Mönchengladbach
Reaching Mönchengladbach from London emits 13.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 24m each way) against 115 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 19.2 °C in August and 3.9 °C in January.
Mönchengladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with 262,000 inhabitants (2017). — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Mönchengladbach is warmest in August (19.2 °C), sunniest in June (11.8 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 | 170 km | 5.0 kg | 4h 30m | 42.7 kg | 3h 42m |
| Barcelona | 1,137 km | 33.6 kg | 14h 12m | 286 kg | 5h |
| Berlin | 501 km | 14.8 kg | 7h | 126 kg | 4h 12m |
| Birmingham | 591 km | 26.6 kg | 10h 12m | 149 kg | 4h 18m |
| Bristol | 628 km | 27.3 kg | 10h 24m | 158 kg | 4h 18m |
| Brussels | 151 km | 4.5 kg | 4h 12m | 38.0 kg | 3h 42m |
| Cardiff | 669 km | 30.5 kg | 10h 42m | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Copenhagen | 643 km | 19.0 kg | 11h 18m | 162 kg | 4h 24m |
| Dublin | 895 km | — | — | 225 kg | 4h 42m |
| Edinburgh | 827 km | 56.4 kg | 13h 12m | 208 kg | 4h 36m |
| Frankfurt | 198 km | 5.8 kg | 3h 54m | 49.8 kg | 3h 48m |
| Glasgow | 876 km | 58.2 kg | 13h 18m | 221 kg | 4h 42m |
| Leeds | 613 km | 35.4 kg | 11h | 154 kg | 4h 18m |
| Lisbon | 1,843 km | 54.4 kg | 28h 36m | 464 kg | 6h |
| Liverpool | 686 km | 36.5 kg | 11h | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| London | 457 km | 13.5 kg | 7h 24m | 115 kg | 4h 6m |
| Madrid | 1,430 km | 42.2 kg | 17h 48m | 360 kg | 5h 24m |
| Manchester | 642 km | 34.5 kg | 10h 54m | 162 kg | 4h 24m |
| Milan | 668 km | 19.7 kg | 11h 36m | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Munich | 501 km | 14.8 kg | 8h 24m | 126 kg | 4h 12m |
| Newcastle | 683 km | 45.5 kg | 11h 42m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Nottingham | 555 km | 27.6 kg | 10h 30m | 140 kg | 4h 12m |
| Oslo | 1,007 km | 29.7 kg | 16h 30m | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Paris | 391 km | 11.5 kg | 6h 6m | 98.3 kg | 4h |
| Prague | 575 km | 17.0 kg | 10h 18m | 145 kg | 4h 18m |
| Rome | 1,132 km | 33.4 kg | 15h 6m | 285 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 590 km | 31.8 kg | 10h 48m | 149 kg | 4h 18m |
| Southampton | 549 km | 22.5 kg | 10h 6m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Stockholm | 1,164 km | 34.4 kg | 16h 30m | 293 kg | 5h 6m |
| Vienna | 786 km | 23.2 kg | 13h 18m | 198 kg | 4h 30m |
| Warsaw | 1,009 km | 29.8 kg | 14h 30m | 254 kg | 4h 48m |
| Zurich | 451 km | 13.3 kg | 8h 30m | 114 kg | 4h 6m |
The year in Mönchengladbach
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.9 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 14.5 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 17.2 | 13.0 | 7.1 | 5.5 |
| Sun h/day | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
When to go
Mönchengladbach is warmest in August at 19.2 °C but brightest in June, averaging 11.8 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.
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 Germany emits about 13.2 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 92 kg — about 20.5× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Brussels. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt records 1.2 overnight stays per resident a year (314,923 nights in 2024). 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 Mönchengladbach
Places to stay in Mönchengladbach, Germany, 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.