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Alicante

Alicante, Spain
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Reaching Alicante from London emits 43.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (19h each way) against 368 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 27.4 °C in August and 12.9 °C in January.

Alicante (Valencian: Alacant) is a popular tourist city of 332,000 people (2018) in the Valencian Community of Spain. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Alicante is warmest in August (27.4 °C), sunniest in July (13.7 h a day); coldest in January (12.9 °C). Month by month

43.2kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
368kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.7hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

By air: nearest airport Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández (ALC), about 12 km away. Direct from London: yes (LGW, LTN, STN, SEN). Airport bus to central Alicante; tram connections require a bus or taxi transfer. source

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Alicante. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,614 km47.6 kg19h 24m406 kg5h 42m
Barcelona407 km12.0 kg6h 54m102 kg4h
Berlin1,906 km56.2 kg24h 42m479 kg6h
Birmingham1,576 km56.3 kg21h 42m396 kg5h 36m
Bristol1,467 km56.9 kg22h369 kg5h 30m
Brussels1,441 km42.5 kg17h 24m363 kg5h 24m
Cardiff1,476 km60.2 kg22h 18m371 kg5h 30m
Copenhagen2,158 km63.7 kg30h 12m543 kg6h 24m
Dublin1,724 km——434 kg5h 48m
Edinburgh1,968 km86.1 kg24h 42m495 kg6h 6m
Frankfurt1,496 km44.2 kg19h 42m376 kg5h 30m
Glasgow1,968 km87.8 kg24h 54m495 kg6h 6m
Leeds1,720 km65.1 kg22h 36m433 kg5h 48m
Lisbon755 km22.3 kg12h 54m190 kg4h 30m
Liverpool1,686 km66.2 kg22h 36m424 kg5h 42m
London1,464 km43.2 kg19h368 kg5h 30m
Madrid360 km10.6 kg3h 42m90.6 kg4h
Manchester1,688 km64.2 kg22h 30m425 kg5h 48m
Milan1,124 km33.2 kg18h 6m283 kg5h
Munich1,459 km43.1 kg21h 48m367 kg5h 24m
Newcastle1,851 km75.2 kg23h 12m466 kg6h
Nottingham1,625 km57.3 kg22h 6m409 kg5h 42m
Oslo2,525 km74.5 kg38h 30m635 kg6h 54m
Paris1,190 km35.1 kg14h 36m299 kg5h 6m
Prague1,759 km51.9 kg27h 24m442 kg5h 48m
Rome1,172 km34.6 kg18h 54m295 kg5h 6m
Sheffield1,674 km61.5 kg22h 24m421 kg5h 42m
Southampton1,398 km52.2 kg21h 42m352 kg5h 24m
Stockholm2,679 km79.1 kg36h 36m674 kg7h 6m
Vienna1,744 km51.5 kg26h 54m439 kg5h 48m
Warsaw2,267 km66.9 kg32h 12m570 kg6h 30m
Zurich1,242 km36.7 kg19h 42m313 kg5h 12m

The year in Alicante

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 12.9 °C12.9 °CJanFebruary: 13.0 °CFebMarch: 15.9 °CMarApril: 17.3 °CAprMay: 19.5 °CMayJune: 23.9 °CJunJuly: 27.2 °CJulAugust: 27.4 °C27.4 °CAugSeptember: 23.8 °CSepOctober: 21.5 °COctNovember: 17.5 °CNovDecember: 13.3 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in July
January: 8.5 h8.5 hJanFebruary: 8.9 hFebMarch: 10.3 hMarApril: 11.4 hAprMay: 12.2 hMayJune: 12.9 hJunJuly: 13.7 h13.7 hJulAugust: 12.3 hAugSeptember: 10.8 hSepOctober: 9.6 hOctNovember: 9.0 hNovDecember: 8.5 hDec
Sea temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 15.4 °CJanFebruary: 14.5 °C14.5 °CFebMarch: 15.0 °CMarApril: 17.1 °CAprMay: 19.5 °CMayJune: 23.0 °CJunJuly: 26.6 °CJulAugust: 28.0 °C28.0 °CAugSeptember: 26.0 °CSepOctober: 23.2 °COctNovember: 17.9 °CNovDecember: 16.3 °CDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night; sea temperature NOAA OISST v2.1, 2023–2024, nearest open sea
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C12.913.015.917.319.523.927.227.423.821.517.513.3
Sun h/day8.58.910.311.412.212.913.712.310.89.69.08.5
Rain mm/day0.30.50.50.31.40.70.10.61.81.90.10.2
Sea °C15.414.515.017.119.523.026.628.026.023.217.916.3

When to go

Alicante is warmest in August at 27.4 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 12.9 °C.

On these lists

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmestAugust27.4 °C · 12.3 h sun · 0.6 mm rainSee rooms in August →sunniest and driestJuly27.2 °C · 13.7 h sun · 0.1 mm rainSee rooms in July →

Staying there

A hotel room in Spain emits about 7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors — a country average per occupied room, not this or any particular hotel. 7 nights in one room adds roughly 49 kg — about 4.6× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Madrid. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.

How busy it gets

Alicante/Alacant records 16 overnight stays per resident a year (32,579,948 nights in 2024). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.

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 Alicante

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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.