Norden
Reaching Norden from London emits 16.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (10h 6m each way) against 138 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 17.9 °C in August and 4.5 °C in January.
Norden-Norddeich is a nice old North-Sea seaside town in the Eastern Frisia region of Lower Saxony in Germany. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Norden is warmest in August (17.9 °C), sunniest in June (12.7 h a day), driest in May; coldest in January (4.5 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 206 km | 6.1 kg | 5h | 51.8 kg | 3h 48m |
| Barcelona | 1,408 km | 41.6 kg | 17h | 354 kg | 5h 24m |
| Berlin | 431 km | 12.7 kg | 6h 30m | 109 kg | 4h 6m |
| Birmingham | 621 km | 29.2 kg | 12h 48m | 156 kg | 4h 18m |
| Bristol | 704 km | 29.9 kg | 13h 6m | 177 kg | 4h 24m |
| Brussels | 362 km | 10.7 kg | 7h 18m | 91.0 kg | 4h |
| Cardiff | 740 km | 33.1 kg | 13h 24m | 186 kg | 4h 30m |
| Copenhagen | 415 km | 12.3 kg | 8h | 104 kg | 4h 6m |
| Dublin | 890 km | — | — | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
| Edinburgh | 716 km | 59.1 kg | 15h 48m | 180 kg | 4h 30m |
| Frankfurt | 400 km | 11.8 kg | 7h 18m | 101 kg | 4h |
| Glasgow | 777 km | 60.8 kg | 16h | 195 kg | 4h 30m |
| Leeds | 576 km | 38.0 kg | 13h 42m | 145 kg | 4h 18m |
| Lisbon | 2,068 km | 61.0 kg | 31h 42m | 520 kg | 6h 18m |
| Liverpool | 673 km | 39.2 kg | 13h 42m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
| London | 547 km | 16.2 kg | 10h 6m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Madrid | 1,678 km | 49.5 kg | 20h 36m | 422 kg | 5h 42m |
| Manchester | 624 km | 37.2 kg | 13h 36m | 157 kg | 4h 18m |
| Milan | 915 km | 27.0 kg | 15h 12m | 230 kg | 4h 42m |
| Munich | 680 km | 20.1 kg | 10h 54m | 171 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 592 km | 48.1 kg | 14h 18m | 149 kg | 4h 18m |
| Nottingham | 560 km | 30.2 kg | 13h 12m | 141 kg | 4h 12m |
| Oslo | 735 km | 21.7 kg | 12h 36m | 185 kg | 4h 30m |
| Paris | 626 km | 18.5 kg | 8h 54m | 158 kg | 4h 18m |
| Prague | 630 km | 18.6 kg | 11h 6m | 159 kg | 4h 18m |
| Rome | 1,360 km | 40.1 kg | 18h 42m | 342 kg | 5h 18m |
| Sheffield | 574 km | 34.4 kg | 13h 30m | 144 kg | 4h 18m |
| Southampton | 658 km | 25.1 kg | 12h 48m | 165 kg | 4h 24m |
| Stockholm | 921 km | 27.2 kg | 13h 18m | 232 kg | 4h 42m |
| Vienna | 877 km | 25.9 kg | 14h 42m | 221 kg | 4h 42m |
| Warsaw | 937 km | 27.6 kg | 14h | 236 kg | 4h 42m |
| Zurich | 699 km | 20.6 kg | 12h 6m | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
The year in Norden
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 4.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 13.5 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 16.8 | 12.2 | 7.3 | 5.8 |
| Sun h/day | 3.5 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| Sea °C | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 12.9 | 15.6 | 18.4 | 19.5 | 18.7 | 14.4 | 10.4 | 6.4 |
When to go
Norden is warmest in August at 17.9 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.5 °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 15.1× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Amsterdam. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Aurich records 21.1 overnight stays per resident a year (3,987,879 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 Norden
Places to stay in Norden, 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.