Cuxhaven
Reaching Cuxhaven from London emits 19.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (11h 30m each way) against 163 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.1 °C in August and 4.1 °C in January.
Cuxhaven is a seaside resort city in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany on the mouth of the river Elbe on the North Sea coast. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Cuxhaven is warmest in August (18.1 °C), sunniest in June (12.7 h a day), driest in September; coldest in January (4.1 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 304 km | 9.0 kg | 6h 24m | 76.4 kg | 3h 54m |
| Barcelona | 1,470 km | 43.4 kg | 18h 24m | 370 kg | 5h 30m |
| Berlin | 348 km | 10.3 kg | 5h 12m | 87.4 kg | 4h |
| Birmingham | 722 km | 32.2 kg | 14h 12m | 182 kg | 4h 30m |
| Bristol | 807 km | 32.9 kg | 14h 30m | 203 kg | 4h 36m |
| Brussels | 447 km | 13.2 kg | 8h 30m | 112 kg | 4h 6m |
| Cardiff | 843 km | 36.2 kg | 14h 48m | 212 kg | 4h 36m |
| Copenhagen | 319 km | 9.4 kg | 6h 36m | 80.3 kg | 3h 54m |
| Dublin | 986 km | — | — | 248 kg | 4h 48m |
| Edinburgh | 794 km | 62.1 kg | 17h 12m | 200 kg | 4h 36m |
| Frankfurt | 417 km | 12.3 kg | 7h | 105 kg | 4h 6m |
| Glasgow | 857 km | 63.8 kg | 17h 24m | 216 kg | 4h 36m |
| Leeds | 672 km | 41.0 kg | 15h 6m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
| Lisbon | 2,159 km | 63.7 kg | 33h 6m | 543 kg | 6h 24m |
| Liverpool | 771 km | 42.2 kg | 15h 6m | 194 kg | 4h 30m |
| London | 650 km | 19.2 kg | 11h 30m | 163 kg | 4h 24m |
| Madrid | 1,760 km | 51.9 kg | 22h | 443 kg | 5h 48m |
| Manchester | 721 km | 40.2 kg | 15h | 181 kg | 4h 30m |
| Milan | 935 km | 27.6 kg | 15h 30m | 235 kg | 4h 42m |
| Munich | 668 km | 19.7 kg | 10h 6m | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 678 km | 51.2 kg | 15h 42m | 171 kg | 4h 24m |
| Nottingham | 660 km | 33.3 kg | 14h 36m | 166 kg | 4h 24m |
| Oslo | 683 km | 20.2 kg | 11h 54m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Paris | 710 km | 21.0 kg | 10h 18m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Prague | 574 km | 16.9 kg | 10h 18m | 145 kg | 4h 18m |
| Rome | 1,361 km | 40.2 kg | 19h | 342 kg | 5h 18m |
| Sheffield | 672 km | 37.5 kg | 14h 54m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
| Southampton | 760 km | 28.1 kg | 14h 12m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Stockholm | 834 km | 24.6 kg | 11h 54m | 210 kg | 4h 36m |
| Vienna | 826 km | 24.4 kg | 14h | 208 kg | 4h 36m |
| Warsaw | 842 km | 24.8 kg | 12h 42m | 212 kg | 4h 36m |
| Zurich | 723 km | 21.3 kg | 12h 24m | 182 kg | 4h 30m |
The year in Cuxhaven
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 13.9 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 6.9 | 5.2 |
| Sun h/day | 3.1 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 1.8 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| Sea °C | 5.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 18.1 | 13.5 | 9.5 | 5.5 |
When to go
Cuxhaven is warmest in August at 18.1 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.1 °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 Germany emits about 13.2 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 92 kg — about 10.3× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Amsterdam. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Cuxhaven records 11.4 overnight stays per resident a year (2,269,144 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 Cuxhaven
Places to stay in Cuxhaven, Germany, 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.