Gijón
Reaching Gijón from London emits 28.9 kg CO₂e return by rail (15h 12m each way) against 246 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.3 °C in August and 9.5 °C in January.
Gijón (or Xixón in Asturian) is a port and metropolis in Asturias on the north coast of Spain. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Gijón is warmest in August (20.3 °C), sunniest in July (11.4 h a day); coldest in January (9.5 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,256 km | 37.1 kg | 15h 36m | 316 kg | 5h 12m |
| Barcelona | 684 km | 20.2 kg | 9h 24m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Berlin | 1,726 km | 50.9 kg | 21h | 434 kg | 5h 48m |
| Birmingham | 1,033 km | 41.9 kg | 18h | 260 kg | 4h 54m |
| Bristol | 910 km | 42.6 kg | 18h 12m | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Brussels | 1,109 km | 32.7 kg | 13h 42m | 279 kg | 5h |
| Cardiff | 903 km | 45.9 kg | 18h 30m | 227 kg | 4h 42m |
| Copenhagen | 1,872 km | 55.3 kg | 26h 30m | 471 kg | 6h |
| Dublin | 1,090 km | — | — | 274 kg | 5h |
| Edinburgh | 1,392 km | 71.8 kg | 21h | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 1,311 km | 38.7 kg | 15h 54m | 330 kg | 5h 12m |
| Glasgow | 1,375 km | 73.5 kg | 21h 6m | 346 kg | 5h 18m |
| Leeds | 1,180 km | 50.7 kg | 18h 48m | 297 kg | 5h 6m |
| Lisbon | 609 km | 18.0 kg | 10h 42m | 153 kg | 4h 18m |
| Liverpool | 1,116 km | 51.9 kg | 18h 48m | 281 kg | 5h |
| London | 978 km | 28.9 kg | 15h 12m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Madrid | 383 km | 11.3 kg | 5h 48m | 96.3 kg | 4h |
| Manchester | 1,134 km | 49.9 kg | 18h 42m | 285 kg | 5h |
| Milan | 1,195 km | 35.3 kg | 19h 6m | 301 kg | 5h 6m |
| Munich | 1,426 km | 42.1 kg | 18h | 359 kg | 5h 24m |
| Newcastle | 1,305 km | 60.9 kg | 19h 30m | 328 kg | 5h 12m |
| Nottingham | 1,099 km | 43.0 kg | 18h 18m | 276 kg | 5h |
| Oslo | 2,130 km | 62.9 kg | 32h 48m | 536 kg | 6h 18m |
| Paris | 853 km | 25.2 kg | 10h 54m | 215 kg | 4h 36m |
| Prague | 1,686 km | 49.8 kg | 24h 48m | 424 kg | 5h 42m |
| Rome | 1,493 km | 44.1 kg | 22h 48m | 376 kg | 5h 30m |
| Sheffield | 1,137 km | 47.2 kg | 18h 36m | 286 kg | 5h |
| Southampton | 880 km | 37.8 kg | 17h 54m | 221 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 2,381 km | 70.3 kg | 32h 48m | 599 kg | 6h 42m |
| Vienna | 1,776 km | 52.4 kg | 23h 6m | 447 kg | 5h 54m |
| Warsaw | 2,195 km | 64.8 kg | 28h 30m | 552 kg | 6h 24m |
| Zurich | 1,185 km | 35.0 kg | 16h 24m | 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 |
| Sea °C | 14.3 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 18.0 | 20.3 | 21.7 | 20.2 | 18.8 | 16.6 | 14.9 |
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.
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 Spain emits about 7 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 49 kg — about 4.3× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Madrid. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
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.