The Netherlands · 52.78°, 6.91° · 19 m

Emmen

Reaching Emmen from London emits 14.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 42m each way) against 126 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.2 °C in August and 4.0 °C in January.

Emmen is the biggest city in the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Emmen is warmest in August (18.2 °C), sunniest in June (12.3 h a day), driest in May; coldest in January (4.0 °C). Month by month

14.8kg CO₂e return by rail, from London

126kg CO₂e return by air, from London

12.3hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Emmen. Times are modelled.
From	Distance	By rail	Rail time	By air	Air time
Barcelona	1,316 km	38.8 kg	15h 36m	331 kg	5h 18m
Berlin	439 km	13.0 kg	7h 6m	111 kg	4h 6m
Birmingham	595 km	27.8 kg	11h 24m	150 kg	4h 18m
Bristol	665 km	28.5 kg	11h 42m	167 kg	4h 24m
Brussels	277 km	8.2 kg	6h	69.7 kg	3h 54m
Cardiff	703 km	31.7 kg	12h	177 kg	4h 24m
Copenhagen	489 km	14.4 kg	9h 6m	123 kg	4h 12m
Dublin	880 km	—	—	221 kg	4h 42m
Edinburgh	743 km	57.7 kg	14h 24m	187 kg	4h 30m
Frankfurt	321 km	9.5 kg	6h 36m	80.7 kg	3h 54m
Glasgow	800 km	59.4 kg	14h 36m	201 kg	4h 36m
Leeds	573 km	36.6 kg	12h 18m	144 kg	4h 18m
Lisbon	1,989 km	58.7 kg	30h 36m	500 kg	6h 12m
Liverpool	663 km	37.8 kg	12h 18m	167 kg	4h 24m
London	500 km	14.8 kg	8h 42m	126 kg	4h 12m
Madrid	1,592 km	47.0 kg	19h 12m	400 kg	5h 36m
Manchester	615 km	35.8 kg	12h 12m	155 kg	4h 18m
Milan	830 km	24.5 kg	14h	209 kg	4h 36m
Munich	613 km	18.1 kg	10h 30m	154 kg	4h 18m
Newcastle	609 km	46.7 kg	12h 54m	153 kg	4h 18m
Nottingham	541 km	28.8 kg	11h 48m	136 kg	4h 12m
Oslo	827 km	24.4 kg	14h	208 kg	4h 36m
Paris	541 km	16.0 kg	7h 30m	136 kg	4h 12m
Prague	600 km	17.7 kg	10h 42m	151 kg	4h 18m
Rome	1,281 km	37.8 kg	17h 30m	322 kg	5h 12m
Sheffield	563 km	33.0 kg	12h 6m	142 kg	4h 18m
Southampton	607 km	23.7 kg	11h 24m	153 kg	4h 18m
Stockholm	1,003 km	29.6 kg	14h 18m	252 kg	4h 48m
Vienna	839 km	24.8 kg	14h 12m	211 kg	4h 36m
Warsaw	955 km	28.2 kg	14h 36m	240 kg	4h 48m
Zurich	613 km	18.1 kg	10h 48m	154 kg	4h 18m

The year in Emmen

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	4.0	6.2	7.2	9.2	14.4	17.1	17.8	18.2	16.7	12.2	6.6	5.6
Sun h/day	3.3	3.6	5.7	8.7	11.0	12.3	11.5	10.7	9.3	5.4	3.5	1.8
Rain mm/day	3.1	2.6	2.4	3.2	2.1	2.2	4.0	3.0	2.5	3.6	3.6	3.4

When to go

Emmen is warmest in August at 18.2 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.3 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.0 °C.

Three months worth booking

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

warmestAugust18.2 °C · 10.7 h sun · 3.0 mm rainSee rooms in August →sunniestJune17.1 °C · 12.3 h sun · 2.2 mm rainSee rooms in June →driestMay14.4 °C · 11.0 h sun · 2.1 mm rainSee rooms in May →

Staying there

A hotel room in The Netherlands emits about 14.8 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 104 kg — about 12.6× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Brussels. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.

How busy it gets

Zuidoost-Drenthe records 18.3 overnight stays per resident a year (3,133,900 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 Emmen

Places to stay in Emmen, The Netherlands, 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.