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Inverness

Reaching Inverness from Glasgow emits 14.4 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 30m each way) against 82.3 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 14.5 °C in August and 3.4 °C in January.

14.4kg CO₂e return by rail, from Glasgow
328kg CO₂e return by air, from London
10.7hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Inverness
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam812 km68.0 kg16h 42m204 kg4h 36m
Barcelona1,846 km91.0 kg27h 24m464 kg6h
Berlin1,247 km84.9 kg24h 30m314 kg5h 12m
Birmingham575 km46.2 kg9h 54m264 kg4h 18m
Bristol678 km54.5 kg11h 18m311 kg4h 24m
Brussels923 km66.9 kg16h 12m232 kg4h 42m
Cardiff670 km53.9 kg11h 12m307 kg4h 24m
Copenhagen1,045 km85.6 kg24h 54m263 kg4h 54m
Dublin478 km120 kg4h 6m
Edinburgh181 km14.6 kg4h 30m83.0 kg3h 42m
Frankfurt1,175 km76.3 kg20h 30m296 kg5h 6m
Glasgow179 km14.4 kg4h 30m82.3 kg3h 42m
Leeds443 km35.6 kg8h 6m203 kg4h 6m
Lisbon2,116 km104 kg33h 30m532 kg6h 18m
Liverpool459 km36.9 kg8h 18m211 kg4h 6m
London714 km57.4 kg11h 48m328 kg4h 30m
Madrid1,898 km94.7 kg29h 6m477 kg6h
Manchester462 km37.1 kg8h 18m212 kg4h 6m
Milan1,621 km85.7 kg24h 54m408 kg5h 42m
Munich1,479 km84.5 kg24h 18m372 kg5h 30m
Newcastle322 km25.9 kg6h 24m148 kg3h 54m
Nottingham540 km43.4 kg9h 24m247 kg4h 12m
Oslo904 km91.5 kg27h 36m227 kg4h 42m
Paris1,053 km67.6 kg16h 30m265 kg4h 54m
Prague1,468 km87.9 kg25h 54m369 kg5h 30m
Rome2,098 km99.8 kg31h 24m528 kg6h 18m
Sheffield487 km39.2 kg8h 42m224 kg4h 6m
Southampton754 km60.6 kg12h 18m346 kg4h 30m
Stockholm1,309 km99.7 kg31h 24m329 kg5h 12m
Vienna1,714 km93.9 kg28h 42m431 kg5h 48m
Warsaw1,706 km100 kg31h 36m429 kg5h 48m
Zurich1,415 km80.4 kg22h 24m356 kg5h 24m

The year in Inverness

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C3.45.44.87.212.214.114.114.512.59.55.34.6
Sun h/day3.24.06.67.59.110.79.49.87.34.93.61.8
Rain mm/day2.93.32.62.41.92.43.73.02.93.32.15.7

When to go

Inverness is warmest in August at 14.5 °C but brightest in June, averaging 10.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.4 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in United Kingdom emits about 10.4 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 73 kg — about 5.1× the carbon of getting there by rail from Glasgow.

Where to stay in Inverness

Places to stay in Inverness, United Kingdom, 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.