Lübeck
Reaching Lübeck from London emits 22.9 kg CO₂e return by rail (13h 6m each way) against 195 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 18.3 °C in August and 3.3 °C in January.
When to go: Lübeck is warmest in August (18.3 °C), sunniest in June (12.8 h a day); coldest in January (3.3 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 421 km | 12.4 kg | 8h 6m | 106 kg | 4h 6m |
| Barcelona | 1,525 km | 45.0 kg | 19h 18m | 384 kg | 5h 30m |
| Berlin | 235 km | 6.9 kg | 4h 42m | 59.1 kg | 3h 48m |
| Birmingham | 852 km | 35.9 kg | 15h 54m | 214 kg | 4h 36m |
| Bristol | 934 km | 36.6 kg | 16h 6m | 235 kg | 4h 42m |
| Brussels | 545 km | 16.1 kg | 9h 54m | 137 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 970 km | 39.8 kg | 16h 24m | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Copenhagen | 234 km | 6.9 kg | 5h 24m | 58.9 kg | 3h 48m |
| Dublin | 1,116 km | — | — | 281 kg | 5h |
| Edinburgh | 915 km | 65.7 kg | 18h 54m | 230 kg | 4h 42m |
| Frankfurt | 439 km | 13.0 kg | 6h 30m | 111 kg | 4h 6m |
| Glasgow | 980 km | 67.5 kg | 19h | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Leeds | 802 km | 44.7 kg | 16h 42m | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Lisbon | 2,256 km | 66.6 kg | 34h 36m | 567 kg | 6h 30m |
| Liverpool | 901 km | 45.9 kg | 16h 42m | 227 kg | 4h 42m |
| London | 774 km | 22.9 kg | 13h 6m | 195 kg | 4h 30m |
| Madrid | 1,842 km | 54.4 kg | 22h 54m | 463 kg | 6h |
| Manchester | 851 km | 43.9 kg | 16h 36m | 214 kg | 4h 36m |
| Milan | 941 km | 27.8 kg | 15h 36m | 237 kg | 4h 48m |
| Munich | 640 km | 18.9 kg | 9h 18m | 161 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 804 km | 54.8 kg | 17h 24m | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Nottingham | 790 km | 36.9 kg | 16h 12m | 199 kg | 4h 36m |
| Oslo | 672 km | 19.8 kg | 11h 42m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
| Paris | 803 km | 23.7 kg | 11h 18m | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Prague | 492 km | 14.5 kg | 9h 6m | 124 kg | 4h 12m |
| Rome | 1,339 km | 39.5 kg | 19h 6m | 337 kg | 5h 18m |
| Sheffield | 802 km | 41.1 kg | 16h 30m | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Southampton | 883 km | 31.8 kg | 15h 48m | 222 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 756 km | 22.3 kg | 10h 36m | 190 kg | 4h 30m |
| Vienna | 744 km | 22.0 kg | 12h 48m | 187 kg | 4h 30m |
| Warsaw | 713 km | 21.0 kg | 11h 30m | 179 kg | 4h 30m |
| Zurich | 738 km | 21.8 kg | 12h 30m | 186 kg | 4h 30m |
The year in Lübeck
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.3 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 14.1 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 18.3 | 16.8 | 11.2 | 5.7 | 4.3 |
| Sun h/day | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
When to go
Lübeck is warmest in August at 18.3 °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 3.3 °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 13.4× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Berlin. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt records 10.9 overnight stays per resident a year (2,374,463 nights in 2024). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.
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 Lübeck
Places to stay in Lübeck, 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.