Amsterdam
Reaching Amsterdam from London emits 10.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (6h each way) against 89.8 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 18.1 °C in August and 4.7 °C in January.
Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Amsterdam is warmest in August (18.1 °C), sunniest in June (12.2 h a day); coldest in January (4.7 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 1,239 km | 36.6 kg | 12h 54m | 312 kg | 5h 12m |
| Berlin | 577 km | 17.0 kg | 7h 12m | 145 kg | 4h 18m |
| Birmingham | 460 km | 23.6 kg | 8h 48m | 116 kg | 4h 6m |
| Bristol | 523 km | 24.3 kg | 9h | 132 kg | 4h 12m |
| Brussels | 173 km | 5.1 kg | 3h 24m | 43.6 kg | 3h 42m |
| Cardiff | 562 km | 27.5 kg | 9h 18m | 141 kg | 4h 12m |
| Copenhagen | 621 km | 18.3 kg | 11h | 156 kg | 4h 18m |
| Dublin | 755 km | — | — | 190 kg | 4h 30m |
| Edinburgh | 659 km | 53.4 kg | 11h 48m | 166 kg | 4h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 364 km | 10.8 kg | 5h 24m | 91.6 kg | 4h |
| Glasgow | 711 km | 55.2 kg | 11h 54m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Leeds | 458 km | 32.4 kg | 9h 36m | 115 kg | 4h 6m |
| Lisbon | 1,863 km | 55.0 kg | 28h 48m | 469 kg | 6h |
| Liverpool | 540 km | 33.6 kg | 9h 36m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| London | 357 km | 10.6 kg | 6h | 89.8 kg | 4h |
| Madrid | 1,481 km | 43.7 kg | 16h 30m | 373 kg | 5h 30m |
| Manchester | 493 km | 31.6 kg | 9h 30m | 124 kg | 4h 12m |
| Milan | 830 km | 24.5 kg | 13h 12m | 209 kg | 4h 36m |
| Munich | 669 km | 19.7 kg | 9h 54m | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 516 km | 42.5 kg | 10h 18m | 130 kg | 4h 12m |
| Nottingham | 412 km | 24.6 kg | 9h 6m | 104 kg | 4h |
| Oslo | 913 km | 26.9 kg | 15h 12m | 230 kg | 4h 42m |
| Paris | 431 km | 12.7 kg | 4h 48m | 108 kg | 4h 6m |
| Prague | 710 km | 21.0 kg | 12h 18m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Rome | 1,299 km | 38.3 kg | 17h 12m | 327 kg | 5h 12m |
| Sheffield | 441 km | 28.8 kg | 9h 24m | 111 kg | 4h 6m |
| Southampton | 464 km | 19.5 kg | 8h 42m | 117 kg | 4h 6m |
| Stockholm | 1,125 km | 33.2 kg | 16h 18m | 283 kg | 5h |
| Vienna | 937 km | 27.6 kg | 15h | 236 kg | 4h 42m |
| Warsaw | 1,094 km | 32.3 kg | 14h 42m | 275 kg | 5h |
| Zurich | 615 km | 18.2 kg | 10h 18m | 155 kg | 4h 18m |
The year in Amsterdam
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 4.7 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 13.9 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 18.1 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| Sun h/day | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 2.2 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
When to go
Amsterdam is warmest in August at 18.1 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.7 °C.
Three months worth booking
The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.
Staying there
A hotel room in The Netherlands emits about 14.8 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 104 kg — about 20.3× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Brussels. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Groot-Amsterdam records 18.6 overnight stays per resident a year (27,583,942 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 Amsterdam
Places to stay in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 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.