Bielefeld
Reaching Bielefeld from London emits 17.7 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 48m each way) against 151 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.7 °C in August and 3.3 °C in January.
Bielefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with around 300,000 citizens. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Bielefeld is warmest in August (18.7 °C), sunniest in June (12.3 h a day), driest in September; coldest in January (3.3 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 251 km | 7.4 kg | 5h 36m | 63.2 kg | 3h 48m |
| Barcelona | 1,278 km | 37.7 kg | 15h 54m | 322 kg | 5h 12m |
| Berlin | 336 km | 9.9 kg | 5h 6m | 84.6 kg | 3h 54m |
| Birmingham | 711 km | 30.7 kg | 12h 36m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Bristol | 768 km | 31.4 kg | 12h 48m | 193 kg | 4h 30m |
| Brussels | 318 km | 9.4 kg | 6h 18m | 80.1 kg | 3h 54m |
| Cardiff | 808 km | 34.6 kg | 13h 6m | 203 kg | 4h 36m |
| Copenhagen | 484 km | 14.3 kg | 9h | 122 kg | 4h 6m |
| Dublin | 1,005 km | — | — | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Edinburgh | 880 km | 60.6 kg | 15h 36m | 221 kg | 4h 42m |
| Frankfurt | 214 km | 6.3 kg | 4h 36m | 53.7 kg | 3h 48m |
| Glasgow | 937 km | 62.3 kg | 15h 42m | 236 kg | 4h 42m |
| Leeds | 703 km | 39.5 kg | 13h 24m | 177 kg | 4h 24m |
| Lisbon | 2,014 km | 59.4 kg | 31h 6m | 507 kg | 6h 12m |
| Liverpool | 789 km | 40.7 kg | 13h 24m | 199 kg | 4h 36m |
| London | 598 km | 17.7 kg | 9h 48m | 151 kg | 4h 18m |
| Madrid | 1,594 km | 47.0 kg | 19h 30m | 401 kg | 5h 36m |
| Manchester | 742 km | 38.7 kg | 13h 18m | 187 kg | 4h 30m |
| Milan | 732 km | 21.6 kg | 12h 30m | 184 kg | 4h 30m |
| Munich | 484 km | 14.3 kg | 8h 6m | 122 kg | 4h 6m |
| Newcastle | 746 km | 49.6 kg | 14h 6m | 188 kg | 4h 30m |
| Nottingham | 663 km | 31.7 kg | 12h 54m | 167 kg | 4h 24m |
| Oslo | 887 km | 26.2 kg | 14h 48m | 223 kg | 4h 42m |
| Paris | 563 km | 16.6 kg | 7h 48m | 142 kg | 4h 18m |
| Prague | 465 km | 13.7 kg | 8h 42m | 117 kg | 4h 6m |
| Rome | 1,167 km | 34.4 kg | 16h 6m | 294 kg | 5h 6m |
| Sheffield | 690 km | 35.9 kg | 13h 12m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Southampton | 699 km | 26.6 kg | 12h 30m | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
| Stockholm | 1,006 km | 29.7 kg | 14h 12m | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Vienna | 702 km | 20.7 kg | 12h 12m | 177 kg | 4h 24m |
| Warsaw | 851 km | 25.1 kg | 12h 36m | 214 kg | 4h 36m |
| Zurich | 519 km | 15.3 kg | 9h 30m | 131 kg | 4h 12m |
The year in Bielefeld
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 14.3 | 17.6 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 12.2 | 6.0 | 4.5 |
| Sun h/day | 2.9 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 8.2 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 1.6 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
When to go
Bielefeld is warmest in August at 18.7 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.3 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.3 °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 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 14.7× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Frankfurt. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt records 1.7 overnight stays per resident a year (572,732 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 Bielefeld
Places to stay in Bielefeld, 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.