Carrara
Reaching Carrara from London emits 33.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (15h 12m each way) against 282 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 24.8 °C in August and 8.3 °C in January.
Carrara is a city of 60,000 people (2020) in Tuscany that is famous for its marble. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Carrara is warmest in August (24.8 °C), sunniest in July (14.1 h a day); coldest in January (8.3 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 999 km | 29.5 kg | 15h 36m | 251 kg | 4h 48m |
| Barcelona | 714 km | 21.1 kg | 12h 18m | 180 kg | 4h 30m |
| Berlin | 970 km | 28.6 kg | 13h 12m | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Birmingham | 1,286 km | 46.2 kg | 18h | 323 kg | 5h 12m |
| Bristol | 1,251 km | 46.9 kg | 18h 12m | 315 kg | 5h 12m |
| Brussels | 868 km | 25.6 kg | 13h 42m | 218 kg | 4h 42m |
| Cardiff | 1,286 km | 50.1 kg | 18h 30m | 323 kg | 5h 12m |
| Copenhagen | 1,301 km | 38.4 kg | 20h 48m | 327 kg | 5h 12m |
| Dublin | 1,574 km | — | — | 396 kg | 5h 36m |
| Edinburgh | 1,620 km | 76.0 kg | 21h | 408 kg | 5h 42m |
| Frankfurt | 680 km | 20.1 kg | 11h 30m | 171 kg | 4h 24m |
| Glasgow | 1,658 km | 77.8 kg | 21h 6m | 417 kg | 5h 42m |
| Leeds | 1,372 km | 55.0 kg | 18h 48m | 345 kg | 5h 18m |
| Lisbon | 1,707 km | 50.4 kg | 26h 36m | 429 kg | 5h 48m |
| Liverpool | 1,408 km | 56.2 kg | 18h 48m | 354 kg | 5h 24m |
| London | 1,123 km | 33.2 kg | 15h 12m | 282 kg | 5h |
| Madrid | 1,205 km | 35.6 kg | 15h 24m | 303 kg | 5h 6m |
| Manchester | 1,378 km | 54.2 kg | 18h 42m | 347 kg | 5h 18m |
| Milan | 170 km | 5.0 kg | 4h | 42.7 kg | 3h 42m |
| Munich | 465 km | 13.7 kg | 8h 42m | 117 kg | 4h 6m |
| Newcastle | 1,473 km | 65.1 kg | 19h 30m | 371 kg | 5h 30m |
| Nottingham | 1,285 km | 47.2 kg | 18h 18m | 323 kg | 5h 12m |
| Oslo | 1,761 km | 52.0 kg | 27h 24m | 443 kg | 5h 48m |
| Paris | 796 km | 23.5 kg | 10h 54m | 200 kg | 4h 36m |
| Prague | 744 km | 21.9 kg | 12h 42m | 187 kg | 4h 30m |
| Rome | 313 km | 9.2 kg | 5h | 78.6 kg | 3h 54m |
| Sheffield | 1,334 km | 51.4 kg | 18h 36m | 336 kg | 5h 18m |
| Southampton | 1,148 km | 42.1 kg | 17h 54m | 289 kg | 5h |
| Stockholm | 1,779 km | 52.5 kg | 25h 48m | 448 kg | 5h 54m |
| Vienna | 666 km | 19.7 kg | 11h 36m | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Warsaw | 1,213 km | 35.8 kg | 19h 12m | 305 kg | 5h 6m |
| Zurich | 385 km | 11.4 kg | 7h 36m | 96.8 kg | 4h |
The year in Carrara
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 8.3 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 16.9 | 20.7 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 20.3 | 17.7 | 11.8 | 8.3 |
| Sun h/day | 5.9 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 5.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 12.3 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
| Sea °C | 14.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 18.5 | 22.6 | 26.2 | 27.1 | 24.7 | 22.2 | 19.0 | 16.2 |
When to go
Carrara is warmest in August at 24.8 °C but brightest in July, averaging 14.1 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 8.3 °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 Italy emits about 14.3 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 100 kg — about 20.0× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Milan. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Massa-Carrara records 7 overnight stays per resident a year (1,307,588 nights in 2025). 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 Carrara
Places to stay in Carrara, Italy, 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.