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Denmark · 55.68°, 12.57° · 14 m

Copenhagen

Reaching Copenhagen from Berlin emits 10.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (6h 54m each way) against 89.2 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 17.5 °C in August and 2.4 °C in January.

10.5kg CO₂e return by rail, from Berlin
240kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.6hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Copenhagen
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam621 km18.3 kg10h 30m156 kg4h 18m
Barcelona1,759 km51.9 kg26h 6m443 kg5h 48m
Berlin355 km10.5 kg6h 54m89.2 kg4h
Birmingham1,006 km41.3 kg17h 18m253 kg4h 48m
Bristol1,103 km41.9 kg17h 24m277 kg5h
Brussels765 km22.6 kg12h 30m192 kg4h 30m
Cardiff1,136 km45.2 kg18h286 kg5h
Dublin1,238 km311 kg5h 12m
Edinburgh983 km71.1 kg22h 24m247 kg4h 48m
Frankfurt671 km19.8 kg11h 12m169 kg4h 24m
Glasgow1,050 km72.8 kg22h 42m264 kg4h 54m
Leeds928 km50.1 kg18h 48m233 kg4h 42m
Lisbon2,478 km73.1 kg35h 54m623 kg6h 48m
Liverpool1,031 km51.2 kg19h259 kg4h 54m
London955 km28.2 kg15h 6m240 kg4h 48m
Madrid2,072 km61.2 kg30h 24m521 kg6h 18m
Manchester983 km49.2 kg18h 42m247 kg4h 48m
Milan1,160 km34.2 kg17h 54m292 kg5h
Munich841 km24.8 kg13h 30m212 kg4h 36m
Newcastle899 km60.2 kg20h 30m226 kg4h 42m
Nottingham938 km42.3 kg17h 30m236 kg4h 48m
Oslo483 km14.3 kg8h 36m122 kg4h 6m
Paris1,027 km30.3 kg16h 6m258 kg4h 54m
Prague634 km18.7 kg10h 42m159 kg4h 18m
Rome1,533 km45.2 kg23h386 kg5h 30m
Sheffield939 km46.5 kg18h 12m236 kg4h 48m
Southampton1,067 km37.1 kg16h 36m268 kg4h 54m
Stockholm522 km15.4 kg9h 6m131 kg4h 12m
Vienna870 km25.7 kg13h 54m219 kg4h 42m
Warsaw672 km19.8 kg11h 12m169 kg4h 24m
Zurich964 km28.5 kg15h 12m243 kg4h 48m

The year in Copenhagen

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C2.43.64.37.012.716.217.117.516.511.26.04.3
Sun h/day2.94.45.99.413.413.612.310.410.05.33.31.5
Rain mm/day2.72.21.71.80.61.42.92.91.52.62.81.9

When to go

Copenhagen is warmest in August at 17.5 °C but brightest in June, averaging 13.6 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 2.4 °C.

How busy it gets

Byen København records 14.7 overnight stays per resident a year (12,221,225 nights in 2024). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.

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 Copenhagen

Places to stay in Copenhagen, Denmark, 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.