Lelystad
Reaching Lelystad from London emits 11.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 12m each way) against 100 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.4 °C in August and 4.7 °C in January.
Lelystad is the capital of the Dutch province of Flevoland. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Lelystad is warmest in August (18.4 °C), sunniest in June (12.5 h a day); coldest in January (4.7 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 1,261 km | 37.2 kg | 14h 6m | 317 kg | 5h 12m |
| Berlin | 537 km | 15.8 kg | 8h 24m | 135 kg | 4h 12m |
| Birmingham | 499 km | 24.9 kg | 10h | 126 kg | 4h 12m |
| Bristol | 565 km | 25.5 kg | 10h 12m | 142 kg | 4h 18m |
| Brussels | 200 km | 5.9 kg | 4h 36m | 50.3 kg | 3h 48m |
| Cardiff | 603 km | 28.8 kg | 10h 30m | 152 kg | 4h 18m |
| Copenhagen | 581 km | 17.1 kg | 10h 24m | 146 kg | 4h 18m |
| Dublin | 790 km | — | — | 199 kg | 4h 36m |
| Edinburgh | 681 km | 54.7 kg | 13h | 171 kg | 4h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 347 km | 10.2 kg | 6h 36m | 87.3 kg | 4h |
| Glasgow | 734 km | 56.4 kg | 13h 6m | 185 kg | 4h 30m |
| Leeds | 489 km | 33.6 kg | 10h 48m | 123 kg | 4h 12m |
| Lisbon | 1,901 km | 56.1 kg | 29h 18m | 478 kg | 6h |
| Liverpool | 575 km | 34.8 kg | 10h 48m | 145 kg | 4h 18m |
| London | 399 km | 11.8 kg | 7h 12m | 100 kg | 4h |
| Madrid | 1,514 km | 44.7 kg | 17h 42m | 381 kg | 5h 30m |
| Manchester | 527 km | 32.8 kg | 10h 42m | 133 kg | 4h 12m |
| Milan | 829 km | 24.5 kg | 13h 54m | 208 kg | 4h 36m |
| Munich | 651 km | 19.2 kg | 11h | 164 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 540 km | 43.8 kg | 11h 30m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Nottingham | 449 km | 25.9 kg | 10h 18m | 113 kg | 4h 6m |
| Oslo | 885 km | 26.1 kg | 14h 48m | 223 kg | 4h 42m |
| Paris | 462 km | 13.6 kg | 6h | 116 kg | 4h 6m |
| Prague | 677 km | 20.0 kg | 11h 48m | 170 kg | 4h 24m |
| Rome | 1,293 km | 38.2 kg | 17h 30m | 325 kg | 5h 12m |
| Sheffield | 475 km | 30.1 kg | 10h 36m | 120 kg | 4h 6m |
| Southampton | 506 km | 20.7 kg | 9h 54m | 127 kg | 4h 12m |
| Stockholm | 1,088 km | 32.1 kg | 15h 42m | 274 kg | 5h |
| Vienna | 908 km | 26.8 kg | 15h 6m | 228 kg | 4h 42m |
| Warsaw | 1,053 km | 31.1 kg | 15h 54m | 265 kg | 4h 54m |
| Zurich | 612 km | 18.1 kg | 10h 48m | 154 kg | 4h 18m |
The year in Lelystad
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 4.7 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 14.2 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 12.7 | 7.4 | 6.3 |
| Sun h/day | 3.6 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 2.4 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
When to go
Lelystad is warmest in August at 18.4 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.5 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.7 °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 The Netherlands emits about 14.8 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 104 kg — about 17.6× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Brussels. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Flevoland records 6.5 overnight stays per resident a year (2,958,029 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 Lelystad
Places to stay in Lelystad, The Netherlands, 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.