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Sweden · 59.38°, 13.50° · 58 m

Karlstad

Karlstad, Sweden
Photo: Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) (image 1), Janee (image 2 & 5), I99pema (image 3 & 4), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Reaching Karlstad from London emits 36.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (20h 48m each way) against 307 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 17.0 °C in June and -2.5 °C in January.

Karlstad is the largest city of Värmland in Sweden. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Karlstad is warmest in June (17.0 °C), driest in May; coldest in January (-2.5 °C). Month by month

36.1kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
307kg CO₂e return by air, from London
14.8hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

By air: nearest airport Karlstad (KSD), about 18 km away. Direct from London: no. Airport bus, flight taxi or taxi to Karlstad. source

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Karlstad. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam945 km27.9 kg15h 36m238 kg4h 48m
Barcelona2,149 km63.4 kg27h 36m541 kg6h 24m
Berlin762 km22.5 kg13h192 kg4h 30m
Birmingham1,223 km49.1 kg23h 30m308 kg5h 6m
Bristol1,339 km49.8 kg23h 48m337 kg5h 18m
Brussels1,111 km32.8 kg18h 6m279 kg5h
Cardiff1,364 km53.1 kg24h 6m343 kg5h 18m
Copenhagen416 km12.3 kg8h105 kg4h 6m
Dublin1,383 km——348 kg5h 18m
Edinburgh1,060 km79.0 kg26h 30m267 kg4h 54m
Frankfurt1,075 km31.7 kg16h 6m270 kg4h 54m
Glasgow1,123 km80.7 kg26h 42m283 kg5h
Leeds1,107 km57.9 kg24h 24m279 kg5h
Lisbon2,798 km82.6 kg42h 12m704 kg7h 12m
Liverpool1,207 km59.1 kg24h 24m304 kg5h 6m
London1,222 km36.1 kg20h 48m307 kg5h 6m
Madrid2,426 km71.6 kg31h 12m610 kg6h 42m
Manchester1,165 km57.1 kg24h 18m293 kg5h 6m
Milan1,574 km46.4 kg24h 42m396 kg5h 36m
Munich1,256 km37.1 kg17h 24m316 kg5h 12m
Newcastle1,031 km68.1 kg25h259 kg4h 54m
Nottingham1,151 km50.2 kg23h 54m289 kg5h
Oslo166 km4.9 kg4h 24m41.7 kg3h 42m
Paris1,374 km40.5 kg19h 36m346 kg5h 18m
Prague1,035 km30.5 kg17h260 kg4h 54m
Rome1,946 km57.4 kg28h 12m489 kg6h 6m
Sheffield1,133 km54.4 kg24h 12m285 kg5h
Southampton1,331 km45.0 kg23h 30m335 kg5h 18m
Stockholm259 km7.6 kg5h 12m65.1 kg3h 48m
Vienna1,256 km37.1 kg20h 12m316 kg5h 12m
Warsaw922 km27.2 kg14h 48m232 kg4h 42m
Zurich1,375 km40.6 kg21h 48m346 kg5h 18m

The year in Karlstad

Average temperature, °C — warmest in June
January: -2.5 °C-2.5 °CJanFebruary: -0.3 °CFebMarch: 0.8 °CMarApril: 5.0 °CAprMay: 13.6 °CMayJune: 17.0 °C17.0 °CJunJuly: 16.7 °CJulAugust: 16.8 °CAugSeptember: 14.5 °CSepOctober: 7.6 °COctNovember: 1.7 °CNovDecember: -1.5 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June
January: 2.3 hJanFebruary: 3.9 hFebMarch: 6.0 hMarApril: 9.3 hAprMay: 14.3 hMayJune: 14.8 h14.8 hJunJuly: 12.5 hJulAugust: 10.2 hAugSeptember: 8.2 hSepOctober: 5.5 hOctNovember: 3.2 hNovDecember: 2.1 h2.1 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C-2.5-0.30.85.013.617.016.716.814.57.61.7-1.5
Sun h/day2.33.96.09.314.314.812.510.28.25.53.22.1
Rain mm/day2.72.42.12.11.12.35.94.92.81.91.42.3

When to go

Karlstad is warmest in June at 17.0 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is January at -2.5 °C.

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Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmest and sunniestJune17.0 °C · 14.8 h sun · 2.3 mm rainSee rooms in June →driestMay13.6 °C · 14.3 h sun · 1.1 mm rainSee rooms in May →

How busy it gets

Värmlands län records 7 overnight stays per resident a year (1,972,828 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 Karlstad

Places to stay in Karlstad, 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.