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Messina

Reaching Messina from Rome emits 14.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 36m each way) against 122 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 27.3 °C in July and 11.5 °C in February.

14.3kg CO₂e return by rail, from Rome
483kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.9hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Messina
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,779 km52.5 kg26h 24m448 kg5h 54m
Barcelona1,197 km35.3 kg18h 24m301 kg5h 6m
Berlin1,602 km47.3 kg23h 54m403 kg5h 36m
Birmingham2,083 km69.7 kg30h 30m524 kg6h 18m
Bristol2,044 km70.4 kg30h 36m514 kg6h 12m
Brussels1,660 km49.0 kg24h 42m418 kg5h 42m
Cardiff2,077 km73.7 kg31h 12m523 kg6h 18m
Copenhagen1,957 km57.7 kg28h 48m492 kg6h 6m
Dublin2,368 km——596 kg6h 42m
Edinburgh2,415 km99.6 kg35h 36m608 kg6h 42m
Frankfurt1,433 km42.3 kg21h 36m360 kg5h 24m
Glasgow2,454 km101 kg35h 54m617 kg6h 48m
Leeds2,169 km78.5 kg32h545 kg6h 24m
Lisbon2,145 km63.3 kg31h 24m540 kg6h 24m
Liverpool2,206 km79.7 kg32h 12m555 kg6h 24m
London1,920 km56.7 kg28h 18m483 kg6h 6m
Madrid1,672 km49.3 kg24h 54m421 kg5h 42m
Manchester2,176 km77.7 kg31h 54m547 kg6h 24m
Milan964 km28.5 kg15h 12m243 kg4h 48m
Munich1,151 km34.0 kg17h 48m290 kg5h
Newcastle2,268 km88.7 kg33h 42m570 kg6h 30m
Nottingham2,083 km70.8 kg30h 42m524 kg6h 18m
Oslo2,439 km72.0 kg35h 24m613 kg6h 48m
Paris1,589 km46.9 kg23h 42m400 kg5h 36m
Prague1,326 km39.1 kg20h 6m333 kg5h 18m
Rome486 km14.3 kg8h 36m122 kg4h 6m
Sheffield2,132 km74.9 kg31h 24m536 kg6h 18m
Southampton1,941 km65.6 kg29h 48m488 kg6h 6m
Stockholm2,357 km69.6 kg34h 18m593 kg6h 36m
Vienna1,116 km32.9 kg17h 18m281 kg5h
Warsaw1,617 km47.7 kg24h 6m407 kg5h 42m
Zurich1,168 km34.5 kg18h294 kg5h 6m

The year in Messina

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C11.611.513.014.818.122.927.326.823.721.116.412.6
Sun h/day7.98.510.110.811.213.013.912.711.09.88.47.3
Rain mm/day3.31.92.72.23.41.50.70.71.91.23.32.4

When to go

Messina is warmest in July at 27.3 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is February at 11.5 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Italy emits about 14.3 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 100 kg — about 7.0× the carbon of getting there by rail from Rome.

How busy it gets

Messina records 7.9 overnight stays per resident a year (4,726,312 nights in 2025). 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 Messina

Places to stay in Messina, 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.