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Brighton

Reaching Brighton from Bristol emits 14.9 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 30m each way) against 84.8 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 17.3 °C in August and 5.5 °C in January.

14.9kg CO₂e return by rail, from Bristol
97.4kg CO₂e return by air, from Amsterdam
13.8hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Brighton
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam387 km16.6 kg7h 54m97.4 kg4h
Barcelona1,064 km39.7 kg18h 36m268 kg4h 54m
Berlin952 km33.6 kg15h 48m239 kg4h 48m
Birmingham220 km17.7 kg5h101 kg3h 48m
Bristol185 km14.9 kg4h 30m84.8 kg3h 42m
Brussels315 km15.5 kg7h 24m79.3 kg3h 54m
Cardiff224 km18.0 kg5h 6m103 kg3h 48m
Copenhagen1,000 km34.3 kg16h 6m252 kg4h 48m
Dublin502 km126 kg4h 12m
Edinburgh605 km48.6 kg10h 18m277 kg4h 18m
Frankfurt629 km24.9 kg11h 48m158 kg4h 18m
Glasgow623 km50.1 kg10h 30m286 kg4h 18m
Leeds344 km27.6 kg6h 42m158 kg4h
Lisbon1,520 km52.8 kg24h 42m382 kg5h 30m
Liverpool346 km27.8 kg6h 42m159 kg4h
Madrid1,190 km43.4 kg20h 18m299 kg5h 6m
Manchester328 km26.4 kg6h 30m150 kg3h 54m
Milan912 km34.4 kg16h 12m230 kg4h 42m
Munich896 km33.2 kg15h 36m226 kg4h 42m
Newcastle471 km37.9 kg8h 30m216 kg4h 6m
Nottingham246 km19.8 kg5h 24m113 kg3h 48m
Oslo1,219 km40.1 kg18h 48m307 kg5h 6m
Paris283 km16.2 kg7h 42m71.2 kg3h 54m
Prague1,032 km36.5 kg17h 12m260 kg4h 54m
Rome1,386 km48.4 kg22h 42m349 kg5h 18m
Sheffield298 km24.0 kg6h 6m137 kg3h 54m
Stockholm1,487 km48.4 kg22h 36m374 kg5h 30m
Vienna1,224 km42.5 kg19h 54m308 kg5h 6m
Warsaw1,466 km48.8 kg22h 54m369 kg5h 30m
Zurich740 km29.0 kg13h 42m186 kg4h 30m

The year in Brighton

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C5.57.37.89.212.815.916.917.316.513.48.88.0
Sun h/day4.74.35.68.911.213.811.111.09.06.84.22.8
Rain mm/day3.12.84.02.92.11.53.12.73.54.43.42.8

When to go

Brighton is warmest in August at 17.3 °C but brightest in June, averaging 13.8 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.5 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in United Kingdom emits about 10.4 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 73 kg — about 4.9× the carbon of getting there by rail from Bristol.

Where to stay in Brighton

Places to stay in Brighton, United Kingdom, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.

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.