Kiel
Reaching Kiel from Copenhagen emits 6.4 kg CO₂e return by rail (5h each way) against 54.4 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 17.7 °C in August and 3.2 °C in January.
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 410 km | 12.1 kg | 7h 36m | 103 kg | 4h |
| Barcelona | 1,554 km | 45.9 kg | 23h 18m | 391 kg | 5h 36m |
| Berlin | 295 km | 8.7 kg | 6h | 74.2 kg | 3h 54m |
| Birmingham | 823 km | 35.4 kg | 14h 36m | 207 kg | 4h 36m |
| Bristol | 910 km | 36.0 kg | 14h 42m | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Brussels | 549 km | 16.2 kg | 9h 30m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 946 km | 39.3 kg | 15h 12m | 238 kg | 4h 48m |
| Copenhagen | 216 km | 6.4 kg | 5h | 54.4 kg | 3h 48m |
| Dublin | 1,078 km | — | — | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| Edinburgh | 865 km | 65.2 kg | 19h 36m | 218 kg | 4h 42m |
| Frankfurt | 478 km | 14.1 kg | 8h 30m | 120 kg | 4h 6m |
| Glasgow | 930 km | 66.9 kg | 19h 54m | 234 kg | 4h 42m |
| Leeds | 764 km | 44.1 kg | 16h 6m | 192 kg | 4h 30m |
| Lisbon | 2,262 km | 66.7 kg | 32h 54m | 569 kg | 6h 30m |
| Liverpool | 864 km | 45.3 kg | 16h 18m | 217 kg | 4h 42m |
| London | 755 km | 22.3 kg | 12h 18m | 190 kg | 4h 30m |
| Madrid | 1,857 km | 54.8 kg | 27h 24m | 467 kg | 6h |
| Manchester | 815 km | 43.3 kg | 15h 54m | 205 kg | 4h 36m |
| Milan | 987 km | 29.1 kg | 15h 30m | 248 kg | 4h 48m |
| Munich | 695 km | 20.5 kg | 11h 30m | 175 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 758 km | 54.3 kg | 17h 48m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Nottingham | 759 km | 36.4 kg | 14h 42m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Oslo | 623 km | 18.4 kg | 10h 30m | 157 kg | 4h 18m |
| Paris | 811 km | 23.9 kg | 13h 6m | 204 kg | 4h 36m |
| Prague | 554 km | 16.3 kg | 9h 36m | 139 kg | 4h 12m |
| Rome | 1,393 km | 41.1 kg | 21h 6m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Sheffield | 767 km | 40.6 kg | 15h 24m | 193 kg | 4h 30m |
| Southampton | 865 km | 31.2 kg | 13h 54m | 218 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 736 km | 21.7 kg | 12h 6m | 185 kg | 4h 30m |
| Vienna | 806 km | 23.8 kg | 13h | 203 kg | 4h 36m |
| Warsaw | 759 km | 22.4 kg | 12h 24m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Zurich | 781 km | 23.1 kg | 12h 42m | 197 kg | 4h 30m |
The year in Kiel
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 13.2 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 11.0 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| Sun h/day | 3.1 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 9.3 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
When to go
Kiel is warmest in August at 17.7 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.8 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.2 °C.
Staying there
A hotel room in Germany emits about 13.2 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 92 kg — about 14.4× the carbon of getting there by rail from Copenhagen.
How busy it gets
Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt records 4.4 overnight stays per resident a year (1,108,564 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 Kiel
Places to stay in Kiel, 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.