	6h 30m
Cairo, Egypt	Air	655 kg	19.4 °C	10.9 h	0.2 mm	7h
El-Tor, Egypt	Air	721 kg	20.9 °C	11.4 h	0.1 mm	7h 18m
Luxor, Egypt	Air	782 kg	22.7 °C	11.4 h	0.0 mm	7h 36m
Kom Ombo, Egypt	Air	817 kg	23.6 °C	11.3 h	0.0 mm	7h 48m

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, 10.7 °C) to Split (258 kg, 11.7 °C) buys 1.0 °C more warmth for an extra 232 kg — 232 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 return5.1 °C · 6.1 h sun · 3h 42m by railcool TriesteItaly26.6 kg CO₂e return10.7 °C · 7.9 h sun · 14h 36m by railmild and bright

Kom OmboEgypt817 kg CO₂e return23.6 °C · 11.3 h sun · 7h 48m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

March 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 Kom Ombo

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Photo credits

Lublin: Pankrzysztoff, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Kom Ombo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Szeged: V.Mariann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sopron: Civertan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Győr: User:Slashme, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Novo Mesto: Marko Pirc (https://www.flickr.com/photos/markopirc/), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 23.6 °C. Reaching it emits 817 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 48m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Trieste reaches 10.7 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 36m (modelled), emitting 26.6 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.

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

817 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.