Saarbrücken
Reaching Saarbrücken from London emits 16.7 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h each way) against 142 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 19.6 °C in August and 3.0 °C in January.
Saarbrücken has an impressive history of over a 1000 years, with its predecessors dating back to ancient Roman Empire. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Saarbrücken is warmest in August (19.6 °C), sunniest in June (12.5 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 | 380 km | 11.2 kg | 7h 30m | 95.5 kg | 4h |
| Barcelona | 951 km | 28.1 kg | 13h | 239 kg | 4h 48m |
| Berlin | 579 km | 17.1 kg | 8h 30m | 146 kg | 4h 18m |
| Birmingham | 721 km | 29.8 kg | 11h 42m | 182 kg | 4h 30m |
| Bristol | 724 km | 30.4 kg | 12h | 182 kg | 4h 30m |
| Brussels | 262 km | 7.7 kg | 5h 48m | 65.8 kg | 3h 48m |
| Cardiff | 764 km | 33.7 kg | 12h 18m | 192 kg | 4h 30m |
| Copenhagen | 809 km | 23.9 kg | 13h 42m | 203 kg | 4h 36m |
| Dublin | 1,027 km | — | — | 258 kg | 4h 54m |
| Edinburgh | 1,015 km | 59.6 kg | 14h 42m | 255 kg | 4h 54m |
| Frankfurt | 155 km | 4.6 kg | 3h 42m | 39.1 kg | 3h 42m |
| Glasgow | 1,058 km | 61.3 kg | 14h 54m | 266 kg | 4h 54m |
| Leeds | 779 km | 38.6 kg | 12h 36m | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Lisbon | 1,736 km | 51.2 kg | 27h 6m | 437 kg | 5h 48m |
| Liverpool | 834 km | 39.7 kg | 12h 36m | 210 kg | 4h 36m |
| London | 565 km | 16.7 kg | 9h | 142 kg | 4h 18m |
| Madrid | 1,292 km | 38.1 kg | 16h 36m | 325 kg | 5h 12m |
| Manchester | 796 km | 37.7 kg | 12h 30m | 200 kg | 4h 36m |
| Milan | 450 km | 13.3 kg | 8h 30m | 113 kg | 4h 6m |
| Munich | 357 km | 10.5 kg | 6h 36m | 89.7 kg | 4h |
| Newcastle | 867 km | 48.7 kg | 13h 12m | 218 kg | 4h 42m |
| Nottingham | 704 km | 30.8 kg | 12h 6m | 177 kg | 4h 24m |
| Oslo | 1,211 km | 35.7 kg | 19h 30m | 305 kg | 5h 6m |
| Paris | 342 km | 10.1 kg | 4h 54m | 86.1 kg | 4h |
| Prague | 542 km | 16.0 kg | 9h 48m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Rome | 921 km | 27.2 kg | 12h | 232 kg | 4h 42m |
| Sheffield | 748 km | 35.0 kg | 12h 24m | 188 kg | 4h 30m |
| Southampton | 628 km | 25.6 kg | 11h 42m | 158 kg | 4h 18m |
| Stockholm | 1,329 km | 39.2 kg | 18h 48m | 334 kg | 5h 18m |
| Vienna | 696 km | 20.5 kg | 11h 12m | 175 kg | 4h 24m |
| Warsaw | 1,038 km | 30.6 kg | 16h | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| Zurich | 237 km | 7.0 kg | 5h 24m | 59.5 kg | 3h 48m |
The year in Saarbrücken
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.0 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 14.2 | 18.7 | 19.3 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 12.4 | 6.3 | 3.8 |
| Sun h/day | 3.2 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
When to go
Saarbrücken is warmest in August at 19.6 °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 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 Frankfurt. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Regionalverband Saarbrücken records 2.3 overnight stays per resident a year (782,495 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 Saarbrücken
Places to stay in Saarbrücken, 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.