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Chalcis

Chalcis, Greece
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Reaching Chalcis from London emits 69.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (38h 18m each way) against 590 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 30.5 °C in July and 10.0 °C in January.

Chalcis (population 102,223 in 2011) is the biggest city of the island of Evvia (or Evia or Euboea) in Sterea Hellada (east central Greece). — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Chalcis is warmest in July (30.5 °C); coldest in January (10.0 °C). Month by month

69.2kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
590kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.7hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Chalcis. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam2,115 km62.4 kg38h 42m532 kg6h 18m
Barcelona1,852 km54.7 kg39h 12m466 kg6h
Berlin1,750 km51.6 kg39h 42m440 kg5h 48m
Birmingham2,504 km82.3 kg41h 6m630 kg6h 48m
Bristol2,495 km83.0 kg41h 18m628 kg6h 48m
Brussels2,042 km60.3 kg36h 48m514 kg6h 12m
Cardiff2,533 km86.2 kg41h 36m637 kg6h 54m
Copenhagen2,083 km61.5 kg46h 48m524 kg6h 18m
Dublin2,807 km——706 kg7h 12m
Edinburgh2,774 km112 kg44h 6m698 kg7h 12m
Frankfurt1,751 km51.7 kg36h 18m440 kg5h 48m
Glasgow2,825 km114 kg44h 12m711 kg7h 18m
Leeds2,557 km91.1 kg41h 54m643 kg6h 54m
Lisbon2,831 km83.6 kg56h 42m712 kg7h 18m
Liverpool2,617 km92.2 kg41h 54m658 kg7h
London2,345 km69.2 kg38h 18m590 kg6h 36m
Madrid2,346 km69.2 kg42h 48m590 kg6h 36m
Manchester2,578 km90.3 kg41h 48m648 kg6h 54m
Milan1,420 km41.9 kg25h 54m357 kg5h 24m
Munich1,447 km42.7 kg34h 48m364 kg5h 24m
Newcastle2,631 km101 kg42h 36m662 kg7h
Nottingham2,486 km83.3 kg41h 24m625 kg6h 48m
Oslo2,551 km75.3 kg56h 24m642 kg6h 54m
Paris2,052 km60.6 kg34h516 kg6h 12m
Prague1,482 km43.7 kg35h 36m373 kg5h 30m
Rome1,016 km30.0 kg21h 54m255 kg4h 54m
Sheffield2,528 km87.5 kg41h 42m636 kg6h 54m
Southampton2,394 km78.2 kg41h602 kg6h 42m
Stockholm2,353 km69.4 kg53h 12m592 kg6h 36m
Vienna1,230 km36.3 kg30h 30m309 kg5h 6m
Warsaw1,544 km45.6 kg36h 12m388 kg5h 36m
Zurich1,571 km46.4 kg30h 18m395 kg5h 36m

The year in Chalcis

Average temperature, °C — warmest in July
January: 10.0 °C10.0 °CJanFebruary: 10.3 °CFebMarch: 13.2 °CMarApril: 16.8 °CAprMay: 19.9 °CMayJune: 26.9 °CJunJuly: 30.5 °C30.5 °CJulAugust: 29.1 °CAugSeptember: 24.5 °CSepOctober: 20.2 °COctNovember: 15.0 °CNovDecember: 11.2 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in July
January: 6.9 h6.9 hJanFebruary: 8.3 hFebMarch: 9.6 hMarApril: 11.0 hAprMay: 11.2 hMayJune: 13.4 hJunJuly: 13.7 h13.7 hJulAugust: 12.9 hAugSeptember: 10.9 hSepOctober: 10.0 hOctNovember: 8.1 hNovDecember: 7.0 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C10.010.313.216.819.926.930.529.124.520.215.011.2
Sun h/day6.98.39.611.011.213.413.712.910.910.08.17.0
Rain mm/day2.32.01.61.11.20.30.20.20.90.11.23.9

When to go

Chalcis is warmest in July at 30.5 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is January at 10.0 °C.

Three months worth booking

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

warmest and sunniestJuly30.5 °C · 13.7 h sun · 0.2 mm rainSee rooms in July →

How busy it gets

Εύβοια records 8.1 overnight stays per resident a year (1,721,401 nights in 2024). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.

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 Chalcis

Places to stay in Chalcis, Greece, 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.