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Colchester

Reaching Colchester from Nottingham emits 14.7 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 30m each way) against 83.8 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 18.0 °C in August and 4.8 °C in January.

14.7kg CO₂e return by rail, from Nottingham
69.7kg 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 Colchester
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam277 km17.2 kg8h69.7 kg3h 54m
Barcelona1,171 km40.3 kg18h 42m295 kg5h 6m
Berlin854 km34.2 kg15h 54m215 kg4h 36m
Birmingham202 km16.3 kg4h 48m92.7 kg3h 48m
Bristol246 km19.8 kg5h 24m113 kg3h 48m
Brussels266 km16.1 kg7h 30m66.8 kg3h 54m
Cardiff285 km22.9 kg5h 54m131 kg3h 54m
Copenhagen873 km34.9 kg16h 12m220 kg4h 42m
Dublin509 km128 kg4h 12m
Edinburgh525 km42.2 kg9h 12m241 kg4h 12m
Frankfurt579 km25.5 kg11h 54m146 kg4h 18m
Glasgow556 km44.7 kg9h 36m255 kg4h 12m
Leeds268 km21.6 kg5h 42m123 kg3h 54m
Lisbon1,658 km53.4 kg24h 48m417 kg5h 42m
Liverpool312 km25.1 kg6h 18m143 kg3h 54m
Madrid1,323 km43.9 kg20h 24m333 kg5h 18m
Manchester276 km22.2 kg5h 48m127 kg3h 54m
Milan937 km35.0 kg16h 18m236 kg4h 42m
Munich868 km33.8 kg15h 42m218 kg4h 42m
Newcastle381 km30.7 kg7h 12m175 kg4h
Nottingham183 km14.7 kg4h 30m83.8 kg3h 42m
Oslo1,080 km40.7 kg18h 54m272 kg4h 54m
Paris353 km16.8 kg7h 48m88.7 kg4h
Prague966 km37.1 kg17h 18m243 kg4h 48m
Rome1,415 km49.0 kg22h 48m356 kg5h 24m
Sheffield231 km18.5 kg5h 12m106 kg3h 48m
Southampton194 km15.6 kg4h 42m89.0 kg3h 48m
Stockholm1,352 km48.9 kg22h 42m340 kg5h 18m
Vienna1,175 km43.1 kg20h296 kg5h 6m
Warsaw1,371 km49.4 kg23h345 kg5h 18m
Zurich745 km29.6 kg13h 48m187 kg4h 30m

The year in Colchester

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.86.97.68.912.716.117.218.016.512.47.47.2
Sun h/day4.84.75.39.110.813.010.910.89.06.44.22.7
Rain mm/day1.81.92.82.12.51.22.51.82.42.72.11.8

When to go

Colchester is warmest in August at 18.0 °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 5.0× the carbon of getting there by rail from Nottingham.

Where to stay in Colchester

Places to stay in Colchester, United Kingdom, 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.