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Sweden · 58.54°, 15.04° · 107 m

Motala

Motala, Sweden
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Reaching Motala from London emits 36.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (20h 36m each way) against 311 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 16.7 °C in August and -1.0 °C in January.

Motala is a town in Sweden. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Motala is warmest in August (16.7 °C), sunniest in June (14.6 h a day), driest in May; coldest in January (-1.0 °C). Month by month

36.6kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
311kg CO₂e return by air, from London
14.6hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Motala. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam936 km27.6 kg15h 30m235 kg4h 42m
Barcelona2,109 km62.2 kg27h 30m531 kg6h 18m
Berlin676 km20.0 kg11h 48m170 kg4h 24m
Birmingham1,256 km49.6 kg23h 24m316 kg5h 12m
Bristol1,366 km50.3 kg23h 36m344 kg5h 18m
Brussels1,094 km32.3 kg17h 48m275 kg5h
Cardiff1,395 km53.5 kg23h 54m351 kg5h 24m
Copenhagen351 km10.4 kg7h 6m88.4 kg4h
Dublin1,439 km——362 kg5h 24m
Edinburgh1,130 km79.4 kg26h 24m284 kg5h
Frankfurt1,022 km30.2 kg15h 24m257 kg4h 54m
Glasgow1,195 km81.2 kg26h 30m301 kg5h 6m
Leeds1,150 km58.4 kg24h 12m289 kg5h
Lisbon2,799 km82.6 kg42h 12m704 kg7h 12m
Liverpool1,252 km59.6 kg24h 12m315 kg5h 12m
London1,238 km36.6 kg20h 36m311 kg5h 12m
Madrid2,409 km71.1 kg31h 6m606 kg6h 42m
Manchester1,207 km57.6 kg24h 6m304 kg5h 6m
Milan1,506 km44.5 kg23h 42m379 kg5h 30m
Munich1,179 km34.8 kg16h 12m296 kg5h 6m
Newcastle1,086 km68.5 kg24h 54m273 kg4h 54m
Nottingham1,184 km50.6 kg23h 42m298 kg5h 6m
Oslo288 km8.5 kg6h 12m72.4 kg3h 54m
Paris1,358 km40.1 kg19h 24m342 kg5h 18m
Prague940 km27.7 kg15h 36m237 kg4h 48m
Rome1,859 km54.9 kg27h 12m468 kg6h
Sheffield1,172 km54.8 kg24h295 kg5h 6m
Southampton1,349 km45.5 kg23h 18m339 kg5h 18m
Stockholm195 km5.8 kg4h 18m49.0 kg3h 48m
Vienna1,152 km34.0 kg18h 42m290 kg5h
Warsaw796 km23.5 kg13h200 kg4h 36m
Zurich1,314 km38.8 kg20h 48m331 kg5h 18m

The year in Motala

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: -1.0 °C-1.0 °CJanFebruary: 0.4 °CFebMarch: 1.2 °CMarApril: 4.8 °CAprMay: 13.2 °CMayJune: 16.6 °CJunJuly: 16.5 °CJulAugust: 16.7 °C16.7 °CAugSeptember: 14.9 °CSepOctober: 8.1 °COctNovember: 2.8 °CNovDecember: 0.3 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June
January: 2.1 hJanFebruary: 3.7 hFebMarch: 5.0 hMarApril: 8.8 hAprMay: 13.8 hMayJune: 14.6 h14.6 hJunJuly: 12.5 hJulAugust: 9.6 hAugSeptember: 8.7 hSepOctober: 5.1 hOctNovember: 3.0 hNovDecember: 1.5 h1.5 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C-1.00.41.24.813.216.616.516.714.98.12.80.3
Sun h/day2.13.75.08.813.814.612.59.68.75.13.01.5
Rain mm/day2.61.62.11.80.92.44.65.11.92.61.42.1

When to go

Motala is warmest in August at 16.7 °C but brightest in June, averaging 14.6 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at -1.0 °C.

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmestAugust16.7 °C · 9.6 h sun · 5.1 mm rainSee rooms in August →sunniestJune16.6 °C · 14.6 h sun · 2.4 mm rainSee rooms in June →driestMay13.2 °C · 13.8 h sun · 0.9 mm rainSee rooms in May →

How busy it gets

Östergötlands län records 4.3 overnight stays per resident a year (2,018,056 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 Motala

Places to stay in Motala, Sweden, 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.