Chur
Reaching Chur from London emits 25.7 kg CO₂e return by rail (11h 54m each way) against 219 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.9 °C in August and 1.8 °C in January.
Chur is the capital of Graubünden in south-eastern Switzerland. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Chur is warmest in August (20.9 °C), sunniest in July (13.0 h a day); coldest in January (1.8 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 699 km | 20.6 kg | 11h 48m | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
| Barcelona | 845 km | 24.9 kg | 13h 6m | 213 kg | 4h 36m |
| Berlin | 690 km | 20.4 kg | 9h 30m | 174 kg | 4h 24m |
| Birmingham | 1,032 km | 38.8 kg | 14h 36m | 260 kg | 4h 54m |
| Bristol | 1,018 km | 39.5 kg | 14h 54m | 256 kg | 4h 54m |
| Brussels | 584 km | 17.2 kg | 10h 24m | 147 kg | 4h 18m |
| Cardiff | 1,056 km | 42.7 kg | 15h 12m | 266 kg | 4h 54m |
| Copenhagen | 1,004 km | 29.6 kg | 16h 30m | 252 kg | 4h 48m |
| Dublin | 1,332 km | — | — | 335 kg | 5h 18m |
| Edinburgh | 1,339 km | 68.6 kg | 17h 36m | 337 kg | 5h 18m |
| Frankfurt | 368 km | 10.9 kg | 7h | 92.7 kg | 4h |
| Glasgow | 1,381 km | 70.4 kg | 17h 48m | 348 kg | 5h 18m |
| Leeds | 1,100 km | 47.6 kg | 15h 30m | 277 kg | 5h |
| Lisbon | 1,766 km | 52.1 kg | 27h 30m | 444 kg | 5h 54m |
| Liverpool | 1,149 km | 48.7 kg | 15h 30m | 289 kg | 5h |
| London | 871 km | 25.7 kg | 11h 54m | 219 kg | 4h 42m |
| Madrid | 1,280 km | 37.8 kg | 16h 42m | 322 kg | 5h 12m |
| Manchester | 1,114 km | 46.8 kg | 15h 24m | 280 kg | 5h |
| Milan | 156 km | 4.6 kg | 4h 12m | 39.3 kg | 3h 42m |
| Munich | 210 km | 6.2 kg | 5h | 52.8 kg | 3h 48m |
| Newcastle | 1,192 km | 57.7 kg | 16h 6m | 300 kg | 5h 6m |
| Nottingham | 1,021 km | 39.8 kg | 15h | 257 kg | 4h 54m |
| Oslo | 1,455 km | 42.9 kg | 23h | 366 kg | 5h 24m |
| Paris | 580 km | 17.1 kg | 7h 30m | 146 kg | 4h 18m |
| Prague | 509 km | 15.0 kg | 9h 24m | 128 kg | 4h 12m |
| Rome | 600 km | 17.7 kg | 7h 42m | 151 kg | 4h 18m |
| Sheffield | 1,067 km | 44.0 kg | 15h 18m | 268 kg | 4h 54m |
| Southampton | 917 km | 34.7 kg | 14h 36m | 231 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 1,497 km | 44.2 kg | 21h 30m | 377 kg | 5h 30m |
| Vienna | 535 km | 15.8 kg | 9h 6m | 135 kg | 4h 12m |
| Warsaw | 1,020 km | 30.1 kg | 16h 42m | 257 kg | 4h 54m |
The year in Chur
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 1.8 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 13.8 | 18.6 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 16.4 | 13.2 | 5.6 | 2.0 |
| Sun h/day | 5.9 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.0 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
When to go
Chur is warmest in August at 20.9 °C but brightest in July, 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 1.8 °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 Switzerland emits about 6.6 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 46 kg — about 10.0× 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
Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun records 44.4 overnight stays per resident a year (9,147,540 nights in 2025). That is heavy tourist pressure — among the densest in Europe.
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 Chur
Places to stay in Chur, Switzerland, 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.