Frankfurt am Main
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Reaching Frankfurt am Main from London emits 18.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 12m each way) against 160 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.6 °C in August and 3.2 °C in January.
Frankfurt (German, and sometimes in English: Frankfurt am Main) is the largest city in the German state of Hesse, and is considered the business and financial centre of Germany. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Frankfurt am Main is warmest in August (20.6 °C), sunniest in June (12.6 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 | 364 km | 10.8 kg | 5h 24m | 91.6 kg | 4h |
| Barcelona | 1,093 km | 32.3 kg | 13h 12m | 275 kg | 5h |
| Berlin | 424 km | 12.5 kg | 5h 42m | 107 kg | 4h 6m |
| Birmingham | 781 km | 31.9 kg | 11h | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Bristol | 806 km | 32.6 kg | 11h 12m | 203 kg | 4h 36m |
| Brussels | 317 km | 9.4 kg | 4h 30m | 79.8 kg | 3h 54m |
| Cardiff | 847 km | 35.8 kg | 11h 30m | 213 kg | 4h 36m |
| Copenhagen | 671 km | 19.8 kg | 10h 54m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
| Dublin | 1,087 km | — | — | 273 kg | 4h 54m |
| Edinburgh | 1,023 km | 61.7 kg | 14h | 257 kg | 4h 54m |
| Glasgow | 1,074 km | 63.5 kg | 14h 6m | 270 kg | 4h 54m |
| Leeds | 811 km | 40.7 kg | 11h 48m | 204 kg | 4h 36m |
| Lisbon | 1,891 km | 55.8 kg | 29h 18m | 476 kg | 6h |
| Liverpool | 881 km | 41.8 kg | 11h 48m | 222 kg | 4h 42m |
| London | 638 km | 18.8 kg | 8h 12m | 160 kg | 4h 24m |
| Madrid | 1,446 km | 42.7 kg | 16h 48m | 364 kg | 5h 24m |
| Manchester | 838 km | 39.9 kg | 11h 48m | 211 kg | 4h 36m |
| Milan | 519 km | 15.3 kg | 9h 30m | 130 kg | 4h 12m |
| Munich | 304 km | 9.0 kg | 4h 54m | 76.5 kg | 3h 54m |
| Newcastle | 880 km | 50.8 kg | 12h 30m | 221 kg | 4h 42m |
| Nottingham | 749 km | 32.9 kg | 11h 18m | 188 kg | 4h 30m |
| Oslo | 1,097 km | 32.4 kg | 17h 48m | 276 kg | 5h |
| Paris | 479 km | 14.1 kg | 5h 6m | 120 kg | 4h 6m |
| Prague | 409 km | 12.1 kg | 7h 54m | 103 kg | 4h |
| Rome | 961 km | 28.3 kg | 13h | 242 kg | 4h 48m |
| Sheffield | 787 km | 37.1 kg | 11h 42m | 198 kg | 4h 30m |
| Southampton | 718 km | 27.8 kg | 10h 54m | 181 kg | 4h 30m |
| Stockholm | 1,186 km | 35.0 kg | 16h 48m | 298 kg | 5h 6m |
| Vienna | 598 km | 17.6 kg | 10h | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
| Warsaw | 890 km | 26.3 kg | 13h 12m | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
| Zurich | 306 km | 9.0 kg | 6h 24m | 76.9 kg | 3h 54m |
The year in Frankfurt am Main
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.2 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 15.2 | 19.7 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 17.6 | 12.4 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| Sun h/day | 3.6 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
When to go
Frankfurt am Main is warmest in August at 20.6 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.6 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 10.3× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Munich. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt records 14.7 overnight stays per resident a year (11,125,495 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 Frankfurt am Main
Places to stay in Frankfurt am Main, 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.