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Denmark · 56.16°, 10.21° · 10 m

Aarhus

Reaching Aarhus from Copenhagen emits 4.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 6m each way) against 39.3 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 16.6 °C in August and 2.2 °C in January.

4.6kg CO₂e return by rail, from Copenhagen
214kg CO₂e return by air, from London
14.0hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Aarhus
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam544 km16.1 kg9h 24m137 kg4h 12m
Barcelona1,742 km51.4 kg25h 48m438 kg5h 48m
Berlin454 km13.4 kg8h 12m114 kg4h 6m
Birmingham884 km38.2 kg15h 54m222 kg4h 42m
Bristol988 km38.9 kg16h249 kg4h 48m
Brussels705 km20.8 kg11h 42m177 kg4h 24m
Cardiff1,019 km42.1 kg16h 30m256 kg4h 54m
Copenhagen156 km4.6 kg4h 6m39.3 kg3h 42m
Dublin1,099 km276 kg5h
Edinburgh831 km68.0 kg21h209 kg4h 36m
Frankfurt679 km20.0 kg11h 18m171 kg4h 24m
Glasgow898 km69.8 kg21h 18m226 kg4h 42m
Leeds794 km47.0 kg17h 24m200 kg4h 36m
Lisbon2,406 km71.0 kg34h 54m605 kg6h 42m
Liverpool897 km48.2 kg17h 36m226 kg4h 42m
London851 km25.1 kg13h 42m214 kg4h 36m
Madrid2,022 km59.7 kg29h 42m509 kg6h 12m
Manchester850 km46.2 kg17h 12m214 kg4h 36m
Milan1,191 km35.1 kg18h 18m300 kg5h 6m
Munich897 km26.5 kg14h 18m226 kg4h 42m
Newcastle754 km57.1 kg19h 6m190 kg4h 30m
Nottingham813 km39.2 kg16h 6m205 kg4h 36m
Oslo419 km12.4 kg7h 42m105 kg4h 6m
Paris970 km28.6 kg15h 18m244 kg4h 48m
Prague731 km21.6 kg12h184 kg4h 30m
Rome1,595 km47.1 kg23h 48m401 kg5h 36m
Sheffield809 km43.4 kg16h 48m203 kg4h 36m
Southampton963 km34.1 kg15h 12m242 kg4h 48m
Stockholm584 km17.2 kg10h147 kg4h 18m
Vienna978 km28.8 kg15h 24m246 kg4h 48m
Warsaw826 km24.4 kg13h 18m208 kg4h 36m
Zurich984 km29.0 kg15h 30m248 kg4h 48m

The year in Aarhus

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C2.24.04.37.112.715.615.916.615.410.45.24.0
Sun h/day3.34.36.09.613.014.012.210.49.35.02.91.4
Rain mm/day3.12.62.13.01.12.34.33.62.03.42.52.6

When to go

Aarhus is warmest in August at 16.6 °C but brightest in June, averaging 14.0 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 2.2 °C.

How busy it gets

Østjylland records 3.8 overnight stays per resident a year (3,576,924 nights in 2024). Comparatively quiet by European standards.

Eurostat, nights spent at tourist accommodation by NUTS 3 region, against resident population. Shown for context only — it plays no part in which destinations appear or in what order. Eurostat does not cover the United Kingdom after 2016, nor North Africa or the Levant at all, so this figure is absent for roughly a third of the destinations here.

Where to stay in Aarhus

Places to stay in Aarhus, Denmark, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.