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Hungary · 48.10°, 19.80° · 242 m

Salgotarjan

Reaching Salgotarjan from Vienna emits 7.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (5h 30m each way) against 64.1 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 22.8 °C in August and 1.1 °C in December.

7.5kg CO₂e return by rail, from Vienna
371kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.3hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Salgotarjan
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,160 km34.2 kg17h 54m292 kg5h
Barcelona1,575 km46.5 kg23h 36m396 kg5h 36m
Berlin669 km19.7 kg11h 12m168 kg4h 24m
Birmingham1,610 km56.6 kg24h 24m405 kg5h 36m
Bristol1,644 km57.3 kg24h 30m414 kg5h 42m
Brussels1,155 km34.1 kg17h 48m291 kg5h
Cardiff1,685 km60.5 kg25h 6m424 kg5h 42m
Copenhagen977 km28.8 kg15h 24m246 kg4h 48m
Dublin1,912 km481 kg6h
Edinburgh1,788 km86.4 kg29h 30m450 kg5h 54m
Frankfurt839 km24.8 kg13h 30m211 kg4h 36m
Glasgow1,847 km88.2 kg29h 48m465 kg6h
Leeds1,616 km65.4 kg25h 54m407 kg5h 42m
Lisbon2,541 km75.0 kg36h 48m639 kg6h 54m
Liverpool1,699 km66.5 kg26h 6m427 kg5h 48m
London1,474 km43.5 kg22h 12m371 kg5h 30m
Madrid2,047 km60.4 kg30h515 kg6h 12m
Manchester1,653 km64.6 kg25h 48m416 kg5h 42m
Milan859 km25.3 kg13h 48m216 kg4h 36m
Munich610 km18.0 kg10h 24m154 kg4h 18m
Newcastle1,658 km75.5 kg27h 36m417 kg5h 42m
Nottingham1,570 km57.6 kg24h 36m395 kg5h 36m
Oslo1,438 km42.4 kg21h 42m362 kg5h 24m
Paris1,287 km38.0 kg19h 36m324 kg5h 12m
Prague450 km13.3 kg8h 12m113 kg4h 6m
Rome896 km26.5 kg14h 18m226 kg4h 42m
Sheffield1,600 km61.8 kg25h 18m403 kg5h 36m
Southampton1,557 km52.5 kg23h 42m392 kg5h 36m
Stockholm1,254 km37.0 kg19h 12m315 kg5h 12m
Vienna255 km7.5 kg5h 30m64.1 kg3h 48m
Warsaw467 km13.8 kg8h 24m118 kg4h 6m
Zurich845 km24.9 kg13h 36m213 kg4h 36m

The year in Salgotarjan

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C1.54.47.110.515.719.522.622.818.411.83.51.1
Sun h/day4.66.68.39.711.411.913.312.29.57.65.33.6
Rain mm/day2.21.01.62.13.04.01.42.13.02.52.51.8

When to go

Salgotarjan is warmest in August at 22.8 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.3 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is December at 1.1 °C.

How busy it gets

Nógrád records 0.8 overnight stays per resident a year (145,689 nights in 2025). 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 Salgotarjan

Places to stay in Salgotarjan, Hungary, 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.