Warmest places to go from Zurich in August
In August, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Zurich is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.4 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 8h each way by air. Without flying, it is Taranto, Italy, averaging 28.5 °C across day and night, about 14h 24m each way by train, for about 28× less carbon (30.5 kg CO₂e return against 847 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in August.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Zurich
Ranked on warmth in August 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, Egypt36.4 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h · 847 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt36.3 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 48m · 806 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 30.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 758 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey33.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 6m · 682 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.7 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 18m · 715 kg CO₂e return- Diyarbakir, Turkey32.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 697 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco31.1 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 30m · 564 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 30m · 567 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia30.5 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 12m · 329 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Taranto is 28.5 °C for 30.5 kg — about 28× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Taranto, Italy28.5 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 24m · 30.5 kg CO₂e return
Foggia, Italy28.2 °C · 12.7 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 12h 36m · 25.4 kg CO₂e return
Lleida, Spain27.9 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 54m · 26.4 kg CO₂e return- Cassino, Italy27.3 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 11h 6m · 22.9 kg CO₂e return
- Terni, Italy27.2 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · 1.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 10h 30m · 18.4 kg CO₂e return
Pula, Croatia27.1 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · 2.4 mm rain a day · sea 26.9 °Crail ≈ 12h 30m · 14.6 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 Zurich in August within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 36.8 °C, costing 838 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lugano at 4.5 kg — 186× less carbon, for 12.2 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lugano, Switzerland | Rail | 4.5 kg | 24.6 °C | 11.8 h | 5.2 mm | 3h 30m |
| Milan, Italy | Rail | 6.4 kg | 25.5 °C | 12.0 h | 3.6 mm | 4h 48m |
| Legnago, Italy | Rail | 9.5 kg | 26.3 °C | 11.9 h | 1.9 mm | 6h 42m |
| Pula, Croatia | Rail | 14.6 kg | 27.1 °C | 12.4 h | 2.4 mm | 12h 30m |
| Foggia, Italy | Rail | 25.4 kg | 28.2 °C | 12.7 h | 0.3 mm | 12h 36m |
| Rossano Stazione, Italy | Rail | 31.9 kg | 29.5 °C | 13.0 h | 0.4 mm | 14h 18m |
| Kairouan, Tunisia | Air | 329 kg | 30.5 °C | 12.6 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 12m |
| Metlaoui, Tunisia | Air | 365 kg | 31.4 °C | 12.6 h | 0.1 mm | 5h 24m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 376 kg | 33.1 °C | 12.4 h | 0.0 mm | 5h 30m |
| Recani, Morocco | Air | 527 kg | 34.9 °C | 12.0 h | 0.1 mm | 6h 18m |
| Zagora, Morocco | Air | 568 kg | 35.9 °C | 12.1 h | 0.0 mm | 6h 30m |
| Kom Ombo, Egypt | Air | 838 kg | 36.8 °C | 11.9 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 54m |
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 Zagora (568 kg, 35.9 °C) to Kom Ombo (838 kg, 36.8 °C) buys 0.9 °C more warmth for an extra 270 kg — 300 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
LuganoSwitzerland4.5 kg CO₂e returnwarm but wetRossano StazioneItaly31.9 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dry
Kom OmboEgypt838 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
August 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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Other months from Zurich
August from elsewhere
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- Bristol
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
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- Leeds
- Lisbon
- Liverpool
- London
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- Milan
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- Paris
- Prague
- Rome
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stockholm
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- Zurich
Photo credits
- Lugano: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- 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
- Sanliurfa: Damien Halleux Radermecker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Batman: Ferhat 72 at Turkish Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Foggia: Orledio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lleida: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pula: Orlovic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Zurich in August?
Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 36.8 °C. Reaching it emits 838 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 54m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Zurich in August without flying?
Yes. Rossano Stazione reaches 29.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 18m (modelled), emitting 31.9 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Zurich to Kom Ombo produce?
838 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.