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Spain · 36.52°, -4.89° · 57 m

Marbella

Reaching Marbella from London emits 50.4 kg CO₂e return by rail (21h each way) against 430 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 27.7 °C in August and 13.3 °C in January.

Marbella is a cosmopolitan beach resort on the Costa del Sol in Spain. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Marbella is warmest in August (27.7 °C), sunniest in July (13.1 h a day); coldest in January (13.3 °C). Month by month

50.4kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
430kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.1hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Marbella. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,923 km56.7 kg21h 24m484 kg6h 6m
Barcelona815 km24.0 kg8h 54m205 kg4h 36m
Berlin2,283 km67.4 kg26h 42m574 kg6h 30m
Birmingham1,791 km63.5 kg23h 42m450 kg5h 54m
Bristol1,671 km64.2 kg24h420 kg5h 42m
Brussels1,755 km51.8 kg19h 30m442 kg5h 48m
Cardiff1,669 km67.4 kg24h 18m420 kg5h 42m
Copenhagen2,504 km73.9 kg32h 12m630 kg6h 48m
Dublin1,873 km——471 kg6h
Edinburgh2,165 km93.3 kg26h 42m545 kg6h 24m
Frankfurt1,862 km55.0 kg21h 42m468 kg6h
Glasgow2,152 km95.1 kg26h 54m541 kg6h 24m
Leeds1,939 km72.3 kg24h 36m488 kg6h 6m
Lisbon449 km13.2 kg8h 24m113 kg4h 6m
Liverpool1,884 km73.5 kg24h 36m474 kg6h
London1,709 km50.4 kg21h430 kg5h 48m
Madrid446 km13.2 kg5h 18m112 kg4h 6m
Manchester1,898 km71.5 kg24h 30m477 kg6h
Milan1,541 km45.5 kg22h 12m388 kg5h 36m
Munich1,864 km55.0 kg23h 48m469 kg6h
Newcastle2,068 km82.4 kg25h 12m520 kg6h 18m
Nottingham1,851 km64.5 kg24h 6m466 kg6h
Oslo2,831 km83.5 kg41h 48m712 kg7h 18m
Paris1,492 km44.0 kg16h 36m375 kg5h 30m
Prague2,160 km63.7 kg30h 36m543 kg6h 24m
Rome1,610 km47.5 kg25h 18m405 kg5h 36m
Sheffield1,894 km68.7 kg24h 24m476 kg6h
Southampton1,624 km59.4 kg23h 42m408 kg5h 42m
Stockholm3,026 km89.3 kg38h 36m761 kg7h 30m
Vienna2,165 km63.9 kg28h 54m545 kg6h 24m
Warsaw2,674 km78.9 kg34h 12m673 kg7h 6m
Zurich1,636 km48.3 kg21h 48m411 kg5h 42m

The year in Marbella

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 13.3 °C13.3 °CJanFebruary: 13.8 °CFebMarch: 15.7 °CMarApril: 18.4 °CAprMay: 20.1 °CMayJune: 23.5 °CJunJuly: 27.3 °CJulAugust: 27.7 °C27.7 °CAugSeptember: 23.4 °CSepOctober: 20.3 °COctNovember: 16.9 °CNovDecember: 13.6 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in July
January: 8.2 h8.2 hJanFebruary: 8.6 hFebMarch: 9.4 hMarApril: 11.9 hAprMay: 12.3 hMayJune: 12.9 hJunJuly: 13.1 h13.1 hJulAugust: 12.7 hAugSeptember: 11.3 hSepOctober: 8.7 hOctNovember: 8.7 hNovDecember: 8.3 hDec
Sea temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 16.5 °CJanFebruary: 15.8 °CFebMarch: 15.6 °C15.6 °CMarApril: 16.9 °CAprMay: 17.5 °CMayJune: 19.3 °CJunJuly: 20.8 °CJulAugust: 22.8 °C22.8 °CAugSeptember: 22.4 °CSepOctober: 19.4 °COctNovember: 18.4 °CNovDecember: 17.0 °CDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night; sea temperature NOAA OISST v2.1, 2023–2024, nearest open sea
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C13.313.815.718.420.123.527.327.723.420.316.913.6
Sun h/day8.28.69.411.912.312.913.112.711.38.78.78.3
Rain mm/day1.02.13.40.30.60.80.00.20.93.71.70.4
Sea °C16.515.815.616.917.519.320.822.822.419.418.417.0

When to go

Marbella is warmest in August at 27.7 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.1 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 13.3 °C.

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmestAugust27.7 °C · 12.7 h sun · 0.2 mm rainSee rooms in August →sunniest and driestJuly27.3 °C · 13.1 h sun · 0.0 mm rainSee rooms in July →

Staying there

A hotel room in Spain emits about 7 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 49 kg — about 3.7× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Lisbon. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.

How busy it gets

Málaga records 17 overnight stays per resident a year (30,456,704 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 Marbella

Places to stay in Marbella, Spain, 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.