Riesa
Reaching Riesa from London emits 27.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (13h 54m each way) against 234 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.7 °C in August and 3.0 °C in January.
When to go: Riesa is warmest in August (20.7 °C), sunniest in June (13.0 h a day); coldest in January (3.0 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 589 km | 17.4 kg | 9h 48m | 148 kg | 4h 18m |
| Barcelona | 1,392 km | 41.1 kg | 18h 48m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Birmingham | 1,049 km | 40.5 kg | 16h 36m | 264 kg | 4h 54m |
| Bristol | 1,101 km | 41.2 kg | 16h 54m | 277 kg | 5h |
| Brussels | 626 km | 18.5 kg | 10h 6m | 158 kg | 4h 18m |
| Cardiff | 1,141 km | 44.4 kg | 17h 12m | 287 kg | 5h |
| Copenhagen | 488 km | 14.4 kg | 9h | 123 kg | 4h 12m |
| Dublin | 1,343 km | — | — | 338 kg | 5h 18m |
| Edinburgh | 1,200 km | 70.3 kg | 19h 36m | 302 kg | 5h 6m |
| Frankfurt | 350 km | 10.3 kg | 6h | 88.1 kg | 4h |
| Glasgow | 1,260 km | 72.1 kg | 19h 48m | 317 kg | 5h 12m |
| Leeds | 1,039 km | 49.3 kg | 17h 30m | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| Lisbon | 2,236 km | 66.0 kg | 34h 18m | 562 kg | 6h 30m |
| Liverpool | 1,127 km | 50.5 kg | 17h 30m | 283 kg | 5h |
| London | 930 km | 27.5 kg | 13h 54m | 234 kg | 4h 42m |
| Madrid | 1,780 km | 52.5 kg | 22h 24m | 448 kg | 5h 54m |
| Manchester | 1,079 km | 48.5 kg | 17h 24m | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| Milan | 717 km | 21.1 kg | 12h 18m | 180 kg | 4h 30m |
| Munich | 373 km | 11.0 kg | 6h 54m | 93.9 kg | 4h |
| Newcastle | 1,072 km | 59.4 kg | 18h 6m | 270 kg | 4h 54m |
| Nottingham | 1,001 km | 41.5 kg | 17h | 252 kg | 4h 48m |
| Oslo | 970 km | 28.6 kg | 16h | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Paris | 826 km | 24.4 kg | 10h 42m | 208 kg | 4h 36m |
| Prague | 157 km | 4.6 kg | 4h 18m | 39.5 kg | 3h 42m |
| Rome | 1,049 km | 30.9 kg | 15h 48m | 264 kg | 4h 54m |
| Sheffield | 1,027 km | 45.7 kg | 17h 18m | 258 kg | 4h 54m |
| Southampton | 1,025 km | 36.4 kg | 16h 36m | 258 kg | 4h 54m |
| Stockholm | 941 km | 27.8 kg | 13h 54m | 237 kg | 4h 48m |
| Vienna | 409 km | 12.1 kg | 7h 54m | 103 kg | 4h |
| Warsaw | 541 km | 16.0 kg | 9h 6m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Zurich | 557 km | 16.4 kg | 10h | 140 kg | 4h 12m |
The year in Riesa
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.0 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 15.0 | 18.7 | 20.6 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 12.6 | 5.8 | 3.8 |
| Sun h/day | 3.4 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
When to go
Riesa is warmest in August at 20.7 °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 3.0 °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 20.1× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Prague. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Meißen records 2.7 overnight stays per resident a year (653,208 nights in 2024). Comparatively quiet by European standards.
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 Riesa
Places to stay in Riesa, 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.