Benidorm
Reaching Benidorm from Madrid emits 10.9 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 6m each way) against 93.3 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 26.9 °C in July and 12.3 °C in January.
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,587 km | 46.8 kg | 23h 42m | 399 kg | 5h 36m |
| Barcelona | 372 km | 11.0 kg | 7h 6m | 93.6 kg | 4h |
| Berlin | 1,872 km | 55.3 kg | 27h 36m | 471 kg | 6h |
| Birmingham | 1,556 km | 55.6 kg | 24h | 392 kg | 5h 36m |
| Bristol | 1,449 km | 56.3 kg | 24h 6m | 365 kg | 5h 24m |
| Brussels | 1,413 km | 41.7 kg | 21h 18m | 356 kg | 5h 24m |
| Cardiff | 1,459 km | 59.5 kg | 24h 36m | 367 kg | 5h 24m |
| Copenhagen | 2,126 km | 62.8 kg | 31h 6m | 535 kg | 6h 18m |
| Dublin | 1,710 km | — | — | 430 kg | 5h 48m |
| Edinburgh | 1,950 km | 85.5 kg | 29h | 490 kg | 6h 6m |
| Frankfurt | 1,464 km | 43.2 kg | 22h | 368 kg | 5h 30m |
| Glasgow | 1,951 km | 87.2 kg | 29h 18m | 491 kg | 6h 6m |
| Leeds | 1,700 km | 64.4 kg | 25h 30m | 428 kg | 5h 48m |
| Lisbon | 783 km | 23.1 kg | 12h 42m | 197 kg | 4h 30m |
| Liverpool | 1,668 km | 65.6 kg | 25h 42m | 420 kg | 5h 42m |
| London | 1,442 km | 42.6 kg | 21h 42m | 363 kg | 5h 24m |
| Madrid | 371 km | 10.9 kg | 7h 6m | 93.3 kg | 4h |
| Manchester | 1,669 km | 63.6 kg | 25h 18m | 420 kg | 5h 42m |
| Milan | 1,088 km | 32.1 kg | 16h 54m | 274 kg | 5h |
| Munich | 1,424 km | 42.0 kg | 21h 30m | 358 kg | 5h 24m |
| Newcastle | 1,831 km | 74.5 kg | 27h 12m | 461 kg | 5h 54m |
| Nottingham | 1,605 km | 56.6 kg | 24h 6m | 404 kg | 5h 36m |
| Oslo | 2,497 km | 73.7 kg | 36h 12m | 628 kg | 6h 48m |
| Paris | 1,164 km | 34.4 kg | 17h 54m | 293 kg | 5h 6m |
| Prague | 1,723 km | 50.8 kg | 25h 36m | 433 kg | 5h 48m |
| Rome | 1,135 km | 33.5 kg | 17h 30m | 286 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 1,654 km | 60.8 kg | 24h 48m | 416 kg | 5h 42m |
| Southampton | 1,379 km | 51.5 kg | 23h 18m | 347 kg | 5h 18m |
| Stockholm | 2,647 km | 78.1 kg | 38h 12m | 666 kg | 7h |
| Vienna | 1,707 km | 50.4 kg | 25h 24m | 429 kg | 5h 48m |
| Warsaw | 2,231 km | 65.8 kg | 32h 30m | 561 kg | 6h 30m |
| Zurich | 1,208 km | 35.6 kg | 18h 30m | 304 kg | 5h 6m |
The year in Benidorm
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 12.3 | 12.3 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 18.7 | 22.9 | 26.9 | 26.8 | 23.1 | 20.7 | 16.6 | 12.8 |
| Sun h/day | 8.3 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Rain mm/day | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
When to go
Benidorm is warmest in July at 26.9 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is January at 12.3 °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 4.5× 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 Benidorm
Places to stay in Benidorm, 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.