Gijón
Reaching Gijón from Madrid emits 11.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 12m each way) against 96.3 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.3 °C in August and 9.5 °C in January.
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,256 km | 37.1 kg | 19h 12m | 316 kg | 5h 12m |
| Barcelona | 684 km | 20.2 kg | 11h 24m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Berlin | 1,726 km | 50.9 kg | 25h 36m | 434 kg | 5h 48m |
| Birmingham | 1,033 km | 41.9 kg | 17h 36m | 260 kg | 4h 54m |
| Bristol | 910 km | 42.6 kg | 17h 42m | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Brussels | 1,109 km | 32.7 kg | 17h 12m | 279 kg | 5h |
| Cardiff | 903 km | 45.9 kg | 18h 18m | 227 kg | 4h 42m |
| Copenhagen | 1,872 km | 55.3 kg | 27h 36m | 471 kg | 6h |
| Dublin | 1,090 km | — | — | 274 kg | 5h |
| Edinburgh | 1,392 km | 71.8 kg | 22h 42m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 1,311 km | 38.7 kg | 19h 54m | 330 kg | 5h 12m |
| Glasgow | 1,375 km | 73.5 kg | 23h | 346 kg | 5h 18m |
| Leeds | 1,180 km | 50.7 kg | 19h 6m | 297 kg | 5h 6m |
| Lisbon | 609 km | 18.0 kg | 10h 18m | 153 kg | 4h 18m |
| Liverpool | 1,116 km | 51.9 kg | 19h 18m | 281 kg | 5h |
| London | 978 km | 28.9 kg | 15h 24m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Madrid | 383 km | 11.3 kg | 7h 12m | 96.3 kg | 4h |
| Manchester | 1,134 km | 49.9 kg | 19h | 285 kg | 5h |
| Milan | 1,195 km | 35.3 kg | 18h 24m | 301 kg | 5h 6m |
| Munich | 1,426 km | 42.1 kg | 21h 30m | 359 kg | 5h 24m |
| Newcastle | 1,305 km | 60.9 kg | 20h 48m | 328 kg | 5h 12m |
| Nottingham | 1,099 km | 43.0 kg | 17h 48m | 276 kg | 5h |
| Oslo | 2,130 km | 62.9 kg | 31h 6m | 536 kg | 6h 18m |
| Paris | 853 km | 25.2 kg | 13h 42m | 215 kg | 4h 36m |
| Prague | 1,686 km | 49.8 kg | 25h 6m | 424 kg | 5h 42m |
| Rome | 1,493 km | 44.1 kg | 22h 24m | 376 kg | 5h 30m |
| Sheffield | 1,137 km | 47.2 kg | 18h 30m | 286 kg | 5h |
| Southampton | 880 km | 37.8 kg | 16h 54m | 221 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 2,381 km | 70.3 kg | 34h 36m | 599 kg | 6h 42m |
| Vienna | 1,776 km | 52.4 kg | 26h 18m | 447 kg | 5h 54m |
| Warsaw | 2,195 km | 64.8 kg | 32h | 552 kg | 6h 24m |
| Zurich | 1,185 km | 35.0 kg | 18h 12m | 298 kg | 5h 6m |
The year in Gijón
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 9.5 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 14.4 | 17.8 | 19.5 | 20.3 | 18.3 | 16.9 | 13.8 | 10.3 |
| Sun h/day | 5.7 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| Rain mm/day | 6.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
When to go
Gijón is warmest in August at 20.3 °C but brightest in July, averaging 11.4 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 9.5 °C.
Staying there
A hotel room in Spain emits about 7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 49 kg — about 4.3× the carbon of getting there by rail from Madrid.
How busy it gets
Asturias records 6.6 overnight stays per resident a year (6,689,670 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 Gijón
Places to stay in Gijón, Spain, 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.