Ostend
Reaching Ostend from London emits 6.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (5h 30m each way) against 53.9 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.6 °C in August and 5.6 °C in January.
Ostend (Dutch: Oostende, meaning "East End") is a seaside city of 70,000 inhabitants in West Flanders in Belgium. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Ostend is warmest in August (18.6 °C), sunniest in June (13.0 h a day); coldest in January (5.6 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 187 km | 5.5 kg | 4h 42m | 46.9 kg | 3h 42m |
| Barcelona | 1,094 km | 32.3 kg | 12h 36m | 275 kg | 5h |
| Berlin | 734 km | 21.6 kg | 10h 48m | 185 kg | 4h 30m |
| Birmingham | 360 km | 19.4 kg | 8h 18m | 90.6 kg | 4h |
| Bristol | 385 km | 20.1 kg | 8h 30m | 96.7 kg | 4h |
| Cardiff | 425 km | 23.3 kg | 8h 48m | 107 kg | 4h 6m |
| Copenhagen | 807 km | 23.8 kg | 13h 42m | 203 kg | 4h 36m |
| Dublin | 667 km | — | — | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Edinburgh | 663 km | 49.2 kg | 11h 18m | 167 kg | 4h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 424 km | 12.5 kg | 6h 42m | 107 kg | 4h 6m |
| Glasgow | 701 km | 51.0 kg | 11h 24m | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
| Leeds | 417 km | 28.2 kg | 9h 6m | 105 kg | 4h 6m |
| Lisbon | 1,678 km | 49.5 kg | 26h 6m | 422 kg | 5h 42m |
| Liverpool | 470 km | 29.4 kg | 9h 6m | 118 kg | 4h 6m |
| London | 214 km | 6.3 kg | 5h 30m | 53.9 kg | 3h 48m |
| Madrid | 1,305 km | 38.5 kg | 16h 12m | 328 kg | 5h 12m |
| Manchester | 432 km | 27.4 kg | 9h | 109 kg | 4h 6m |
| Milan | 789 km | 23.3 kg | 13h | 198 kg | 4h 36m |
| Munich | 710 km | 20.9 kg | 11h 12m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 516 km | 38.3 kg | 9h 48m | 130 kg | 4h 12m |
| Nottingham | 339 km | 20.4 kg | 8h 36m | 85.3 kg | 4h |
| Oslo | 1,083 km | 32.0 kg | 17h 36m | 272 kg | 4h 54m |
| Paris | 266 km | 7.8 kg | 4h 36m | 66.9 kg | 3h 54m |
| Prague | 819 km | 24.2 kg | 13h 48m | 206 kg | 4h 36m |
| Rome | 1,267 km | 37.4 kg | 16h 54m | 319 kg | 5h 12m |
| Sheffield | 384 km | 24.6 kg | 8h 54m | 96.5 kg | 4h |
| Southampton | 305 km | 15.3 kg | 8h 12m | 76.6 kg | 3h 54m |
| Stockholm | 1,311 km | 38.7 kg | 19h | 330 kg | 5h 12m |
| Vienna | 1,021 km | 30.1 kg | 16h 18m | 257 kg | 4h 54m |
| Warsaw | 1,248 km | 36.8 kg | 18h 18m | 314 kg | 5h 12m |
| Zurich | 591 km | 17.4 kg | 10h | 149 kg | 4h 18m |
The year in Ostend
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 5.6 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 18.6 | 17.5 | 13.5 | 8.8 | 7.3 |
| Sun h/day | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| Sea °C | 8.9 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 15.6 | 18.0 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 16.2 | 13.0 | 9.5 |
When to go
Ostend is warmest in August at 18.6 °C but brightest in June, averaging 13.0 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.6 °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 Belgium emits about 12.2 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 85 kg — about 15.5× 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
Arr. Oostende records 21.4 overnight stays per resident a year (3,456,234 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 Ostend
Places to stay in Ostend, Belgium, 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.