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Peterborough

Reaching Peterborough from Leeds emits 13.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 12m each way) against 73.9 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 17.8 °C in August and 5.0 °C in January.

13.0kg CO₂e return by rail, from Leeds
87.7kg CO₂e return by air, from Amsterdam
12.1hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Peterborough
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam349 km20.1 kg8h 30m87.7 kg4h
Barcelona1,257 km43.2 kg19h 12m316 kg5h 12m
Berlin922 km37.1 kg16h 24m232 kg4h 42m
Bristol203 km16.3 kg4h 48m93.2 kg3h 48m
Brussels370 km19.0 kg8h93.1 kg4h
Cardiff235 km18.9 kg5h 12m108 kg3h 48m
Copenhagen902 km37.7 kg16h 42m227 kg4h 42m
Dublin411 km103 kg4h
Edinburgh422 km33.9 kg7h 48m193 kg4h 6m
Frankfurt677 km28.4 kg12h 24m170 kg4h 24m
Glasgow449 km36.1 kg8h 6m206 kg4h 6m
Leeds161 km13.0 kg4h 12m73.9 kg3h 42m
Lisbon1,685 km56.3 kg25h 18m424 kg5h 42m
Liverpool205 km16.5 kg4h 48m94.0 kg3h 48m
Madrid1,377 km46.8 kg20h 54m346 kg5h 18m
Manchester167 km13.4 kg4h 18m76.6 kg3h 42m
Milan1,046 km37.9 kg16h 48m263 kg4h 54m
Munich971 km36.6 kg16h 12m244 kg4h 48m
Newcastle282 km22.6 kg5h 54m129 kg3h 54m
Oslo1,059 km43.6 kg19h 24m266 kg4h 54m
Paris452 km19.7 kg8h 18m114 kg4h 6m
Prague1,054 km40.0 kg17h 48m265 kg4h 54m
Rome1,525 km51.9 kg23h 18m384 kg5h 30m
Southampton202 km16.2 kg4h 48m92.6 kg3h 48m
Stockholm1,359 km51.8 kg23h 12m342 kg5h 18m
Vienna1,271 km46.0 kg20h 30m320 kg5h 12m
Warsaw1,438 km52.3 kg23h 24m362 kg5h 24m
Zurich854 km32.5 kg14h 18m215 kg4h 36m

The year in Peterborough

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C5.07.37.79.213.116.117.017.816.212.27.57.3
Sun h/day4.94.95.28.810.212.110.510.58.15.94.32.7
Rain mm/day1.62.02.72.22.01.92.91.62.93.02.32.6

When to go

Peterborough is warmest in August at 17.8 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.1 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.0 °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 5.6× the carbon of getting there by rail from Leeds.

Where to stay in Peterborough

Places to stay in Peterborough, 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.