Bellinzona
Reaching Bellinzona from London emits 26.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (12h 12m each way) against 224 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 24.5 °C in August and 5.7 °C in January.
Bellinzona is a city in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Ticino, at the foot of the Alps and traversed by the Ticino River. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Bellinzona is warmest in August (24.5 °C), sunniest in July (13.2 h a day); coldest in January (5.7 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 749 km | 22.1 kg | 12h 36m | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
| Barcelona | 767 km | 22.6 kg | 12h 18m | 193 kg | 4h 30m |
| Berlin | 772 km | 22.8 kg | 10h 36m | 194 kg | 4h 30m |
| Birmingham | 1,054 km | 39.4 kg | 14h 54m | 265 kg | 4h 54m |
| Bristol | 1,030 km | 40.1 kg | 15h 12m | 259 kg | 4h 54m |
| Brussels | 621 km | 18.3 kg | 10h 42m | 156 kg | 4h 18m |
| Cardiff | 1,067 km | 43.3 kg | 15h 30m | 268 kg | 4h 54m |
| Copenhagen | 1,083 km | 32.0 kg | 17h 36m | 272 kg | 4h 54m |
| Dublin | 1,349 km | — | — | 339 kg | 5h 18m |
| Edinburgh | 1,376 km | 69.2 kg | 17h 54m | 346 kg | 5h 18m |
| Frankfurt | 437 km | 12.9 kg | 7h 42m | 110 kg | 4h 6m |
| Glasgow | 1,416 km | 71.0 kg | 18h 6m | 356 kg | 5h 24m |
| Leeds | 1,131 km | 48.2 kg | 15h 48m | 285 kg | 5h |
| Lisbon | 1,700 km | 50.2 kg | 26h 30m | 428 kg | 5h 48m |
| Liverpool | 1,174 km | 49.3 kg | 15h 48m | 295 kg | 5h 6m |
| London | 891 km | 26.3 kg | 12h 12m | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
| Madrid | 1,211 km | 35.7 kg | 15h 54m | 305 kg | 5h 6m |
| Manchester | 1,141 km | 47.4 kg | 15h 42m | 287 kg | 5h |
| Munich | 290 km | 8.6 kg | 6h 12m | 73.0 kg | 3h 54m |
| Newcastle | 1,229 km | 58.3 kg | 16h 24m | 309 kg | 5h 6m |
| Nottingham | 1,048 km | 40.4 kg | 15h 18m | 264 kg | 4h 54m |
| Oslo | 1,530 km | 45.1 kg | 24h 6m | 385 kg | 5h 30m |
| Paris | 581 km | 17.2 kg | 7h 48m | 146 kg | 4h 18m |
| Prague | 590 km | 17.4 kg | 10h 30m | 148 kg | 4h 18m |
| Rome | 554 km | 16.3 kg | 6h 42m | 139 kg | 4h 12m |
| Sheffield | 1,096 km | 44.6 kg | 15h 36m | 276 kg | 5h |
| Southampton | 928 km | 35.3 kg | 14h 54m | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 1,579 km | 46.6 kg | 22h 42m | 397 kg | 5h 36m |
| Vienna | 599 km | 17.7 kg | 10h 6m | 151 kg | 4h 18m |
| Warsaw | 1,098 km | 32.4 kg | 17h 48m | 276 kg | 5h |
The year in Bellinzona
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 5.7 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 12.2 | 16.3 | 20.6 | 23.6 | 24.5 | 18.6 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 5.9 |
| Sun h/day | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.3 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
When to go
Bellinzona is warmest in August at 24.5 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.7 °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 Switzerland emits about 6.6 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 46 kg — about 5.4× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Munich. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Ticino records 12.4 overnight stays per resident a year (4,463,465 nights in 2025). 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 Bellinzona
Places to stay in Bellinzona, Switzerland, 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.