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Salamanca

Reaching Salamanca from Madrid emits 5.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 24m each way) against 44.4 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 24.2 °C in August and 4.3 °C in December.

5.2kg CO₂e return by rail, from Madrid
313kg CO₂e return by air, from London
14.2hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Salamanca
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,499 km44.2 kg22h 30m377 kg5h 30m
Barcelona656 km19.4 kg11h165 kg4h 24m
Berlin1,929 km56.9 kg28h 24m485 kg6h 6m
Birmingham1,311 km49.8 kg21h 18m330 kg5h 12m
Bristol1,189 km50.5 kg21h 24m299 kg5h 6m
Brussels1,342 km39.6 kg20h 24m338 kg5h 18m
Cardiff1,184 km53.8 kg21h 54m298 kg5h 6m
Copenhagen2,106 km62.1 kg30h 48m530 kg6h 18m
Dublin1,376 km346 kg5h 18m
Edinburgh1,676 km79.7 kg26h 24m422 kg5h 42m
Frankfurt1,506 km44.4 kg22h 36m379 kg5h 30m
Glasgow1,660 km81.4 kg26h 36m417 kg5h 42m
Leeds1,459 km58.6 kg22h 48m367 kg5h 24m
Lisbon388 km11.5 kg7h 18m97.7 kg4h
Liverpool1,398 km59.8 kg23h352 kg5h 24m
London1,246 km36.8 kg19h 6m313 kg5h 12m
Madrid176 km5.2 kg4h 24m44.4 kg3h 42m
Manchester1,415 km57.8 kg22h 36m356 kg5h 24m
Milan1,301 km38.4 kg19h 48m327 kg5h 12m
Munich1,576 km46.5 kg23h 36m397 kg5h 36m
Newcastle1,585 km68.8 kg24h 30m399 kg5h 36m
Nottingham1,375 km50.9 kg21h 24m346 kg5h 18m
Oslo2,391 km70.5 kg34h 42m601 kg6h 42m
Paris1,079 km31.8 kg16h 48m271 kg4h 54m
Prague1,855 km54.7 kg27h 24m467 kg6h
Rome1,516 km44.7 kg22h 42m381 kg5h 30m
Sheffield1,416 km55.0 kg22h 12m356 kg5h 24m
Southampton1,152 km45.7 kg20h 36m290 kg5h
Stockholm2,622 km77.4 kg37h 54m659 kg7h
Vienna1,913 km56.4 kg28h 12m481 kg6h 6m
Warsaw2,371 km70.0 kg34h 30m597 kg6h 42m
Zurich1,335 km39.4 kg20h 18m336 kg5h 18m

The year in Salamanca

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.95.68.612.314.119.123.524.217.314.59.94.3
Sun h/day6.27.88.711.412.112.914.212.910.56.97.06.5
Rain mm/day2.11.22.20.61.51.90.10.11.33.61.80.5

When to go

Salamanca is warmest in August at 24.2 °C but brightest in July, averaging 14.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is December at 4.3 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Spain emits about 7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 49 kg — about 9.4× the carbon of getting there by rail from Madrid.

How busy it gets

Salamanca records 7.3 overnight stays per resident a year (2,400,850 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 Salamanca

Places to stay in Salamanca, Spain, 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.