Nijmegen
Reaching Nijmegen from London emits 12.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 24m each way) against 104 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.8 °C in August and 4.2 °C in January.
Nijmegen lays claims to the title of oldest city in the Netherlands, and has indeed a long history and still lots of interesting heritage to enjoy today. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Nijmegen is warmest in August (18.8 °C), sunniest in June (12.0 h a day), driest in September; coldest in January (4.2 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 1,196 km | 35.3 kg | 14h 18m | 301 kg | 5h 6m |
| Berlin | 521 km | 15.4 kg | 8h 12m | 131 kg | 4h 12m |
| Birmingham | 533 km | 25.3 kg | 10h 12m | 134 kg | 4h 12m |
| Bristol | 584 km | 26.0 kg | 10h 24m | 147 kg | 4h 18m |
| Brussels | 152 km | 4.5 kg | 4h 12m | 38.2 kg | 3h 42m |
| Cardiff | 624 km | 29.2 kg | 10h 42m | 157 kg | 4h 18m |
| Copenhagen | 613 km | 18.1 kg | 10h 54m | 154 kg | 4h 18m |
| Dublin | 833 km | — | — | 210 kg | 4h 36m |
| Edinburgh | 748 km | 55.1 kg | 13h 12m | 188 kg | 4h 30m |
| Frankfurt | 276 km | 8.1 kg | 5h 30m | 69.4 kg | 3h 54m |
| Glasgow | 799 km | 56.9 kg | 13h 18m | 201 kg | 4h 36m |
| Leeds | 542 km | 34.1 kg | 11h | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Lisbon | 1,865 km | 55.0 kg | 28h 54m | 469 kg | 6h |
| Liverpool | 621 km | 35.2 kg | 11h | 156 kg | 4h 18m |
| London | 414 km | 12.2 kg | 7h 24m | 104 kg | 4h 6m |
| Madrid | 1,466 km | 43.3 kg | 17h 54m | 369 kg | 5h 30m |
| Manchester | 575 km | 33.3 kg | 10h 54m | 145 kg | 4h 18m |
| Milan | 750 km | 22.1 kg | 12h 48m | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
| Munich | 580 km | 17.1 kg | 10h | 146 kg | 4h 18m |
| Newcastle | 605 km | 44.2 kg | 11h 42m | 152 kg | 4h 18m |
| Nottingham | 491 km | 26.3 kg | 10h 30m | 123 kg | 4h 12m |
| Oslo | 947 km | 28.0 kg | 15h 42m | 238 kg | 4h 48m |
| Paris | 415 km | 12.2 kg | 6h 12m | 104 kg | 4h 6m |
| Prague | 630 km | 18.6 kg | 11h 6m | 159 kg | 4h 18m |
| Rome | 1,216 km | 35.9 kg | 16h 18m | 306 kg | 5h 6m |
| Sheffield | 523 km | 30.5 kg | 10h 48m | 132 kg | 4h 12m |
| Southampton | 514 km | 21.2 kg | 10h 6m | 129 kg | 4h 12m |
| Stockholm | 1,129 km | 33.3 kg | 16h 6m | 284 kg | 5h |
| Vienna | 852 km | 25.1 kg | 14h 18m | 214 kg | 4h 36m |
| Warsaw | 1,036 km | 30.6 kg | 15h 42m | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| Zurich | 534 km | 15.8 kg | 9h 42m | 134 kg | 4h 12m |
The year in Nijmegen
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 4.2 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 14.6 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 18.8 | 17.2 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| Sun h/day | 3.6 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 2.0 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
When to go
Nijmegen is warmest in August at 18.8 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.0 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.2 °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 The Netherlands emits about 14.8 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 104 kg — about 23.0× 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
Arnhem/Nijmegen records 3.2 overnight stays per resident a year (2,497,371 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 Nijmegen
Places to stay in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 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.