Duisburg
Reaching Duisburg from London emits 14.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 48m each way) against 120 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 19.2 °C in August and 3.9 °C in January.
Duisburg is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr area (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Duisburg is warmest in August (19.2 °C), sunniest in June (11.9 h a day); coldest in January (3.9 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 166 km | 4.9 kg | 4h 24m | 41.7 kg | 3h 42m |
| Barcelona | 1,171 km | 34.5 kg | 14h 18m | 295 kg | 5h 6m |
| Berlin | 471 km | 13.9 kg | 7h 6m | 118 kg | 4h 6m |
| Birmingham | 605 km | 27.2 kg | 10h 36m | 152 kg | 4h 18m |
| Bristol | 648 km | 27.8 kg | 10h 48m | 163 kg | 4h 24m |
| Brussels | 181 km | 5.3 kg | 4h 36m | 45.4 kg | 3h 42m |
| Cardiff | 689 km | 31.1 kg | 11h 6m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Copenhagen | 607 km | 17.9 kg | 10h 48m | 153 kg | 4h 18m |
| Dublin | 907 km | — | — | 228 kg | 4h 42m |
| Edinburgh | 825 km | 57.0 kg | 13h 36m | 208 kg | 4h 36m |
| Frankfurt | 199 km | 5.9 kg | 4h | 50.1 kg | 3h 48m |
| Glasgow | 876 km | 58.7 kg | 13h 42m | 220 kg | 4h 42m |
| Leeds | 619 km | 35.9 kg | 11h 24m | 156 kg | 4h 18m |
| Lisbon | 1,878 km | 55.4 kg | 29h 6m | 472 kg | 6h |
| Liverpool | 696 km | 37.1 kg | 11h 24m | 175 kg | 4h 24m |
| London | 477 km | 14.1 kg | 7h 48m | 120 kg | 4h 6m |
| Madrid | 1,465 km | 43.2 kg | 17h 54m | 369 kg | 5h 30m |
| Manchester | 651 km | 35.1 kg | 11h 18m | 164 kg | 4h 24m |
| Milan | 687 km | 20.3 kg | 11h 54m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Munich | 503 km | 14.9 kg | 8h 24m | 127 kg | 4h 12m |
| Newcastle | 682 km | 46.1 kg | 12h 6m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Nottingham | 565 km | 28.2 kg | 10h 54m | 142 kg | 4h 18m |
| Oslo | 975 km | 28.8 kg | 16h 6m | 245 kg | 4h 48m |
| Paris | 426 km | 12.6 kg | 6h 12m | 107 kg | 4h 6m |
| Prague | 559 km | 16.5 kg | 10h 6m | 141 kg | 4h 12m |
| Rome | 1,147 km | 33.8 kg | 15h 24m | 289 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 599 km | 32.4 kg | 11h 12m | 151 kg | 4h 18m |
| Southampton | 572 km | 23.0 kg | 10h 30m | 144 kg | 4h 18m |
| Stockholm | 1,129 km | 33.3 kg | 16h | 284 kg | 5h |
| Vienna | 776 km | 22.9 kg | 13h 12m | 195 kg | 4h 30m |
| Warsaw | 981 km | 29.0 kg | 14h 36m | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Zurich | 470 km | 13.9 kg | 8h 48m | 118 kg | 4h 6m |
The year in Duisburg
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.9 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 14.6 | 18.3 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 5.4 |
| Sun h/day | 3.4 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
When to go
Duisburg is warmest in August at 19.2 °C but brightest in June, averaging 11.9 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.9 °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 18.9× 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
Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt records 1 overnight stays per resident a year (484,672 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 Duisburg
Places to stay in Duisburg, 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.