Merano
Reaching Merano from London emits 29.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (13h 30m each way) against 247 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 24.2 °C in August and 4.6 °C in December.
Merano (German: Meran) is the second largest town in South Tyrol with a population of about 41,000 (2025). — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Merano is warmest in August (24.2 °C), sunniest in July (13.1 h a day); coldest in December (4.6 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 779 km | 23.0 kg | 12h 36m | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Barcelona | 928 km | 27.4 kg | 14h 42m | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Berlin | 671 km | 19.8 kg | 8h 48m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
| Birmingham | 1,139 km | 42.0 kg | 16h 18m | 287 kg | 5h |
| Bristol | 1,132 km | 42.7 kg | 16h 30m | 285 kg | 5h |
| Brussels | 682 km | 20.1 kg | 11h 48m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Cardiff | 1,171 km | 45.9 kg | 16h 48m | 295 kg | 5h 6m |
| Copenhagen | 1,006 km | 29.7 kg | 16h 30m | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Dublin | 1,443 km | — | — | 363 kg | 5h 24m |
| Edinburgh | 1,430 km | 71.9 kg | 19h 18m | 360 kg | 5h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 425 km | 12.5 kg | 7h 54m | 107 kg | 4h 6m |
| Glasgow | 1,476 km | 73.6 kg | 19h 24m | 371 kg | 5h 30m |
| Leeds | 1,199 km | 50.8 kg | 17h 6m | 302 kg | 5h 6m |
| Lisbon | 1,872 km | 55.3 kg | 29h | 471 kg | 6h |
| Liverpool | 1,254 km | 52.0 kg | 17h 6m | 315 kg | 5h 12m |
| London | 981 km | 29.0 kg | 13h 30m | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Madrid | 1,382 km | 40.8 kg | 18h 18m | 348 kg | 5h 18m |
| Manchester | 1,216 km | 50.0 kg | 17h | 306 kg | 5h 6m |
| Milan | 203 km | 6.0 kg | 4h 24m | 50.9 kg | 3h 48m |
| Munich | 166 km | 4.9 kg | 4h 24m | 41.8 kg | 3h 42m |
| Newcastle | 1,284 km | 60.9 kg | 17h 48m | 323 kg | 5h 12m |
| Nottingham | 1,124 km | 43.0 kg | 16h 36m | 283 kg | 5h |
| Oslo | 1,473 km | 43.5 kg | 23h 18m | 371 kg | 5h 30m |
| Paris | 701 km | 20.7 kg | 9h 12m | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
| Prague | 450 km | 13.3 kg | 8h 30m | 113 kg | 4h 6m |
| Rome | 542 km | 16.0 kg | 7h 54m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Sheffield | 1,168 km | 47.2 kg | 16h 54m | 294 kg | 5h 6m |
| Southampton | 1,032 km | 37.9 kg | 16h 12m | 260 kg | 4h 54m |
| Stockholm | 1,480 km | 43.7 kg | 21h 30m | 372 kg | 5h 30m |
| Vienna | 428 km | 12.6 kg | 7h 48m | 108 kg | 4h 6m |
| Warsaw | 942 km | 27.8 kg | 15h 36m | 237 kg | 4h 48m |
| Zurich | 213 km | 6.3 kg | 5h 6m | 53.5 kg | 3h 48m |
The year in Merano
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 5.0 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 16.7 | 21.3 | 23.6 | 24.2 | 19.4 | 15.7 | 7.6 | 4.6 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 9.6 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
When to go
Merano is warmest in August at 24.2 °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 December at 4.6 °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 Italy emits about 14.3 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 100 kg — about 20.4× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Munich. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Bolzano-Bozen records 70.9 overnight stays per resident a year (38,239,379 nights in 2025). That is heavy tourist pressure — among the densest in Europe.
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 Merano
Places to stay in Merano, Italy, 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.