Alicante
Reaching Alicante from Madrid emits 10.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (6h 54m each way) against 90.6 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 27.4 °C in August and 12.9 °C in January.
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,614 km | 47.6 kg | 24h 6m | 406 kg | 5h 42m |
| Barcelona | 407 km | 12.0 kg | 7h 36m | 102 kg | 4h |
| Berlin | 1,906 km | 56.2 kg | 28h 6m | 479 kg | 6h |
| Birmingham | 1,576 km | 56.3 kg | 24h 18m | 396 kg | 5h 36m |
| Bristol | 1,467 km | 56.9 kg | 24h 24m | 369 kg | 5h 30m |
| Brussels | 1,441 km | 42.5 kg | 21h 42m | 363 kg | 5h 24m |
| Cardiff | 1,476 km | 60.2 kg | 24h 54m | 371 kg | 5h 30m |
| Copenhagen | 2,158 km | 63.7 kg | 31h 30m | 543 kg | 6h 24m |
| Dublin | 1,724 km | — | — | 434 kg | 5h 48m |
| Edinburgh | 1,968 km | 86.1 kg | 29h 18m | 495 kg | 6h 6m |
| Frankfurt | 1,496 km | 44.2 kg | 22h 30m | 376 kg | 5h 30m |
| Glasgow | 1,968 km | 87.8 kg | 29h 36m | 495 kg | 6h 6m |
| Leeds | 1,720 km | 65.1 kg | 25h 48m | 433 kg | 5h 48m |
| Lisbon | 755 km | 22.3 kg | 12h 18m | 190 kg | 4h 30m |
| Liverpool | 1,686 km | 66.2 kg | 26h | 424 kg | 5h 42m |
| London | 1,464 km | 43.2 kg | 22h | 368 kg | 5h 30m |
| Madrid | 360 km | 10.6 kg | 6h 54m | 90.6 kg | 4h |
| Manchester | 1,688 km | 64.2 kg | 25h 36m | 425 kg | 5h 48m |
| Milan | 1,124 km | 33.2 kg | 17h 24m | 283 kg | 5h |
| Munich | 1,459 km | 43.1 kg | 22h | 367 kg | 5h 24m |
| Newcastle | 1,851 km | 75.2 kg | 27h 30m | 466 kg | 6h |
| Nottingham | 1,625 km | 57.3 kg | 24h 24m | 409 kg | 5h 42m |
| Oslo | 2,525 km | 74.5 kg | 36h 36m | 635 kg | 6h 54m |
| Paris | 1,190 km | 35.1 kg | 18h 18m | 299 kg | 5h 6m |
| Prague | 1,759 km | 51.9 kg | 26h 6m | 442 kg | 5h 48m |
| Rome | 1,172 km | 34.6 kg | 18h | 295 kg | 5h 6m |
| Sheffield | 1,674 km | 61.5 kg | 25h 6m | 421 kg | 5h 42m |
| Southampton | 1,398 km | 52.2 kg | 23h 36m | 352 kg | 5h 24m |
| Stockholm | 2,679 km | 79.1 kg | 38h 42m | 674 kg | 7h 6m |
| Vienna | 1,744 km | 51.5 kg | 25h 54m | 439 kg | 5h 48m |
| Warsaw | 2,267 km | 66.9 kg | 33h | 570 kg | 6h 30m |
| Zurich | 1,242 km | 36.7 kg | 19h | 313 kg | 5h 12m |
The year in Alicante
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 12.9 | 13.0 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 19.5 | 23.9 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 23.8 | 21.5 | 17.5 | 13.3 |
| Sun h/day | 8.5 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 8.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
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.
Staying there
A hotel room in Spain emits about 7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 49 kg — about 4.6× the carbon of getting there by rail from Madrid.
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
Places to stay in Alicante, Spain, 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.