Ghent
Reaching Ghent from London emits 8.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (5h 24m each way) against 68.4 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.9 °C in August and 4.7 °C in January.
When to go: Ghent is warmest in August (18.9 °C), sunniest in June (12.4 h a day); coldest in January (4.7 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 168 km | 5.0 kg | 4h 24m | 42.2 kg | 3h 42m |
| Barcelona | 1,081 km | 31.9 kg | 12h 18m | 272 kg | 4h 54m |
| Berlin | 686 km | 20.2 kg | 10h | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Birmingham | 418 km | 21.1 kg | 8h 12m | 105 kg | 4h 6m |
| Bristol | 442 km | 21.8 kg | 8h 24m | 111 kg | 4h 6m |
| Cardiff | 482 km | 25.0 kg | 8h 42m | 121 kg | 4h 6m |
| Copenhagen | 780 km | 23.0 kg | 13h 18m | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Dublin | 724 km | — | — | 182 kg | 4h 30m |
| Edinburgh | 711 km | 50.9 kg | 11h 12m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 366 km | 10.8 kg | 5h 48m | 92.0 kg | 4h |
| Glasgow | 751 km | 52.7 kg | 11h 18m | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
| Leeds | 470 km | 29.9 kg | 9h | 118 kg | 4h 6m |
| Lisbon | 1,699 km | 50.1 kg | 26h 24m | 427 kg | 5h 48m |
| Liverpool | 526 km | 31.1 kg | 9h | 132 kg | 4h 12m |
| London | 272 km | 8.0 kg | 5h 24m | 68.4 kg | 3h 54m |
| Madrid | 1,314 km | 38.8 kg | 15h 54m | 330 kg | 5h 18m |
| Manchester | 487 km | 29.1 kg | 8h 54m | 122 kg | 4h 6m |
| Milan | 741 km | 21.9 kg | 12h 36m | 186 kg | 4h 30m |
| Munich | 652 km | 19.2 kg | 10h 24m | 164 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 563 km | 40.0 kg | 9h 42m | 142 kg | 4h 18m |
| Nottingham | 395 km | 22.1 kg | 8h 30m | 99.3 kg | 4h |
| Oslo | 1,079 km | 31.8 kg | 17h 36m | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| Paris | 263 km | 7.8 kg | 4h 12m | 66.2 kg | 3h 54m |
| Prague | 763 km | 22.5 kg | 13h | 192 kg | 4h 30m |
| Rome | 1,219 km | 36.0 kg | 16h 12m | 307 kg | 5h 6m |
| Sheffield | 438 km | 26.3 kg | 8h 48m | 110 kg | 4h 6m |
| Southampton | 359 km | 17.0 kg | 8h 6m | 90.3 kg | 4h |
| Stockholm | 1,290 km | 38.1 kg | 18h 30m | 325 kg | 5h 12m |
| Vienna | 963 km | 28.4 kg | 15h 30m | 242 kg | 4h 48m |
| Warsaw | 1,198 km | 35.3 kg | 17h 30m | 301 kg | 5h 6m |
| Zurich | 539 km | 15.9 kg | 9h 42m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
The year in Ghent
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 4.7 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 17.2 | 13.1 | 7.8 | 6.6 |
| Sun h/day | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 2.2 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
When to go
Ghent is warmest in August at 18.9 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.4 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.7 °C.
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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 Belgium emits about 12.2 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 85 kg — about 17.1× 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
Arr. Gent records 3.3 overnight stays per resident a year (1,909,350 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 Ghent
Places to stay in Ghent, Belgium, 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.