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Salisbury

Reaching Salisbury from Birmingham emits 12.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 12m each way) against 72.1 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 16.9 °C in August and 4.8 °C in January.

12.6kg CO₂e return by rail, from Birmingham
121kg CO₂e return by air, from Amsterdam
13.0hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Salisbury
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam483 km20.7 kg8h 36m121 kg4h 6m
Barcelona1,118 km43.7 kg19h 18m281 kg5h
Berlin1,056 km37.6 kg16h 30m266 kg4h 54m
Birmingham157 km12.6 kg4h 12m72.1 kg3h 42m
Brussels431 km19.6 kg8h 6m108 kg4h 6m
Copenhagen1,079 km38.3 kg16h 48m271 kg4h 54m
Dublin394 km99.1 kg4h
Edinburgh551 km44.3 kg9h 30m253 kg4h 12m
Frankfurt747 km28.9 kg12h 24m188 kg4h 30m
Glasgow558 km44.8 kg9h 36m256 kg4h 12m
Leeds304 km24.4 kg6h 12m139 kg3h 54m
Lisbon1,488 km56.9 kg25h 24m374 kg5h 30m
Liverpool272 km21.9 kg5h 42m125 kg3h 54m
Madrid1,194 km47.4 kg21h300 kg5h 6m
Manchester270 km21.7 kg5h 42m124 kg3h 54m
Milan1,023 km38.4 kg16h 48m257 kg4h 54m
Munich1,016 km37.2 kg16h 18m255 kg4h 54m
Newcastle434 km34.9 kg7h 54m199 kg4h 6m
Nottingham214 km17.2 kg4h 54m98.2 kg3h 48m
Oslo1,257 km44.2 kg19h 30m316 kg5h 12m
Paris385 km20.3 kg8h 24m96.9 kg4h
Prague1,148 km40.6 kg17h 54m289 kg5h
Rome1,492 km52.5 kg23h 24m375 kg5h 30m
Sheffield258 km20.8 kg5h 30m118 kg3h 48m
Stockholm1,550 km52.4 kg23h 18m390 kg5h 36m
Vienna1,343 km46.6 kg20h 36m338 kg5h 18m
Warsaw1,572 km52.9 kg23h 30m396 kg5h 36m
Zurich856 km33.1 kg14h 24m215 kg4h 36m

The year in Salisbury

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.87.17.58.912.916.116.416.915.712.48.17.7
Sun h/day4.84.25.48.310.913.010.69.77.96.14.12.8
Rain mm/day2.62.33.83.02.00.83.02.24.13.33.12.8

When to go

Salisbury is warmest in August at 16.9 °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 4.8 °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 5.8× the carbon of getting there by rail from Birmingham.

Where to stay in Salisbury

Places to stay in Salisbury, 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.