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Leicester

Reaching Leicester from Liverpool emits 12.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 6m each way) against 69.0 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 16.4 °C in August and 4.4 °C in January.

12.1kg CO₂e return by rail, from Liverpool
103kg CO₂e return by air, from Amsterdam
11.7hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Leicester
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam408 km22.1 kg8h 48m103 kg4h
Barcelona1,275 km45.1 kg19h 30m321 kg5h 12m
Berlin981 km39.0 kg16h 42m247 kg4h 48m
Bristol165 km13.3 kg4h 18m75.8 kg3h 42m
Brussels426 km21.0 kg8h 18m107 kg4h 6m
Cardiff190 km15.3 kg4h 36m87.3 kg3h 48m
Copenhagen952 km39.7 kg17h239 kg4h 48m
Dublin351 km88.3 kg4h
Edinburgh392 km31.5 kg7h 24m180 kg4h
Frankfurt736 km30.3 kg12h 42m185 kg4h 30m
Glasgow412 km33.1 kg7h 36m189 kg4h
Lisbon1,665 km58.3 kg25h 42m419 kg5h 42m
Liverpool150 km12.1 kg4h 6m69.0 kg3h 42m
Madrid1,373 km48.8 kg21h 12m345 kg5h 18m
Milan1,094 km39.8 kg17h 6m275 kg5h
Munich1,029 km38.6 kg16h 30m259 kg4h 54m
Newcastle262 km21.0 kg5h 36m120 kg3h 48m
Oslo1,089 km45.6 kg19h 42m274 kg5h
Paris487 km21.7 kg8h 42m122 kg4h 6m
Prague1,114 km42.0 kg18h 6m280 kg5h
Rome1,572 km53.9 kg23h 36m395 kg5h 36m
Southampton194 km15.6 kg4h 42m88.9 kg3h 48m
Stockholm1,399 km53.8 kg23h 36m352 kg5h 24m
Vienna1,330 km48.0 kg20h 54m335 kg5h 18m
Warsaw1,496 km54.3 kg23h 48m376 kg5h 30m
Zurich906 km34.5 kg14h 36m228 kg4h 42m

The year in Leicester

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.46.76.98.412.715.416.016.415.011.36.86.7
Sun h/day4.74.45.28.010.111.710.59.77.65.64.22.4
Rain mm/day1.62.03.12.52.41.93.31.63.53.22.02.9

When to go

Leicester is warmest in August at 16.4 °C but brightest in June, averaging 11.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.4 °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 6.0× the carbon of getting there by rail from Liverpool.

Where to stay in Leicester

Places to stay in Leicester, United Kingdom, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.

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.