Winter sun from the UK
Places that stay genuinely warm through the UK winter, ranked on real climate averages — not on which fares we happen to have this month.
Winter sun
Dubai
City · United Arab Emirates23°C average, Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec10h 05m from the UK€117 from Manchester
Marsa Alam
City · Egypt21°C average, Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec27h 35m from the UK€100 from London Stansted
Sharm el-Sheikh
City · Egypt20°C average, Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec5h 25m from the UK€67 from London Stansted
Tenerife
Region · Spain20°C average, Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec4h 30m from the UK€19 from London Stansted
Hurghada
City · Egypt19°C average, Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec5h 20m from the UK€64 from London Stansted
Luxor
City · Egypt18°C average, Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec10h 25m from the UK€110 from London Gatwick
Fares are one-way prices per traveller, checked regularly against Travelpayouts — indicative, not live quotes, and shown only where we hold one. See holiday packages from the UK for real return windows with dates.
Flight times from the UK
1 3–5 hours5 5 hours or more
What’s here
5 beach4 family friendly2 city1 mountains
Weather across these destinations
Monthly highs and rainfall averaged across the 6 destinations matched above — one place inside that set can run warmer or cooler than this. Gold months are the best weather fit by our formula.
- Best overall
- March · April · November · December
- Hottest
- August · 38°C
- Wettest
- January · 8mm
- January, averaged across these destinations: daily high 23°C, 8mm rainfall.
- February, averaged across these destinations: daily high 23°C, 7mm rainfall.
- March, averaged across these destinations: daily high 26°C, 6mm rainfall. Good month for weather.
- April, averaged across these destinations: daily high 30°C, 8mm rainfall. Good month for weather.
- May, averaged across these destinations: daily high 32°C, 2mm rainfall.
- June, averaged across these destinations: daily high 36°C, 3mm rainfall.
- July, averaged across these destinations: daily high 37°C, 1mm rainfall.
- August, averaged across these destinations: daily high 38°C, 1mm rainfall.
- September, averaged across these destinations: daily high 35°C, 6mm rainfall.
- October, averaged across these destinations: daily high 32°C, 1mm rainfall.
- November, averaged across these destinations: daily high 28°C, 4mm rainfall. Good month for weather.
- December, averaged across these destinations: daily high 25°C, 8mm rainfall. Good month for weather.
What it costs
An inexpensive restaurant meal runs from around €5 in Egypt to €15 in Spain — editorial estimates, not live prices.
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