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Oxford

Reaching Oxford from Sheffield emits 14.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 30m each way) against 83.4 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 17.1 °C in August and 4.7 °C in January.

14.6kg CO₂e return by rail, from Sheffield
107kg CO₂e return by air, from Amsterdam
12.5hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Oxford
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam426 km17.2 kg8h107 kg4h 6m
Barcelona1,181 km40.2 kg18h 42m297 kg5h 6m
Berlin1,003 km34.1 kg15h 54m252 kg4h 48m
Brussels402 km16.1 kg7h 30m101 kg4h
Copenhagen1,006 km34.8 kg16h 12m253 kg4h 48m
Dublin381 km95.7 kg4h
Edinburgh484 km38.9 kg8h 36m222 kg4h 6m
Frankfurt719 km25.5 kg11h 54m181 kg4h 30m
Glasgow498 km40.0 kg8h 48m228 kg4h 12m
Leeds228 km18.3 kg5h 6m105 kg3h 48m
Lisbon1,573 km53.4 kg24h 48m396 kg5h 36m
Liverpool218 km17.5 kg5h100 kg3h 48m
Madrid1,274 km43.9 kg20h 24m321 kg5h 12m
Manchester203 km16.3 kg4h 48m93.2 kg3h 48m
Milan1,037 km34.9 kg16h 18m261 kg4h 54m
Munich1,001 km33.7 kg15h 42m252 kg4h 48m
Newcastle359 km28.9 kg6h 54m165 kg4h
Oslo1,173 km40.7 kg18h 54m295 kg5h 6m
Paris412 km16.8 kg7h 48m104 kg4h
Prague1,112 km37.1 kg17h 18m280 kg5h
Rome1,512 km49.0 kg22h 48m380 kg5h 30m
Sheffield182 km14.6 kg4h 30m83.4 kg3h 42m
Stockholm1,471 km48.9 kg22h 42m370 kg5h 30m
Vienna1,317 km43.1 kg20h331 kg5h 18m
Warsaw1,520 km49.4 kg23h382 kg5h 30m
Zurich858 km29.6 kg13h 48m216 kg4h 36m

The year in Oxford

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.76.97.48.913.116.216.517.115.712.07.47.2
Sun h/day4.64.35.38.010.412.510.39.67.75.94.32.3
Rain mm/day1.92.33.52.52.31.22.91.84.13.12.82.6

When to go

Oxford is warmest in August at 17.1 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.5 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.7 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in United Kingdom emits about 10.4 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 73 kg — about 5.0× the carbon of getting there by rail from Sheffield.

Where to stay in Oxford

Places to stay in Oxford, United Kingdom, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.

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.