Köthen
Reaching Köthen from London emits 24.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (12h 48m each way) against 210 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.7 °C in August and 3.3 °C in January.
Köthen (former spelling: Cöthen) is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt that was once the residence of the petty principality of Anhalt-Köthen. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Köthen is warmest in August (20.7 °C), sunniest in June (12.7 h a day), driest in July; coldest in January (3.3 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 489 km | 14.4 kg | 8h 48m | 123 kg | 4h 12m |
| Barcelona | 1,372 km | 40.5 kg | 18h 6m | 345 kg | 5h 18m |
| Birmingham | 949 km | 37.7 kg | 15h 36m | 239 kg | 4h 48m |
| Bristol | 1,005 km | 38.4 kg | 15h 48m | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Brussels | 539 km | 15.9 kg | 9h 6m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 1,045 km | 41.6 kg | 16h 6m | 263 kg | 4h 54m |
| Copenhagen | 438 km | 12.9 kg | 8h 18m | 110 kg | 4h 6m |
| Dublin | 1,241 km | — | — | 312 kg | 5h 12m |
| Edinburgh | 1,096 km | 67.5 kg | 18h 36m | 276 kg | 5h |
| Frankfurt | 293 km | 8.7 kg | 5h 48m | 73.8 kg | 3h 54m |
| Glasgow | 1,156 km | 69.3 kg | 18h 42m | 291 kg | 5h |
| Leeds | 936 km | 46.5 kg | 16h 24m | 235 kg | 4h 42m |
| Lisbon | 2,184 km | 64.4 kg | 33h 30m | 549 kg | 6h 24m |
| Liverpool | 1,025 km | 47.7 kg | 16h 24m | 258 kg | 4h 54m |
| London | 834 km | 24.6 kg | 12h 48m | 210 kg | 4h 36m |
| Madrid | 1,739 km | 51.3 kg | 21h 42m | 438 kg | 5h 48m |
| Manchester | 977 km | 45.7 kg | 16h 18m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Milan | 728 km | 21.5 kg | 12h 30m | 183 kg | 4h 30m |
| Munich | 403 km | 11.9 kg | 7h | 101 kg | 4h |
| Newcastle | 968 km | 56.6 kg | 17h 6m | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Nottingham | 900 km | 38.7 kg | 15h 54m | 226 kg | 4h 42m |
| Oslo | 911 km | 26.9 kg | 15h 12m | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Paris | 755 km | 22.3 kg | 10h | 190 kg | 4h 30m |
| Prague | 252 km | 7.4 kg | 5h 42m | 63.5 kg | 3h 48m |
| Rome | 1,097 km | 32.4 kg | 16h | 276 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 925 km | 42.9 kg | 16h 12m | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Southampton | 933 km | 33.6 kg | 15h 30m | 235 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 925 km | 27.3 kg | 13h 18m | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Vienna | 504 km | 14.9 kg | 9h 18m | 127 kg | 4h 12m |
| Warsaw | 621 km | 18.3 kg | 10h 6m | 156 kg | 4h 18m |
| Zurich | 546 km | 16.1 kg | 9h 54m | 137 kg | 4h 12m |
The year in Köthen
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.3 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 15.3 | 18.8 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 18.1 | 12.5 | 6.0 | 4.1 |
| Sun h/day | 3.4 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
When to go
Köthen is warmest in August at 20.7 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.3 °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 12.5× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Prague. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Anhalt-Bitterfeld records 1.9 overnight stays per resident a year (296,770 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 Köthen
Places to stay in Köthen, 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.