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Switzerland · 46.99°, 6.93° · 441 m

Neuchâtel

Reaching Neuchâtel from Milan emits 7.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (5h 18m each way) against 61.1 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 21.5 °C in August and 3.2 °C in January.

7.2kg CO₂e return by rail, from Milan
180kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.6hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Neuchâtel
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam616 km18.2 kg10h 24m155 kg4h 18m
Barcelona730 km21.5 kg12h184 kg4h 30m
Berlin771 km22.7 kg12h 30m194 kg4h 30m
Birmingham879 km34.2 kg14h221 kg4h 42m
Bristol850 km34.9 kg14h 6m214 kg4h 36m
Brussels469 km13.8 kg8h 24m118 kg4h 6m
Cardiff886 km38.1 kg14h 42m223 kg4h 42m
Copenhagen1,041 km30.7 kg16h 12m262 kg4h 54m
Dublin1,171 km295 kg5h 6m
Edinburgh1,216 km64.1 kg19h 6m306 kg5h 6m
Frankfurt371 km10.9 kg7h 6m93.2 kg4h
Glasgow1,252 km65.8 kg19h 24m315 kg5h 12m
Leeds965 km43.0 kg15h 30m243 kg4h 48m
Lisbon1,596 km47.1 kg23h 48m401 kg5h 36m
Liverpool1,002 km44.2 kg15h 42m252 kg4h 48m
London717 km21.2 kg11h 48m180 kg4h 30m
Madrid1,123 km33.1 kg17h 24m283 kg5h
Manchester971 km42.2 kg15h 24m244 kg4h 48m
Milan243 km7.2 kg5h 18m61.1 kg3h 48m
Munich371 km10.9 kg7h 6m93.3 kg4h
Newcastle1,069 km53.1 kg17h 18m269 kg4h 54m
Nottingham878 km35.2 kg14h 12m221 kg4h 42m
Oslo1,458 km43.0 kg22h367 kg5h 24m
Paris399 km11.8 kg7h 30m100 kg4h
Prague650 km19.2 kg10h 54m163 kg4h 24m
Rome719 km21.2 kg11h 48m181 kg4h 30m
Sheffield927 km39.4 kg14h 54m233 kg4h 42m
Southampton747 km30.1 kg13h 18m188 kg4h 30m
Stockholm1,555 km45.9 kg23h 18m391 kg5h 36m
Vienna720 km21.3 kg11h 54m181 kg4h 30m
Warsaw1,167 km34.4 kg18h294 kg5h 6m

The year in Neuchâtel

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C3.24.87.29.214.019.320.821.517.213.16.63.5
Sun h/day3.86.67.48.810.312.212.611.49.47.45.14.2
Rain mm/day2.81.23.73.24.02.64.82.83.84.35.94.5

When to go

Neuchâtel is warmest in August at 21.5 °C but brightest in July, averaging 12.6 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.2 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Switzerland emits about 6.6 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 46 kg — about 6.4× the carbon of getting there by rail from Milan.

How busy it gets

Neuchâtel records 2.7 overnight stays per resident a year (484,475 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 Neuchâtel

Places to stay in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 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.