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Plymouth

Reaching Plymouth from Bristol emits 13.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 12m each way) against 74.3 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 16.6 °C in August and 6.5 °C in January.

13.0kg CO₂e return by rail, from Bristol
142kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.9hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Plymouth
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam665 km35.3 kg11h 6m167 kg4h 24m
Barcelona1,111 km58.4 kg21h 48m279 kg5h
Berlin1,237 km52.3 kg19h311 kg5h 6m
Birmingham281 km22.6 kg5h 54m129 kg3h 54m
Bristol162 km13.0 kg4h 12m74.3 kg3h 42m
Brussels601 km34.2 kg10h 36m151 kg4h 18m
Copenhagen1,259 km53.0 kg19h 18m317 kg5h 12m
Dublin360 km90.5 kg4h
Edinburgh624 km50.1 kg10h 30m286 kg4h 18m
Frankfurt911 km43.6 kg14h 54m229 kg4h 42m
Glasgow611 km49.1 kg10h 24m280 kg4h 18m
Leeds420 km33.8 kg7h 42m193 kg4h 6m
Lisbon1,354 km71.6 kg27h 54m341 kg5h 18m
Liverpool347 km27.9 kg6h 48m159 kg4h
London309 km24.8 kg6h 12m142 kg3h 54m
Madrid1,107 km62.1 kg23h 30m279 kg5h
Manchester370 km29.7 kg7h 6m170 kg4h
Milan1,131 km53.1 kg19h 18m285 kg5h
Munich1,165 km51.9 kg18h 48m293 kg5h 6m
Newcastle539 km43.4 kg9h 24m247 kg4h 12m
Nottingham354 km28.4 kg6h 48m162 kg4h
Oslo1,415 km58.8 kg22h356 kg5h 24m
Paris497 km34.9 kg10h 54m125 kg4h 12m
Prague1,317 km55.3 kg20h 24m331 kg5h 18m
Rome1,587 km67.1 kg25h 54m399 kg5h 36m
Sheffield382 km30.7 kg7h 12m175 kg4h
Southampton202 km16.2 kg4h 48m92.6 kg3h 48m
Stockholm1,723 km67.1 kg25h 48m433 kg5h 48m
Vienna1,502 km61.2 kg23h 6m378 kg5h 30m
Warsaw1,752 km67.5 kg26h441 kg5h 48m
Zurich985 km47.7 kg16h 54m248 kg4h 48m

The year in Plymouth

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C6.58.48.59.813.415.916.116.616.013.510.29.3
Sun h/day4.24.55.88.212.012.910.29.48.56.44.13.0
Rain mm/day4.84.77.43.32.81.54.83.84.05.95.24.5

When to go

Plymouth is warmest in August at 16.6 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.9 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 6.5 °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 Bristol.

Where to stay in Plymouth

Places to stay in Plymouth, 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.