Kiel
Reaching Kiel from London emits 22.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (13h each way) against 190 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 17.7 °C in August and 3.2 °C in January.
Kiel is the capital city of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein and a major maritime hub on the Baltic Sea. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Kiel is warmest in August (17.7 °C), sunniest in June (12.8 h a day), driest in May; coldest in January (3.2 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 410 km | 12.1 kg | 7h 54m | 103 kg | 4h |
| Barcelona | 1,554 km | 45.9 kg | 19h 42m | 391 kg | 5h 36m |
| Berlin | 295 km | 8.7 kg | 5h 6m | 74.2 kg | 3h 54m |
| Birmingham | 823 km | 35.4 kg | 15h 48m | 207 kg | 4h 36m |
| Bristol | 910 km | 36.0 kg | 16h | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Brussels | 549 km | 16.2 kg | 10h | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 946 km | 39.3 kg | 16h 18m | 238 kg | 4h 48m |
| Copenhagen | 216 km | 6.4 kg | 5h 6m | 54.4 kg | 3h 48m |
| Dublin | 1,078 km | — | — | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| Edinburgh | 865 km | 65.2 kg | 18h 48m | 218 kg | 4h 42m |
| Frankfurt | 478 km | 14.1 kg | 6h 54m | 120 kg | 4h 6m |
| Glasgow | 930 km | 66.9 kg | 18h 54m | 234 kg | 4h 42m |
| Leeds | 764 km | 44.1 kg | 16h 36m | 192 kg | 4h 30m |
| Lisbon | 2,262 km | 66.7 kg | 34h 36m | 569 kg | 6h 30m |
| Liverpool | 864 km | 45.3 kg | 16h 36m | 217 kg | 4h 42m |
| London | 755 km | 22.3 kg | 13h | 190 kg | 4h 30m |
| Madrid | 1,857 km | 54.8 kg | 23h 18m | 467 kg | 6h |
| Manchester | 815 km | 43.3 kg | 16h 30m | 205 kg | 4h 36m |
| Milan | 987 km | 29.1 kg | 16h 12m | 248 kg | 4h 48m |
| Munich | 695 km | 20.5 kg | 10h | 175 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 758 km | 54.3 kg | 17h 18m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Nottingham | 759 km | 36.4 kg | 16h 6m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Oslo | 623 km | 18.4 kg | 11h | 157 kg | 4h 18m |
| Paris | 811 km | 23.9 kg | 11h 42m | 204 kg | 4h 36m |
| Prague | 554 km | 16.3 kg | 10h | 139 kg | 4h 12m |
| Rome | 1,393 km | 41.1 kg | 19h 42m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Sheffield | 767 km | 40.6 kg | 16h 24m | 193 kg | 4h 30m |
| Southampton | 865 km | 31.2 kg | 15h 42m | 218 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 736 km | 21.7 kg | 10h 24m | 185 kg | 4h 30m |
| Vienna | 806 km | 23.8 kg | 13h 42m | 203 kg | 4h 36m |
| Warsaw | 759 km | 22.4 kg | 12h 18m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Zurich | 781 km | 23.1 kg | 12h 54m | 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.
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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.
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 14.4× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Copenhagen. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
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.