Gelsenkirchen
Reaching Gelsenkirchen from London emits 14.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 12m each way) against 126 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 19.1 °C in August and 3.8 °C in January.
Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Gelsenkirchen is warmest in August (19.1 °C), sunniest in June (12.0 h a day); coldest in January (3.8 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 179 km | 5.3 kg | 4h 36m | 45.1 kg | 3h 42m |
| Barcelona | 1,186 km | 35.0 kg | 14h 24m | 298 kg | 5h 6m |
| Berlin | 447 km | 13.2 kg | 6h 48m | 112 kg | 4h 6m |
| Birmingham | 625 km | 27.8 kg | 11h | 157 kg | 4h 18m |
| Bristol | 671 km | 28.5 kg | 11h 12m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
| Brussels | 205 km | 6.0 kg | 4h 48m | 51.5 kg | 3h 48m |
| Cardiff | 711 km | 31.7 kg | 11h 30m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Copenhagen | 587 km | 17.3 kg | 10h 30m | 148 kg | 4h 18m |
| Dublin | 926 km | — | — | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Edinburgh | 837 km | 57.7 kg | 14h | 211 kg | 4h 36m |
| Frankfurt | 191 km | 5.6 kg | 4h 6m | 47.9 kg | 3h 48m |
| Glasgow | 889 km | 59.4 kg | 14h 6m | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
| Leeds | 636 km | 36.6 kg | 11h 48m | 160 kg | 4h 18m |
| Lisbon | 1,901 km | 56.1 kg | 29h 24m | 478 kg | 6h |
| Liverpool | 714 km | 37.8 kg | 11h 48m | 180 kg | 4h 30m |
| London | 500 km | 14.8 kg | 8h 12m | 126 kg | 4h 12m |
| Madrid | 1,486 km | 43.8 kg | 18h | 374 kg | 5h 30m |
| Manchester | 668 km | 35.8 kg | 11h 42m | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Milan | 689 km | 20.3 kg | 11h 54m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Munich | 493 km | 14.6 kg | 8h 18m | 124 kg | 4h 12m |
| Newcastle | 695 km | 46.7 kg | 12h 30m | 175 kg | 4h 24m |
| Nottingham | 584 km | 28.8 kg | 11h 18m | 147 kg | 4h 18m |
| Oslo | 962 km | 28.4 kg | 15h 54m | 242 kg | 4h 48m |
| Paris | 448 km | 13.2 kg | 6h 18m | 113 kg | 4h 6m |
| Prague | 538 km | 15.9 kg | 9h 48m | 135 kg | 4h 12m |
| Rome | 1,145 km | 33.8 kg | 15h 24m | 288 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 616 km | 33.0 kg | 11h 36m | 155 kg | 4h 18m |
| Southampton | 596 km | 23.7 kg | 10h 54m | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
| Stockholm | 1,109 km | 32.7 kg | 15h 42m | 279 kg | 5h |
| Vienna | 758 km | 22.4 kg | 13h | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Warsaw | 957 km | 28.3 kg | 14h 18m | 241 kg | 4h 48m |
| Zurich | 472 km | 13.9 kg | 8h 48m | 119 kg | 4h 6m |
The year in Gelsenkirchen
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.8 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 14.4 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 19.1 | 17.1 | 12.9 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
When to go
Gelsenkirchen is warmest in August at 19.1 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.0 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.8 °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 17.4× 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
Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt records 1.2 overnight stays per resident a year (308,463 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 Gelsenkirchen
Places to stay in Gelsenkirchen, 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.