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United Kingdom · 51.79°, 1.16° · 17 m

Clacton-on-Sea

Reaching Clacton-on-Sea from Nottingham emits 16.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 48m each way) against 93.1 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 18.2 °C in August and 5.3 °C in January.

16.3kg CO₂e return by rail, from Nottingham
66.2kg CO₂e return by air, from Amsterdam
13.3hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Clacton-on-Sea
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam263 km18.1 kg8h 12m66.2 kg3h 54m
Barcelona1,159 km41.2 kg18h 54m292 kg5h
Berlin839 km35.1 kg16h211 kg4h 36m
Birmingham222 km17.9 kg5h102 kg3h 48m
Bristol262 km21.0 kg5h 36m120 kg3h 48m
Brussels245 km17.0 kg7h 42m61.7 kg3h 48m
Cardiff301 km24.2 kg6h 6m138 kg3h 54m
Copenhagen864 km35.7 kg16h 24m217 kg4h 42m
Dublin529 km133 kg4h 12m
Edinburgh543 km43.7 kg9h 24m249 kg4h 12m
Frankfurt559 km26.4 kg12h141 kg4h 12m
Glasgow575 km46.3 kg9h 54m264 kg4h 18m
Leeds288 km23.1 kg5h 54m132 kg3h 54m
Lisbon1,658 km54.3 kg25h417 kg5h 42m
Liverpool332 km26.7 kg6h 30m152 kg3h 54m
Madrid1,318 km44.8 kg20h 36m332 kg5h 18m
Manchester296 km23.8 kg6h 6m136 kg3h 54m
Milan917 km35.9 kg16h 24m231 kg4h 42m
Munich848 km34.6 kg15h 48m213 kg4h 36m
Newcastle399 km32.1 kg7h 30m183 kg4h
Nottingham203 km16.3 kg4h 48m93.1 kg3h 48m
Oslo1,081 km41.6 kg19h 6m272 kg4h 54m
Paris337 km17.7 kg8h84.8 kg3h 54m
Prague947 km38.0 kg17h 24m238 kg4h 48m
Rome1,396 km49.9 kg22h 54m351 kg5h 24m
Sheffield250 km20.1 kg5h 24m115 kg3h 48m
Southampton203 km16.3 kg4h 48m93.2 kg3h 48m
Stockholm1,348 km49.8 kg22h 54m339 kg5h 18m
Vienna1,156 km44.0 kg20h 12m291 kg5h
Warsaw1,356 km50.3 kg23h 6m341 kg5h 18m
Zurich725 km30.5 kg13h 54m182 kg4h 30m

The year in Clacton-on-Sea

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C5.37.27.99.312.715.817.418.216.913.38.37.5
Sun h/day4.74.95.69.211.513.310.911.29.36.44.32.8
Rain mm/day1.91.72.62.02.10.92.62.21.82.62.31.9

When to go

Clacton-on-Sea is warmest in August at 18.2 °C but brightest in June, averaging 13.3 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.3 °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 4.5× the carbon of getting there by rail from Nottingham.

Where to stay in Clacton-on-Sea

Places to stay in Clacton-on-Sea, 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.