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Motril

Reaching Motril from Madrid emits 12.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 36m each way) against 103 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 27.0 °C in August and 12.9 °C in January.

12.0kg CO₂e return by rail, from Madrid
418kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.2hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Motril
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,858 km54.8 kg27h 24m467 kg6h
Barcelona711 km21.0 kg11h 42m179 kg4h 24m
Berlin2,195 km64.8 kg32h552 kg6h 24m
Birmingham1,754 km62.1 kg27h441 kg5h 48m
Bristol1,637 km62.8 kg27h 6m412 kg5h 42m
Brussels1,688 km49.8 kg25h 6m425 kg5h 48m
Cardiff1,638 km66.0 kg27h 36m412 kg5h 42m
Copenhagen2,428 km71.6 kg35h 12m611 kg6h 42m
Dublin1,856 km——467 kg6h
Edinburgh2,135 km92.0 kg32h 6m537 kg6h 18m
Frankfurt1,778 km52.5 kg26h 18m447 kg5h 54m
Glasgow2,126 km93.7 kg32h 24m535 kg6h 18m
Leeds1,901 km70.9 kg28h 30m478 kg6h
Lisbon542 km16.0 kg9h 24m136 kg4h 12m
Liverpool1,853 km72.1 kg28h 42m466 kg6h
London1,663 km49.1 kg24h 48m418 kg5h 42m
Madrid408 km12.0 kg7h 36m103 kg4h
Manchester1,863 km70.1 kg28h 18m469 kg6h
Milan1,436 km42.4 kg21h 42m361 kg5h 24m
Munich1,765 km52.1 kg26h 12m444 kg5h 54m
Newcastle2,031 km81.0 kg30h 12m511 kg6h 12m
Nottingham1,811 km63.2 kg27h 6m456 kg5h 54m
Oslo2,769 km81.7 kg39h 54m697 kg7h 12m
Paris1,427 km42.1 kg21h 30m359 kg5h 24m
Prague2,063 km60.9 kg30h 12m519 kg6h 18m
Rome1,490 km44.0 kg22h 24m375 kg5h 30m
Sheffield1,856 km67.3 kg27h 54m467 kg6h
Southampton1,583 km58.0 kg26h 18m398 kg5h 36m
Stockholm2,950 km87.1 kg42h 24m742 kg7h 24m
Vienna2,059 km60.8 kg30h 12m518 kg6h 12m
Warsaw2,575 km76.0 kg37h 12m648 kg6h 54m
Zurich1,541 km45.5 kg23h 6m388 kg5h 36m

The year in Motril

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C12.913.815.917.819.323.126.627.023.220.216.813.3
Sun h/day8.69.39.911.712.113.213.212.411.39.49.38.7
Rain mm/day0.90.82.90.10.80.70.00.11.12.40.40.4

When to go

Motril is warmest in August at 27.0 °C but brightest in June, 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 12.9 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Spain emits about 7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 49 kg — about 4.1× the carbon of getting there by rail from Madrid.

How busy it gets

Granada records 8.3 overnight stays per resident a year (7,842,609 nights in 2024). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.

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 Motril

Places to stay in Motril, Spain, 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.