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Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Reaching Cambridge from Sheffield emits 13.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (3h 54m each way) against 77.6 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 18.0 °C in August and 4.8 °C in January.

Cambridge is a university city in Cambridgeshire in England. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Cambridge is warmest in August (18.0 °C), sunniest in June (12.8 h a day); coldest in January (4.8 °C). Month by month

13.6kg CO₂e return by rail, from Sheffield
81.8kg CO₂e return by air, from Amsterdam
12.8hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Cambridge. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam325 km16.9 kg8h81.8 kg3h 54m
Barcelona1,212 km39.9 kg14h 30m305 kg5h 6m
Berlin902 km33.8 kg14h 24m227 kg4h 42m
Bristol204 km16.4 kg4h 24m93.6 kg3h 48m
Brussels329 km15.8 kg6h 6m82.7 kg3h 54m
Cardiff240 km19.3 kg5h110 kg3h 48m
Copenhagen900 km34.5 kg20h226 kg4h 42m
Dublin446 km——112 kg4h 6m
Edinburgh470 km37.8 kg7h 54m215 kg4h 6m
Frankfurt640 km25.2 kg10h 18m161 kg4h 24m
Glasgow497 km40.0 kg8h228 kg4h 12m
Leeds210 km16.8 kg4h 30m96.1 kg3h 48m
Lisbon1,660 km53.1 kg32h418 kg5h 42m
Liverpool248 km19.9 kg5h 6m114 kg3h 48m
Madrid1,342 km43.6 kg18h 6m338 kg5h 18m
Manchester213 km17.1 kg4h 36m97.6 kg3h 48m
Milan999 km34.6 kg14h 48m251 kg4h 48m
Munich931 km33.4 kg13h 36m234 kg4h 42m
Newcastle329 km26.4 kg6h 12m151 kg3h 54m
Oslo1,079 km40.4 kg29h 36m272 kg4h 54m
Paris404 km16.5 kg6h 24m102 kg4h
Prague1,023 km36.8 kg20h257 kg4h 54m
Rome1,478 km48.7 kg18h 54m372 kg5h 30m
Sheffield169 km13.6 kg3h 54m77.6 kg3h 42m
Southampton178 km14.3 kg4h 6m81.8 kg3h 42m
Stockholm1,368 km48.6 kg26h 24m344 kg5h 18m
Vienna1,236 km42.8 kg18h 42m311 kg5h 6m
Warsaw1,419 km49.1 kg21h 54m357 kg5h 24m
Zurich809 km29.3 kg11h 54m203 kg4h 36m

The year in Cambridge

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 4.8 °C4.8 °CJanFebruary: 7.2 °CFebMarch: 7.7 °CMarApril: 9.2 °CAprMay: 13.0 °CMayJune: 16.4 °CJunJuly: 17.2 °CJulAugust: 18.0 °C18.0 °CAugSeptember: 16.5 °CSepOctober: 12.4 °COctNovember: 7.4 °CNovDecember: 7.3 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June
January: 4.8 hJanFebruary: 4.8 hFebMarch: 5.4 hMarApril: 8.9 hAprMay: 10.1 hMayJune: 12.8 h12.8 hJunJuly: 10.6 hJulAugust: 10.7 hAugSeptember: 8.3 hSepOctober: 6.1 hOctNovember: 4.2 hNovDecember: 2.4 h2.4 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.87.27.79.213.016.417.218.016.512.47.47.3
Sun h/day4.84.85.48.910.112.810.610.78.36.14.22.4
Rain mm/day1.62.12.42.32.11.33.01.53.42.91.92.2

When to go

Cambridge is warmest in August at 18.0 °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 4.8 °C.

Three months worth booking

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

warmestAugust18.0 °C · 10.7 h sun · 1.5 mm rainSee rooms in August →sunniest and driestJune16.4 °C · 12.8 h sun · 1.3 mm rainSee rooms in June →

Staying there

A hotel room in United Kingdom emits about 10.4 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 73 kg — about 5.4× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Sheffield. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.

Where to stay in Cambridge

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

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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.