Charleroi
Reaching Charleroi from London emits 10.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (5h 24m each way) against 86.1 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.5 °C in August and 3.5 °C in January.
Charleroi, on the river Sambre, is the third largest municipality and fifth-largest city of Belgium. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Charleroi is warmest in August (18.5 °C), sunniest in June (11.8 h a day); coldest in January (3.5 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 220 km | 6.5 kg | 4h 42m | 55.4 kg | 3h 48m |
| Barcelona | 1,019 km | 30.1 kg | 12h 18m | 256 kg | 4h 54m |
| Berlin | 663 km | 19.6 kg | 9h 30m | 167 kg | 4h 24m |
| Birmingham | 496 km | 23.2 kg | 8h 12m | 125 kg | 4h 12m |
| Bristol | 507 km | 23.9 kg | 8h 24m | 127 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 547 km | 27.1 kg | 8h 42m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Copenhagen | 797 km | 23.5 kg | 13h 30m | 201 kg | 4h 36m |
| Dublin | 802 km | — | — | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Edinburgh | 798 km | 53.0 kg | 11h 12m | 201 kg | 4h 36m |
| Frankfurt | 303 km | 8.9 kg | 5h 48m | 76.2 kg | 3h 54m |
| Glasgow | 838 km | 54.8 kg | 11h 18m | 211 kg | 4h 36m |
| Leeds | 556 km | 32.0 kg | 9h | 140 kg | 4h 12m |
| Lisbon | 1,682 km | 49.6 kg | 26h 18m | 423 kg | 5h 42m |
| Liverpool | 608 km | 33.1 kg | 9h | 153 kg | 4h 18m |
| London | 342 km | 10.1 kg | 5h 24m | 86.1 kg | 4h |
| Madrid | 1,279 km | 37.7 kg | 15h 54m | 322 kg | 5h 12m |
| Manchester | 571 km | 31.2 kg | 8h 54m | 144 kg | 4h 18m |
| Milan | 654 km | 19.3 kg | 11h 24m | 164 kg | 4h 24m |
| Munich | 575 km | 17.0 kg | 10h 18m | 145 kg | 4h 18m |
| Newcastle | 651 km | 42.1 kg | 9h 42m | 164 kg | 4h 24m |
| Nottingham | 478 km | 24.2 kg | 8h 30m | 120 kg | 4h 6m |
| Oslo | 1,129 km | 33.3 kg | 18h 18m | 284 kg | 5h |
| Paris | 230 km | 6.8 kg | 4h 12m | 57.8 kg | 3h 48m |
| Prague | 710 km | 20.9 kg | 12h 18m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Rome | 1,131 km | 33.4 kg | 14h 54m | 285 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 523 km | 28.4 kg | 8h 48m | 132 kg | 4h 12m |
| Southampton | 416 km | 19.1 kg | 8h 6m | 105 kg | 4h 6m |
| Stockholm | 1,315 km | 38.8 kg | 18h 48m | 331 kg | 5h 18m |
| Vienna | 898 km | 26.5 kg | 14h 54m | 226 kg | 4h 42m |
| Warsaw | 1,166 km | 34.4 kg | 17h | 293 kg | 5h 6m |
| Zurich | 452 km | 13.3 kg | 8h 30m | 114 kg | 4h 6m |
The year in Charleroi
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.5 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 13.4 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 5.3 |
| Sun h/day | 3.4 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
When to go
Charleroi is warmest in August at 18.5 °C but brightest in June, averaging 11.8 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.5 °C.
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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 Belgium emits about 12.2 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 85 kg — about 13.1× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Amsterdam. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Arr. Charleroi records 0.9 overnight stays per resident a year (345,574 nights in 2024). 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 Charleroi
Places to stay in Charleroi, Belgium, 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.