Messina
Reaching Messina from London emits 56.7 kg CO₂e return by rail (23h 18m each way) against 483 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 27.3 °C in July and 11.5 °C in February.
Messina is a port in the northeast corner of Sicily. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Messina is warmest in July (27.3 °C); coldest in February (11.5 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,779 km | 52.5 kg | 23h 42m | 448 kg | 5h 54m |
| Barcelona | 1,197 km | 35.3 kg | 19h 18m | 301 kg | 5h 6m |
| Berlin | 1,602 km | 47.3 kg | 23h 6m | 403 kg | 5h 36m |
| Birmingham | 2,083 km | 69.7 kg | 26h 6m | 524 kg | 6h 18m |
| Bristol | 2,044 km | 70.4 kg | 26h 18m | 514 kg | 6h 12m |
| Brussels | 1,660 km | 49.0 kg | 21h 48m | 418 kg | 5h 42m |
| Cardiff | 2,077 km | 73.7 kg | 26h 36m | 523 kg | 6h 18m |
| Copenhagen | 1,957 km | 57.7 kg | 30h 18m | 492 kg | 6h 6m |
| Dublin | 2,368 km | — | — | 596 kg | 6h 42m |
| Edinburgh | 2,415 km | 99.6 kg | 29h 6m | 608 kg | 6h 42m |
| Frankfurt | 1,433 km | 42.3 kg | 21h 18m | 360 kg | 5h 24m |
| Glasgow | 2,454 km | 101 kg | 29h 12m | 617 kg | 6h 48m |
| Leeds | 2,169 km | 78.5 kg | 26h 54m | 545 kg | 6h 24m |
| Lisbon | 2,145 km | 63.3 kg | 33h | 540 kg | 6h 24m |
| Liverpool | 2,206 km | 79.7 kg | 26h 54m | 555 kg | 6h 24m |
| London | 1,920 km | 56.7 kg | 23h 18m | 483 kg | 6h 6m |
| Madrid | 1,672 km | 49.3 kg | 22h 24m | 421 kg | 5h 42m |
| Manchester | 2,176 km | 77.7 kg | 26h 48m | 547 kg | 6h 24m |
| Milan | 964 km | 28.5 kg | 10h 54m | 243 kg | 4h 48m |
| Munich | 1,151 km | 34.0 kg | 18h 36m | 290 kg | 5h |
| Newcastle | 2,268 km | 88.7 kg | 27h 36m | 570 kg | 6h 30m |
| Nottingham | 2,083 km | 70.8 kg | 26h 24m | 524 kg | 6h 18m |
| Oslo | 2,439 km | 72.0 kg | 37h 12m | 613 kg | 6h 48m |
| Paris | 1,589 km | 46.9 kg | 19h | 400 kg | 5h 36m |
| Prague | 1,326 km | 39.1 kg | 21h 6m | 333 kg | 5h 18m |
| Rome | 486 km | 14.3 kg | 7h 48m | 122 kg | 4h 6m |
| Sheffield | 2,132 km | 74.9 kg | 26h 42m | 536 kg | 6h 18m |
| Southampton | 1,941 km | 65.6 kg | 26h | 488 kg | 6h 6m |
| Stockholm | 2,357 km | 69.6 kg | 35h 6m | 593 kg | 6h 36m |
| Vienna | 1,116 km | 32.9 kg | 18h 6m | 281 kg | 5h |
| Warsaw | 1,617 km | 47.7 kg | 24h 42m | 407 kg | 5h 42m |
| Zurich | 1,168 km | 34.5 kg | 15h 18m | 294 kg | 5h 6m |
The year in Messina
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 11.6 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 14.8 | 18.1 | 22.9 | 27.3 | 26.8 | 23.7 | 21.1 | 16.4 | 12.6 |
| Sun h/day | 7.9 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 7.3 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| Sea °C | 16.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 17.9 | 22.9 | 27.3 | 28.3 | 26.0 | 24.1 | 21.9 | 18.6 |
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.
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 7.0× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Rome. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
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.