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Catania

Reaching Catania from Rome emits 15.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 18m each way) against 135 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 29.0 °C in July and 11.6 °C in February.

15.8kg CO₂e return by rail, from Rome
494kg CO₂e return by air, from London
14.0hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Catania
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,834 km54.1 kg27h 6m461 kg5h 54m
Barcelona1,189 km35.1 kg18h 18m299 kg5h 6m
Berlin1,676 km49.5 kg24h 54m422 kg5h 42m
Birmingham2,124 km71.0 kg31h 6m534 kg6h 18m
Bristol2,081 km71.6 kg31h 12m523 kg6h 18m
Brussels1,710 km50.5 kg25h 24m430 kg5h 48m
Cardiff2,113 km74.9 kg31h 42m532 kg6h 18m
Copenhagen2,031 km59.9 kg29h 48m511 kg6h 12m
Dublin2,405 km——605 kg6h 42m
Edinburgh2,464 km101 kg36h 12m620 kg6h 48m
Frankfurt1,493 km44.1 kg22h 24m376 kg5h 30m
Glasgow2,501 km103 kg36h 24m629 kg6h 48m
Leeds2,214 km79.8 kg32h 36m557 kg6h 30m
Lisbon2,117 km62.5 kg31h533 kg6h 18m
Liverpool2,248 km80.9 kg32h 48m566 kg6h 30m
London1,962 km57.9 kg28h 48m494 kg6h 6m
Madrid1,652 km48.8 kg24h 36m416 kg5h 42m
Manchester2,219 km78.9 kg32h 24m558 kg6h 30m
Milan1,012 km29.9 kg15h 54m255 kg4h 48m
Munich1,217 km35.9 kg18h 42m306 kg5h 6m
Newcastle2,316 km89.9 kg34h 18m583 kg6h 36m
Nottingham2,127 km72.0 kg31h 12m535 kg6h 18m
Oslo2,512 km74.1 kg36h 24m632 kg6h 48m
Paris1,626 km48.0 kg24h 18m409 kg5h 42m
Prague1,402 km41.4 kg21h 12m353 kg5h 24m
Rome536 km15.8 kg9h 18m135 kg4h 12m
Sheffield2,176 km76.2 kg32h547 kg6h 24m
Southampton1,978 km66.9 kg30h 24m498 kg6h 6m
Stockholm2,438 km71.9 kg35h 24m613 kg6h 48m
Vienna1,196 km35.3 kg18h 24m301 kg5h 6m
Warsaw1,703 km50.3 kg25h 18m428 kg5h 48m
Zurich1,220 km36.0 kg18h 42m307 kg5h 6m

The year in Catania

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C11.711.614.216.019.024.529.028.224.721.916.912.6
Sun h/day8.48.510.610.711.013.114.012.611.09.78.77.9
Rain mm/day1.53.60.71.32.90.50.10.11.21.62.91.0

When to go

Catania is warmest in July at 29.0 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is February at 11.6 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Italy emits about 14.3 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 100 kg — about 6.3× the carbon of getting there by rail from Rome.

How busy it gets

Catania records 3 overnight stays per resident a year (3,245,943 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 Catania

Places to stay in Catania, 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.