Greifswald
Reaching Greifswald from London emits 28.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (15h 30m each way) against 239 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.7 °C in August and 3.1 °C in January.
Greifswald is a town of 59,000 people (2020) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Greifswald is warmest in August (18.7 °C), sunniest in June (13.2 h a day), driest in May; coldest in January (3.1 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 597 km | 17.6 kg | 10h 18m | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
| Barcelona | 1,639 km | 48.4 kg | 21h 24m | 412 kg | 5h 42m |
| Berlin | 174 km | 5.1 kg | 4h | 43.8 kg | 3h 42m |
| Birmingham | 1,031 km | 41.2 kg | 18h 18m | 259 kg | 4h 54m |
| Bristol | 1,113 km | 41.8 kg | 18h 30m | 280 kg | 5h |
| Brussels | 710 km | 21.0 kg | 11h 48m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Cardiff | 1,149 km | 45.1 kg | 18h 48m | 289 kg | 5h |
| Copenhagen | 184 km | 5.4 kg | 4h 42m | 46.4 kg | 3h 42m |
| Dublin | 1,292 km | — | — | 325 kg | 5h 12m |
| Edinburgh | 1,075 km | 71.0 kg | 21h 18m | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| Frankfurt | 547 km | 16.1 kg | 8h 48m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Glasgow | 1,141 km | 72.7 kg | 21h 24m | 287 kg | 5h |
| Leeds | 977 km | 50.0 kg | 19h 6m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Lisbon | 2,411 km | 71.1 kg | 36h 48m | 606 kg | 6h 42m |
| Liverpool | 1,077 km | 51.1 kg | 19h 6m | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| London | 952 km | 28.1 kg | 15h 30m | 239 kg | 4h 48m |
| Madrid | 1,984 km | 58.5 kg | 25h | 499 kg | 6h 6m |
| Manchester | 1,028 km | 49.1 kg | 19h | 259 kg | 4h 54m |
| Milan | 1,005 km | 29.7 kg | 16h 30m | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Munich | 674 km | 19.9 kg | 8h 24m | 170 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 972 km | 60.1 kg | 19h 48m | 245 kg | 4h 48m |
| Nottingham | 969 km | 42.2 kg | 18h 36m | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Oslo | 667 km | 19.7 kg | 11h 36m | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Paris | 960 km | 28.3 kg | 13h 18m | 242 kg | 4h 48m |
| Prague | 450 km | 13.3 kg | 8h 30m | 113 kg | 4h 6m |
| Rome | 1,358 km | 40.1 kg | 20h | 342 kg | 5h 18m |
| Sheffield | 979 km | 46.4 kg | 18h 54m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Southampton | 1,061 km | 37.1 kg | 18h 12m | 267 kg | 4h 54m |
| Stockholm | 648 km | 19.1 kg | 9h 30m | 163 kg | 4h 24m |
| Vienna | 686 km | 20.2 kg | 11h 54m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Warsaw | 547 km | 16.2 kg | 9h 24m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Zurich | 821 km | 24.2 kg | 13h 6m | 207 kg | 4h 36m |
The year in Greifswald
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 7.9 | 13.8 | 16.9 | 18.1 | 18.7 | 17.4 | 11.5 | 5.6 | 3.9 |
| Sun h/day | 2.7 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Sea °C | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 12.9 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 19.6 | 18.8 | 13.6 | 9.1 | 4.9 |
When to go
Greifswald is warmest in August at 18.7 °C but brightest in June, averaging 13.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.1 °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 18.1× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Berlin. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Vorpommern-Greifswald records 27.4 overnight stays per resident a year (6,158,838 nights in 2024). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.
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 Greifswald
Places to stay in Greifswald, 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.