Leicester
Reaching Leicester from Liverpool emits 12.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (3h 42m each way) against 69.0 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 16.4 °C in August and 4.4 °C in January.
Leicester (pronounced LESS-tuh) is the largest city and county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Leicester is warmest in August (16.4 °C), sunniest in June (11.7 h a day); coldest in January (4.4 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 408 km | 22.1 kg | 9h | 103 kg | 4h |
| Barcelona | 1,275 km | 45.1 kg | 15h 24m | 321 kg | 5h 12m |
| Berlin | 981 km | 39.0 kg | 15h 18m | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Bristol | 165 km | 13.3 kg | 3h 54m | 75.8 kg | 3h 42m |
| Brussels | 426 km | 21.0 kg | 7h 6m | 107 kg | 4h 6m |
| Cardiff | 190 km | 15.3 kg | 4h 18m | 87.3 kg | 3h 48m |
| Copenhagen | 952 km | 39.7 kg | 20h 54m | 239 kg | 4h 48m |
| Dublin | 351 km | — | — | 88.3 kg | 4h |
| Edinburgh | 392 km | 31.5 kg | 7h 12m | 180 kg | 4h |
| Frankfurt | 736 km | 30.3 kg | 11h 12m | 185 kg | 4h 30m |
| Glasgow | 412 km | 33.1 kg | 7h | 189 kg | 4h |
| Lisbon | 1,665 km | 58.3 kg | 32h 54m | 419 kg | 5h 42m |
| Liverpool | 150 km | 12.1 kg | 3h 42m | 69.0 kg | 3h 42m |
| Madrid | 1,373 km | 48.8 kg | 19h | 345 kg | 5h 18m |
| Milan | 1,094 km | 39.8 kg | 15h 48m | 275 kg | 5h |
| Munich | 1,029 km | 38.6 kg | 14h 30m | 259 kg | 4h 54m |
| Newcastle | 262 km | 21.0 kg | 5h 12m | 120 kg | 3h 48m |
| Oslo | 1,089 km | 45.6 kg | 30h 30m | 274 kg | 5h |
| Paris | 487 km | 21.7 kg | 7h 24m | 122 kg | 4h 6m |
| Prague | 1,114 km | 42.0 kg | 20h 54m | 280 kg | 5h |
| Rome | 1,572 km | 53.9 kg | 19h 48m | 395 kg | 5h 36m |
| Southampton | 194 km | 15.6 kg | 4h 18m | 88.9 kg | 3h 48m |
| Stockholm | 1,399 km | 53.8 kg | 27h 18m | 352 kg | 5h 24m |
| Vienna | 1,330 km | 48.0 kg | 19h 36m | 335 kg | 5h 18m |
| Warsaw | 1,496 km | 54.3 kg | 22h 48m | 376 kg | 5h 30m |
| Zurich | 906 km | 34.5 kg | 12h 48m | 228 kg | 4h 42m |
The year in Leicester
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 4.4 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 12.7 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 15.0 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| Sun h/day | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
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.
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 United Kingdom emits about 10.4 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 73 kg — about 6.0× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Liverpool. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
Where to stay in Leicester
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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.