Germany · 51.51°, 7.47° · 96 m

Dortmund

Reaching Dortmund from London emits 15.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 36m each way) against 132 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 19.1 °C in August and 3.7 °C in January.

When to go: Dortmund is warmest in August (19.1 °C), sunniest in June (12.2 h a day), driest in September; coldest in January (3.7 °C). Month by month

15.5kg CO₂e return by rail, from London

132kg CO₂e return by air, from London

12.2hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Dortmund. Times are modelled.
From	Distance	By rail	Rail time	By air	Air time
Amsterdam	201 km	5.9 kg	4h 54m	50.5 kg	3h 48m
Barcelona	1,196 km	35.3 kg	14h 36m	301 kg	5h 6m
Berlin	422 km	12.4 kg	6h 24m	106 kg	4h 6m
Birmingham	650 km	28.6 kg	11h 18m	163 kg	4h 24m
Bristol	696 km	29.3 kg	11h 36m	175 kg	4h 24m
Brussels	229 km	6.8 kg	5h	57.7 kg	3h 48m
Cardiff	736 km	32.5 kg	11h 54m	185 kg	4h 30m
Copenhagen	572 km	16.9 kg	10h 18m	144 kg	4h 18m
Dublin	950 km	—	—	239 kg	4h 48m
Edinburgh	856 km	58.4 kg	14h 18m	215 kg	4h 36m
Frankfurt	178 km	5.2 kg	4h 6m	44.7 kg	3h 42m
Glasgow	909 km	60.2 kg	14h 30m	229 kg	4h 42m
Leeds	658 km	37.4 kg	12h 12m	166 kg	4h 24m
Lisbon	1,920 km	56.7 kg	29h 42m	483 kg	6h 6m
Liverpool	738 km	38.5 kg	12h 12m	186 kg	4h 30m
London	525 km	15.5 kg	8h 36m	132 kg	4h 12m
Madrid	1,502 km	44.3 kg	18h 12m	378 kg	5h 30m
Manchester	692 km	36.5 kg	12h 6m	174 kg	4h 24m
Milan	685 km	20.2 kg	11h 54m	172 kg	4h 24m
Munich	477 km	14.1 kg	8h 6m	120 kg	4h 6m
Newcastle	715 km	47.5 kg	12h 48m	180 kg	4h 30m
Nottingham	608 km	29.6 kg	11h 42m	153 kg	4h 18m
Oslo	956 km	28.2 kg	15h 48m	240 kg	4h 48m
Paris	469 km	13.8 kg	6h 30m	118 kg	4h 6m
Prague	514 km	15.2 kg	9h 24m	129 kg	4h 12m
Rome	1,136 km	33.5 kg	15h 24m	286 kg	5h
Sheffield	639 km	33.8 kg	12h	161 kg	4h 24m
Southampton	621 km	24.5 kg	11h 18m	156 kg	4h 18m
Stockholm	1,094 km	32.3 kg	15h 30m	275 kg	5h
Vienna	736 km	21.7 kg	12h 42m	185 kg	4h 30m
Warsaw	932 km	27.5 kg	13h 54m	234 kg	4h 42m
Zurich	468 km	13.8 kg	8h 42m	118 kg	4h 6m

The year in Dortmund

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August

Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June

Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Temp °C	3.7	6.2	7.6	9.3	14.2	17.8	18.7	19.1	17.1	12.9	6.6	5.2
Sun h/day	3.5	3.7	5.9	8.0	11.2	12.2	11.2	10.9	9.7	5.6	3.8	1.9
Rain mm/day	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.6	3.6	2.8	3.2	4.0	2.7	3.3	4.0	3.7

When to go

Dortmund is warmest in August at 19.1 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.7 °C.

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmestAugust19.1 °C · 10.9 h sun · 4.0 mm rainSee rooms in August →sunniestJune17.8 °C · 12.2 h sun · 2.8 mm rainSee rooms in June →driestSeptember17.1 °C · 9.7 h sun · 2.7 mm rainSee rooms in September →

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 17.8× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Frankfurt. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.

How busy it gets

Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt records 2.5 overnight stays per resident a year (1,503,036 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 Dortmund

Places to stay in Dortmund, 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.