Gothenburg
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Reaching Gothenburg from London emits 30.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (17h 54m each way) against 261 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 16.2 °C in August and 0.3 °C in January.
Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) is Sweden's second largest city with 600,000 inhabitants, and about 1 million in the metropolitan area. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Gothenburg is warmest in August (16.2 °C), sunniest in June (14.1 h a day), driest in May; coldest in January (0.3 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 744 km | 22.0 kg | 12h 42m | 187 kg | 4h 30m |
| Barcelona | 1,943 km | 57.3 kg | 24h 42m | 489 kg | 6h 6m |
| Berlin | 584 km | 17.2 kg | 10h 24m | 147 kg | 4h 18m |
| Birmingham | 1,053 km | 43.7 kg | 20h 36m | 265 kg | 4h 54m |
| Bristol | 1,164 km | 44.4 kg | 20h 54m | 293 kg | 5h 6m |
| Brussels | 908 km | 26.8 kg | 15h 6m | 228 kg | 4h 42m |
| Cardiff | 1,192 km | 47.6 kg | 21h 12m | 300 kg | 5h 6m |
| Copenhagen | 229 km | 6.8 kg | 5h 6m | 57.5 kg | 3h 48m |
| Dublin | 1,241 km | — | — | 312 kg | 5h 12m |
| Edinburgh | 941 km | 73.5 kg | 23h 36m | 237 kg | 4h 48m |
| Frankfurt | 871 km | 25.7 kg | 13h 6m | 219 kg | 4h 42m |
| Glasgow | 1,007 km | 75.3 kg | 23h 48m | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Leeds | 949 km | 52.5 kg | 21h 30m | 239 kg | 4h 48m |
| Lisbon | 2,604 km | 76.8 kg | 39h 24m | 655 kg | 7h |
| Liverpool | 1,051 km | 53.6 kg | 21h 30m | 264 kg | 4h 54m |
| London | 1,037 km | 30.6 kg | 17h 54m | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| Madrid | 2,224 km | 65.6 kg | 28h 18m | 559 kg | 6h 30m |
| Manchester | 1,006 km | 51.7 kg | 21h 24m | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Milan | 1,375 km | 40.6 kg | 21h 48m | 346 kg | 5h 18m |
| Munich | 1,064 km | 31.4 kg | 14h 54m | 268 kg | 4h 54m |
| Newcastle | 889 km | 62.6 kg | 22h 6m | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
| Nottingham | 981 km | 44.7 kg | 21h | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Oslo | 255 km | 7.5 kg | 5h 18m | 64.2 kg | 3h 48m |
| Paris | 1,171 km | 34.6 kg | 16h 42m | 295 kg | 5h 6m |
| Prague | 862 km | 25.4 kg | 14h 30m | 217 kg | 4h 36m |
| Rome | 1,759 km | 51.9 kg | 25h 18m | 442 kg | 5h 48m |
| Sheffield | 970 km | 48.9 kg | 21h 18m | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Southampton | 1,147 km | 39.6 kg | 20h 36m | 289 kg | 5h |
| Stockholm | 397 km | 11.7 kg | 4h 30m | 100 kg | 4h |
| Vienna | 1,096 km | 32.3 kg | 17h 54m | 276 kg | 5h |
| Warsaw | 838 km | 24.7 kg | 13h 36m | 211 kg | 4h 36m |
| Zurich | 1,172 km | 34.6 kg | 18h 54m | 295 kg | 5h 6m |
The year in Gothenburg
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 6.3 | 13.4 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 15.0 | 9.1 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
| Sun h/day | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 9.9 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 12.3 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 1.7 |
| Rain mm/day | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Sea °C | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 12.1 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 17.2 | 13.0 | 8.8 | 5.5 |
When to go
Gothenburg is warmest in August at 16.2 °C but brightest in June, averaging 14.1 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 0.3 °C.
Three months worth booking
The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.
How busy it gets
Västra Götalands län records 6.4 overnight stays per resident a year (11,383,110 nights in 2025). 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 Gothenburg
Places to stay in Gothenburg, Sweden, 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.