Germany · 52.13°, 11.63° · 47 m

Magdeburg

Reaching Magdeburg from Prague emits 8.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (6h 6m each way) against 75.2 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.3 °C in August and 3.2 °C in January.

8.8kg CO₂e return by rail, from Prague

204kg CO₂e return by air, from London

12.7hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Magdeburg
From	Distance	By rail	Rail time	By air	Air time
Amsterdam	460 km	13.6 kg	8h 18m	116 kg	4h 6m
Barcelona	1,393 km	41.1 kg	21h 6m	350 kg	5h 24m
Birmingham	919 km	37.0 kg	15h 18m	231 kg	4h 42m
Bristol	980 km	37.7 kg	15h 24m	247 kg	4h 48m
Brussels	524 km	15.5 kg	9h 12m	132 kg	4h 12m
Cardiff	1,019 km	40.9 kg	16h	256 kg	4h 54m
Copenhagen	399 km	11.8 kg	7h 30m	100 kg	4h
Dublin	1,208 km	—	—	304 kg	5h 6m
Edinburgh	1,055 km	66.8 kg	20h 24m	265 kg	4h 54m
Frankfurt	304 km	9.0 kg	6h 12m	76.5 kg	3h 54m
Glasgow	1,115 km	68.6 kg	20h 42m	281 kg	5h
Leeds	901 km	45.8 kg	16h 48m	227 kg	4h 42m
Lisbon	2,188 km	64.6 kg	31h 54m	550 kg	6h 24m
Liverpool	991 km	46.9 kg	17h	249 kg	4h 48m
London	810 km	23.9 kg	13h 6m	204 kg	4h 36m
Madrid	1,750 km	51.6 kg	25h 54m	440 kg	5h 48m
Manchester	943 km	45.0 kg	16h 42m	237 kg	4h 48m
Milan	762 km	22.5 kg	12h 24m	192 kg	4h 30m
Munich	444 km	13.1 kg	8h 6m	112 kg	4h 6m
Newcastle	929 km	55.9 kg	18h 30m	234 kg	4h 42m
Nottingham	868 km	38.0 kg	15h 30m	218 kg	4h 42m
Oslo	867 km	25.6 kg	13h 54m	218 kg	4h 42m
Paris	750 km	22.1 kg	12h 18m	189 kg	4h 30m
Prague	299 km	8.8 kg	6h 6m	75.2 kg	3h 54m
Rome	1,140 km	33.7 kg	17h 36m	287 kg	5h
Sheffield	891 km	42.2 kg	16h 12m	224 kg	4h 42m
Southampton	911 km	32.9 kg	14h 36m	229 kg	4h 42m
Stockholm	895 km	26.4 kg	14h 12m	225 kg	4h 42m
Vienna	551 km	16.3 kg	9h 30m	139 kg	4h 12m
Warsaw	639 km	18.9 kg	10h 42m	161 kg	4h 24m
Zurich	574 km	16.9 kg	9h 54m	144 kg	4h 18m

The year in Magdeburg

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Temp °C	3.2	5.4	6.9	9.5	15.2	18.5	20.0	20.3	17.7	12.2	6.1	4.2
Sun h/day	3.3	4.2	6.7	8.8	11.6	12.7	12.1	11.0	10.0	5.7	3.8	2.3
Rain mm/day	1.6	2.0	2.0	1.7	1.7	2.2	2.5	2.6	1.8	2.5	2.5	2.4

When to go

Magdeburg is warmest in August at 20.3 °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 3.2 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Germany emits about 13.2 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 92 kg — about 10.5× the carbon of getting there by rail from Prague.

How busy it gets

Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt records 3.1 overnight stays per resident a year (767,773 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 Magdeburg

Places to stay in Magdeburg, 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.