Milan
Reaching Milan from London emits 28.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (12h 48m each way) against 241 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 25.5 °C in August and 3.9 °C in January.
Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milan) is financially the most important city in Italy, and home to the Borsa Italiana stock exchange. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Milan is warmest in August (25.5 °C), sunniest in July (13.2 h a day); coldest in January (3.9 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 830 km | 24.5 kg | 13h 12m | 209 kg | 4h 36m |
| Barcelona | 726 km | 21.4 kg | 12h 30m | 183 kg | 4h 30m |
| Berlin | 843 km | 24.9 kg | 11h 30m | 212 kg | 4h 36m |
| Birmingham | 1,122 km | 41.4 kg | 15h 36m | 282 kg | 5h |
| Bristol | 1,093 km | 42.1 kg | 15h 48m | 275 kg | 5h |
| Brussels | 698 km | 20.6 kg | 11h 18m | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
| Cardiff | 1,128 km | 45.3 kg | 16h 6m | 284 kg | 5h |
| Copenhagen | 1,160 km | 34.2 kg | 18h 42m | 292 kg | 5h |
| Dublin | 1,414 km | — | — | 356 kg | 5h 24m |
| Edinburgh | 1,452 km | 71.2 kg | 18h 36m | 365 kg | 5h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 519 km | 15.3 kg | 9h 12m | 130 kg | 4h 12m |
| Glasgow | 1,490 km | 73.0 kg | 18h 42m | 375 kg | 5h 30m |
| Leeds | 1,204 km | 50.2 kg | 16h 24m | 303 kg | 5h 6m |
| Lisbon | 1,683 km | 49.7 kg | 26h 18m | 423 kg | 5h 42m |
| Liverpool | 1,244 km | 51.3 kg | 16h 24m | 313 kg | 5h 12m |
| London | 959 km | 28.3 kg | 12h 48m | 241 kg | 4h 48m |
| Madrid | 1,188 km | 35.1 kg | 15h 36m | 299 kg | 5h 6m |
| Manchester | 1,212 km | 49.4 kg | 16h 18m | 305 kg | 5h 6m |
| Munich | 348 km | 10.3 kg | 7h | 87.6 kg | 4h |
| Newcastle | 1,304 km | 60.3 kg | 17h 6m | 328 kg | 5h 12m |
| Nottingham | 1,119 km | 42.4 kg | 15h 54m | 282 kg | 5h |
| Oslo | 1,610 km | 47.5 kg | 25h 18m | 405 kg | 5h 36m |
| Paris | 640 km | 18.9 kg | 8h 30m | 161 kg | 4h 24m |
| Prague | 646 km | 19.0 kg | 11h 18m | 162 kg | 4h 24m |
| Rome | 479 km | 14.1 kg | 4h 24m | 120 kg | 4h 6m |
| Sheffield | 1,168 km | 46.6 kg | 16h 12m | 294 kg | 5h 6m |
| Southampton | 990 km | 37.3 kg | 15h 30m | 249 kg | 4h 48m |
| Stockholm | 1,652 km | 48.7 kg | 23h 48m | 416 kg | 5h 42m |
| Vienna | 625 km | 18.5 kg | 10h 42m | 157 kg | 4h 18m |
| Warsaw | 1,144 km | 33.8 kg | 18h 30m | 288 kg | 5h |
| Zurich | 217 km | 6.4 kg | 4h 48m | 54.6 kg | 3h 48m |
The year in Milan
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.9 | 7.1 | 10.5 | 13.1 | 16.9 | 21.9 | 24.7 | 25.5 | 19.9 | 16.0 | 7.8 | 4.5 |
| Sun h/day | 5.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 9.6 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 9.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
When to go
Milan is warmest in August at 25.5 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.9 °C.
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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 15.6× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Zurich. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Milano records 7 overnight stays per resident a year (22,844,935 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 Milan
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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.