Dessau
Reaching Dessau from London emits 25.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (13h 6m each way) against 215 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.7 °C in August and 3.2 °C in January.
Dessau, now Dessau-Roßlau, has a population of 68,000 (2020) and is the third largest city in the Saxony-Anhalt region of Germany. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Dessau is warmest in August (20.7 °C), sunniest in June (12.7 h a day); coldest in January (3.2 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 506 km | 14.9 kg | 9h | 127 kg | 4h 12m |
| Barcelona | 1,391 km | 41.1 kg | 18h 24m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Birmingham | 966 km | 38.2 kg | 15h 54m | 243 kg | 4h 48m |
| Bristol | 1,023 km | 38.9 kg | 16h 6m | 257 kg | 4h 54m |
| Brussels | 559 km | 16.5 kg | 9h 24m | 141 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 1,063 km | 42.2 kg | 16h 24m | 267 kg | 4h 54m |
| Copenhagen | 427 km | 12.6 kg | 8h 12m | 108 kg | 4h 6m |
| Dublin | 1,257 km | — | — | 316 kg | 5h 12m |
| Edinburgh | 1,107 km | 68.1 kg | 18h 54m | 279 kg | 5h |
| Frankfurt | 314 km | 9.3 kg | 5h 54m | 79.1 kg | 3h 54m |
| Glasgow | 1,168 km | 69.8 kg | 19h | 294 kg | 5h 6m |
| Leeds | 950 km | 47.0 kg | 16h 42m | 239 kg | 4h 48m |
| Lisbon | 2,205 km | 65.1 kg | 33h 48m | 555 kg | 6h 24m |
| Liverpool | 1,040 km | 48.2 kg | 16h 42m | 262 kg | 4h 54m |
| London | 853 km | 25.2 kg | 13h 6m | 215 kg | 4h 36m |
| Madrid | 1,760 km | 51.9 kg | 22h | 443 kg | 5h 48m |
| Manchester | 992 km | 46.2 kg | 16h 36m | 250 kg | 4h 48m |
| Milan | 743 km | 21.9 kg | 12h 42m | 187 kg | 4h 30m |
| Munich | 414 km | 12.2 kg | 7h 12m | 104 kg | 4h 6m |
| Newcastle | 981 km | 57.2 kg | 17h 24m | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Nottingham | 916 km | 39.3 kg | 16h 12m | 230 kg | 4h 42m |
| Oslo | 903 km | 26.6 kg | 15h | 227 kg | 4h 42m |
| Paris | 776 km | 22.9 kg | 10h 18m | 195 kg | 4h 30m |
| Prague | 247 km | 7.3 kg | 5h 36m | 62.2 kg | 3h 48m |
| Rome | 1,106 km | 32.6 kg | 16h 12m | 278 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 940 km | 43.5 kg | 16h 30m | 236 kg | 4h 48m |
| Southampton | 952 km | 34.1 kg | 15h 48m | 239 kg | 4h 48m |
| Stockholm | 909 km | 26.8 kg | 13h 6m | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Vienna | 500 km | 14.7 kg | 9h 18m | 126 kg | 4h 12m |
| Warsaw | 601 km | 17.7 kg | 9h 48m | 151 kg | 4h 18m |
| Zurich | 564 km | 16.6 kg | 10h 6m | 142 kg | 4h 18m |
The year in Dessau
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.2 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 15.4 | 18.8 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 18.1 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 4.1 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
When to go
Dessau is warmest in August at 20.7 °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 3.2 °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 12.7× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Prague. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt records 3.1 overnight stays per resident a year (230,959 nights in 2024). Comparatively quiet by European standards.
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 Dessau
Places to stay in Dessau, 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.