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Chelmsford

Reaching Chelmsford from Southampton emits 12.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 12m each way) against 73.2 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 17.9 °C in August and 4.8 °C in January.

12.8kg CO₂e return by rail, from Southampton
78.1kg CO₂e return by air, from Amsterdam
13.0hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Chelmsford
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam310 km14.4 kg7h 30m78.1 kg3h 54m
Barcelona1,158 km37.5 kg18h 12m291 kg5h
Berlin886 km31.4 kg15h 24m223 kg4h 42m
Birmingham182 km14.6 kg4h 30m83.4 kg3h 42m
Bristol214 km17.2 kg4h 54m98.2 kg3h 48m
Brussels287 km13.3 kg7h72.2 kg3h 54m
Cardiff254 km20.4 kg5h 30m116 kg3h 48m
Copenhagen907 km32.1 kg15h 42m228 kg4h 42m
Dublin488 km123 kg4h 12m
Edinburgh527 km42.3 kg9h 12m242 kg4h 12m
Frankfurt603 km22.7 kg11h 24m152 kg4h 18m
Glasgow554 km44.5 kg9h 36m254 kg4h 12m
Leeds266 km21.4 kg5h 36m122 kg3h 54m
Lisbon1,628 km50.7 kg24h 24m409 kg5h 42m
Liverpool298 km24.0 kg6h 6m137 kg3h 54m
Madrid1,299 km41.2 kg20h327 kg5h 12m
Manchester267 km21.4 kg5h 36m122 kg3h 54m
Milan946 km32.2 kg15h 48m238 kg4h 48m
Munich889 km31.0 kg15h 12m224 kg4h 42m
Newcastle386 km31.0 kg7h 18m177 kg4h
Nottingham174 km14.0 kg4h 24m80.0 kg3h 42m
Oslo1,110 km37.9 kg18h 24m279 kg5h
Paris347 km14.0 kg7h 24m87.3 kg4h
Prague994 km34.4 kg16h 48m250 kg4h 48m
Rome1,424 km46.3 kg22h 18m358 kg5h 24m
Sheffield225 km18.1 kg5h 6m103 kg3h 48m
Southampton160 km12.8 kg4h 12m73.2 kg3h 42m
Stockholm1,386 km46.2 kg22h 18m349 kg5h 18m
Vienna1,200 km40.3 kg19h 36m302 kg5h 6m
Warsaw1,403 km46.6 kg22h 30m353 kg5h 24m
Zurich758 km26.8 kg13h 18m191 kg4h 30m

The year in Chelmsford

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.87.07.68.912.816.317.217.916.412.47.47.2
Sun h/day4.84.65.18.710.413.010.710.48.56.24.22.8
Rain mm/day2.02.02.82.62.31.43.11.62.72.32.51.8

When to go

Chelmsford is warmest in August at 17.9 °C but brightest in June, averaging 13.0 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.

Staying there

A hotel room in United Kingdom emits about 10.4 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 73 kg — about 5.7× the carbon of getting there by rail from Southampton.

Where to stay in Chelmsford

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

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.