Warmest places to go from Warsaw in October
In October, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Warsaw is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 29.1 °C across day and night and 11.0 h sun a day, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Trieste, Italy, averaging 17.1 °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 October.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Warsaw
Ranked on warmth in October 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, Egypt29.1 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 827 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt29.0 °C · 10.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt28.4 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan26.8 °C · 10.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 698 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain24.9 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 951 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia24.2 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 36m · 581 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia24.1 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 25.9 °Cair ≈ 6h 18m · 530 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain23.9 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 942 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain23.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.7 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia23.5 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 503 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Trieste is 17.1 °C for 26.6 kg — about 31× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Trieste, Italy17.1 °C · 7.2 h sun a day · 10.8 mm rain a day · sea 20.9 °Crail ≈ 14h 36m · 26.6 kg CO₂e return
- Udine, Italy15.5 °C · 6.6 h sun a day · 10.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 26.2 kg CO₂e return
Novo Mesto, Slovenia14.5 °C · 7.1 h sun a day · 3.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 30m · 24.5 kg CO₂e return
Maribor, Slovenia14.3 °C · 7.3 h sun a day · 3.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 12m · 21.8 kg CO₂e return
Celje, Slovenia14.3 °C · 7.0 h sun a day · 3.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 54m · 23.2 kg CO₂e return
Szeged, Hungary14.2 °C · 8.7 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 11h 6m · 19.7 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 Warsaw in October within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 29.0 °C, costing 735 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lublin at 4.5 kg — 163× less carbon, for 18.3 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in October and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
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.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lublin, Poland | Rail | 4.5 kg | 10.7 °C | 6.0 h | 1.9 mm | 3h 42m |
| Mielec, Poland | Rail | 6.4 kg | 11.5 °C | 6.7 h | 2.3 mm | 4h 36m |
| Zlín, Czechia | Rail | 12.1 kg | 12.3 °C | 7.1 h | 2.0 mm | 7h 42m |
| Trnava, Slovakia | Rail | 14.5 kg | 13.4 °C | 7.4 h | 1.8 mm | 8h 36m |
| Győr, Hungary | Rail | 16.5 kg | 13.9 °C | 7.6 h | 2.4 mm | 9h 30m |
| Siófok, Hungary | Rail | 18.6 kg | 14.9 °C | 7.9 h | 2.2 mm | 10h 24m |
| Gorizia, Italy | Rail | 26.0 kg | 16.2 °C | 6.6 h | 10.9 mm | 14h 18m |
| Trieste, Italy | Rail | 26.6 kg | 17.1 °C | 7.2 h | 10.8 mm | 14h 36m |
| Split, Croatia | Air | 258 kg | 18.9 °C | 9.1 h | 5.1 mm | 4h 54m |
| Pescara, Italy | Air | 302 kg | 19.4 °C | 8.7 h | 1.2 mm | 5h 6m |
| Barletta, Italy | Air | 318 kg | 20.8 °C | 9.2 h | 1.1 mm | 5h 12m |
| Corfu, Greece | Air | 353 kg | 21.1 °C | 9.5 h | 3.8 mm | 5h 24m |
| Rossano Stazione, Italy | Air | 363 kg | 21.8 °C | 9.5 h | 1.4 mm | 5h 24m |
| Monastir, Tunisia | Air | 503 kg | 23.8 °C | 9.4 h | 1.0 mm | 6h 12m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 574 kg | 25.4 °C | 10.0 h | 0.3 mm | 6h 30m |
| Aqaba, Jordan | Air | 698 kg | 26.8 °C | 10.6 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 12m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 735 kg | 29.0 °C | 10.9 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, 17.1 °C) to Split (258 kg, 18.9 °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 returnmildTriesteItaly26.6 kg CO₂e returnwarm but wetSharm el-SheikhEgypt735 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
October 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 Warsaw
October from elsewhere
- Amsterdam
- Barcelona
- Berlin
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Lisbon
- Liverpool
- London
- Madrid
- Manchester
- Milan
- Munich
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Oslo
- Paris
- Prague
- Rome
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stockholm
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Zurich
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
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sfax: Csisc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Novo Mesto: Marko Pirc (https://www.flickr.com/photos/markopirc/), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maribor: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi, via Wikimedia Commons
- Celje: Pv21, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Szeged: V.Mariann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Warsaw in October?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 29.0 °C. Reaching it emits 735 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Warsaw in October without flying?
Yes. Trieste reaches 17.1 °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.