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Germany · 50.99°, 12.44° · 193 m

Altenburg

Reaching Altenburg from Prague emits 5.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 24m each way) against 43.3 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 20.2 °C in July and 2.8 °C in January.

5.1kg CO₂e return by rail, from Prague
220kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.5hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Altenburg
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam542 km16.0 kg9h 24m136 kg4h 12m
Barcelona1,326 km39.1 kg20h 6m334 kg5h 18m
Berlin184 km5.4 kg4h 30m46.2 kg3h 42m
Birmingham999 km38.9 kg16h 12m251 kg4h 48m
Bristol1,046 km39.6 kg16h 18m263 kg4h 54m
Brussels567 km16.7 kg9h 48m143 kg4h 18m
Cardiff1,087 km42.8 kg16h 54m273 kg4h 54m
Copenhagen521 km15.4 kg9h 6m131 kg4h 12m
Dublin1,297 km326 kg5h 12m
Edinburgh1,169 km68.7 kg21h 18m294 kg5h 6m
Frankfurt282 km8.3 kg5h 54m71.0 kg3h 54m
Glasgow1,228 km70.5 kg21h 36m309 kg5h 6m
Leeds997 km47.7 kg17h 42m251 kg4h 48m
Lisbon2,166 km63.9 kg31h 36m545 kg6h 24m
Liverpool1,082 km48.9 kg17h 54m272 kg4h 54m
London875 km25.8 kg14h220 kg4h 42m
Madrid1,711 km50.5 kg25h 24m430 kg5h 48m
Manchester1,035 km46.9 kg17h 36m260 kg4h 54m
Milan659 km19.5 kg11h166 kg4h 24m
Munich323 km9.5 kg6h 24m81.2 kg3h 54m
Newcastle1,037 km57.8 kg19h 24m261 kg4h 54m
Nottingham955 km39.9 kg16h 24m240 kg4h 48m
Oslo998 km29.5 kg15h 42m251 kg4h 48m
Paris759 km22.4 kg12h 24m191 kg4h 30m
Prague172 km5.1 kg4h 24m43.3 kg3h 42m
Rome1,011 km29.8 kg15h 48m254 kg4h 48m
Sheffield983 km44.1 kg17h 6m247 kg4h 48m
Southampton968 km34.8 kg15h 30m244 kg4h 48m
Stockholm993 km29.3 kg15h 36m250 kg4h 48m
Vienna419 km12.4 kg7h 42m106 kg4h 6m
Warsaw608 km17.9 kg10h 18m153 kg4h 18m
Zurich492 km14.5 kg8h 42m124 kg4h 12m

The year in Altenburg

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C2.85.16.89.214.417.920.220.217.412.45.53.5
Sun h/day3.44.56.88.711.212.512.510.59.86.43.93.6
Rain mm/day1.82.41.91.72.03.41.92.62.12.52.42.2

When to go

Altenburg is warmest in July at 20.2 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.5 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 2.8 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Germany emits about 13.2 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 92 kg — about 18.1× the carbon of getting there by rail from Prague.

How busy it gets

Altenburger Land records 1.8 overnight stays per resident a year (156,747 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 Altenburg

Places to stay in Altenburg, Germany, 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.