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Elgin

Reaching Elgin from Edinburgh emits 15.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 36m each way) against 86.6 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 15.0 °C in August and 4.5 °C in January.

15.2kg CO₂e return by rail, from Edinburgh
327kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.2hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Elgin
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam785 km67.9 kg16h 36m198 kg4h 30m
Barcelona1,849 km90.9 kg27h 18m465 kg6h
Berlin1,203 km84.8 kg24h 30m303 kg5h 6m
Birmingham582 km46.8 kg10h267 kg4h 18m
Bristol690 km55.5 kg11h 24m317 kg4h 24m
Brussels904 km66.8 kg16h 6m227 kg4h 42m
Cardiff686 km55.2 kg11h 24m315 kg4h 24m
Copenhagen993 km85.5 kg24h 48m250 kg4h 48m
Dublin514 km129 kg4h 12m
Edinburgh189 km15.2 kg4h 36m86.6 kg3h 48m
Frankfurt1,146 km76.1 kg20h 30m288 kg5h
Glasgow207 km16.6 kg4h 48m94.7 kg3h 48m
Leeds443 km35.6 kg8h 6m203 kg4h 6m
Lisbon2,146 km104 kg33h 24m540 kg6h 24m
Liverpool472 km37.9 kg8h 30m216 kg4h 6m
London713 km57.3 kg11h 48m327 kg4h 30m
Madrid1,916 km94.6 kg29h482 kg6h 6m
Manchester468 km37.7 kg8h 24m215 kg4h 6m
Milan1,602 km85.6 kg24h 54m403 kg5h 36m
Munich1,449 km84.4 kg24h 18m364 kg5h 24m
Newcastle316 km25.4 kg6h 18m145 kg3h 54m
Nottingham540 km43.4 kg9h 24m248 kg4h 12m
Oslo847 km91.4 kg27h 30m213 kg4h 36m
Paris1,047 km67.5 kg16h 30m263 kg4h 54m
Prague1,428 km87.8 kg25h 54m359 kg5h 24m
Rome2,077 km99.7 kg31h 24m523 kg6h 18m
Sheffield488 km39.3 kg8h 42m224 kg4h 12m
Southampton760 km61.1 kg12h 24m349 kg4h 30m
Stockholm1,251 km99.6 kg31h 24m315 kg5h 12m
Vienna1,676 km93.8 kg28h 42m422 kg5h 42m
Warsaw1,656 km100 kg31h 36m416 kg5h 42m
Zurich1,393 km80.3 kg22h 24m350 kg5h 24m

The year in Elgin

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.56.15.57.712.314.214.215.013.210.36.45.7
Sun h/day3.54.56.68.110.312.210.611.18.35.44.32.4
Rain mm/day2.62.42.83.22.33.24.52.83.63.43.45.3

When to go

Elgin is warmest in August at 15.0 °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 4.5 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in United Kingdom emits about 10.4 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 73 kg — about 4.8× the carbon of getting there by rail from Edinburgh.

Where to stay in Elgin

Places to stay in Elgin, United Kingdom, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.

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.