Germany · 52.52°, 13.41° · 43 m

Berlin

Reaching Berlin from London emits 27.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (12h 24m each way) against 234 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.5 °C in August and 2.6 °C in January.

Berlin is Germany's capital and largest city. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Berlin is warmest in August (20.5 °C), sunniest in June (12.8 h a day), driest in September; coldest in January (2.6 °C). Month by month

27.5kg CO₂e return by rail, from London

234kg CO₂e return by air, from London

12.8hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Berlin. Times are modelled.
From	Distance	By rail	Rail time	By air	Air time
Amsterdam	577 km	17.0 kg	7h 12m	145 kg	4h 18m
Barcelona	1,500 km	44.3 kg	18h 18m	377 kg	5h 30m
Birmingham	1,034 km	40.6 kg	15h 12m	260 kg	4h 54m
Bristol	1,100 km	41.3 kg	15h 24m	277 kg	5h
Brussels	651 km	19.2 kg	8h 42m	164 kg	4h 24m
Cardiff	1,139 km	44.5 kg	15h 42m	287 kg	5h
Copenhagen	355 km	10.5 kg	7h 6m	89.2 kg	4h
Dublin	1,317 km	—	—	331 kg	5h 18m
Edinburgh	1,141 km	70.4 kg	18h 6m	287 kg	5h
Frankfurt	424 km	12.5 kg	5h 42m	107 kg	4h 6m
Glasgow	1,204 km	72.2 kg	18h 18m	303 kg	5h 6m
Leeds	1,005 km	49.4 kg	16h	253 kg	4h 48m
Lisbon	2,313 km	68.3 kg	35h 24m	582 kg	6h 36m
Liverpool	1,099 km	50.5 kg	16h	277 kg	5h
London	932 km	27.5 kg	12h 24m	234 kg	4h 42m
Madrid	1,870 km	55.2 kg	21h 54m	470 kg	6h
Manchester	1,050 km	48.5 kg	15h 54m	264 kg	4h 54m
Milan	843 km	24.9 kg	14h 6m	212 kg	4h 36m
Munich	505 km	14.9 kg	5h 18m	127 kg	4h 12m
Newcastle	1,022 km	59.5 kg	16h 36m	257 kg	4h 54m
Nottingham	980 km	41.6 kg	15h 30m	246 kg	4h 48m
Oslo	838 km	24.7 kg	14h 6m	211 kg	4h 36m
Paris	878 km	25.9 kg	10h 12m	221 kg	4h 42m
Prague	280 km	8.3 kg	6h 6m	70.4 kg	3h 54m
Rome	1,184 km	34.9 kg	17h 42m	298 kg	5h 6m
Sheffield	999 km	45.8 kg	15h 48m	251 kg	4h 48m
Southampton	1,035 km	36.5 kg	15h 6m	260 kg	4h 54m
Stockholm	810 km	23.9 kg	12h	204 kg	4h 36m
Vienna	524 km	15.5 kg	9h 36m	132 kg	4h 12m
Warsaw	517 km	15.3 kg	7h 54m	130 kg	4h 12m
Zurich	670 km	19.8 kg	10h	169 kg	4h 24m

The year in Berlin

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August

Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June

Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Temp °C	2.6	4.7	6.5	9.3	15.4	18.7	20.2	20.5	18.2	11.8	5.4	3.7
Sun h/day	2.9	4.1	7.2	8.6	12.5	12.8	12.3	10.9	10.0	5.6	3.9	2.0
Rain mm/day	2.0	2.4	1.9	1.5	1.8	2.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	2.3	2.2	2.6

When to go

Berlin is warmest in August at 20.5 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.8 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 2.6 °C.

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmestAugust20.5 °C · 10.9 h sun · 1.7 mm rainSee rooms in August →sunniestJune18.7 °C · 12.8 h sun · 2.4 mm rainSee rooms in June →driestSeptember18.2 °C · 10.0 h sun · 1.0 mm rainSee rooms in September →

Staying there

A hotel room in Germany emits about 13.2 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 92 kg — about 11.1× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Prague. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.

How busy it gets

Berlin records 8.2 overnight stays per resident a year (30,394,844 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 Berlin

Places to stay in Berlin, 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.