Salzburg
Reaching Salzburg from London emits 30.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (14h 12m each way) against 260 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.5 °C in July and 1.4 °C in January.
Salzburg is a city in Austria, near the border with Germany's Bavaria state, with a population of 157,000 (2020). — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Salzburg is warmest in July (20.5 °C), sunniest in June (11.8 h a day); coldest in January (1.4 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 772 km | 22.8 kg | 12h 24m | 194 kg | 4h 30m |
| Barcelona | 1,117 km | 33.0 kg | 17h 12m | 281 kg | 5h |
| Berlin | 526 km | 15.5 kg | 7h 54m | 132 kg | 4h 12m |
| Birmingham | 1,182 km | 43.5 kg | 16h 54m | 297 kg | 5h 6m |
| Bristol | 1,195 km | 44.2 kg | 17h 12m | 301 kg | 5h 6m |
| Brussels | 715 km | 21.1 kg | 11h 36m | 180 kg | 4h 30m |
| Cardiff | 1,235 km | 47.4 kg | 17h 30m | 311 kg | 5h 6m |
| Copenhagen | 876 km | 25.9 kg | 14h 42m | 220 kg | 4h 42m |
| Dublin | 1,489 km | — | — | 375 kg | 5h 30m |
| Edinburgh | 1,431 km | 73.4 kg | 19h 54m | 360 kg | 5h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 409 km | 12.1 kg | 7h 30m | 103 kg | 4h |
| Glasgow | 1,482 km | 75.1 kg | 20h 6m | 373 kg | 5h 30m |
| Leeds | 1,220 km | 52.3 kg | 17h 48m | 307 kg | 5h 6m |
| Lisbon | 2,050 km | 60.5 kg | 31h 36m | 516 kg | 6h 12m |
| Liverpool | 1,287 km | 53.5 kg | 17h 48m | 324 kg | 5h 12m |
| London | 1,032 km | 30.5 kg | 14h 12m | 260 kg | 4h 54m |
| Madrid | 1,564 km | 46.2 kg | 20h 48m | 393 kg | 5h 36m |
| Manchester | 1,245 km | 51.5 kg | 17h 42m | 313 kg | 5h 12m |
| Milan | 392 km | 11.6 kg | 7h 36m | 98.7 kg | 4h |
| Newcastle | 1,288 km | 62.4 kg | 18h 24m | 324 kg | 5h 12m |
| Nottingham | 1,155 km | 44.5 kg | 17h 18m | 291 kg | 5h |
| Oslo | 1,355 km | 40.0 kg | 21h 36m | 341 kg | 5h 18m |
| Paris | 799 km | 23.6 kg | 9h 48m | 201 kg | 4h 36m |
| Prague | 274 km | 8.1 kg | 6h | 68.8 kg | 3h 54m |
| Rome | 658 km | 19.4 kg | 10h 12m | 166 kg | 4h 24m |
| Sheffield | 1,194 km | 48.7 kg | 17h 36m | 300 kg | 5h 6m |
| Southampton | 1,100 km | 39.4 kg | 16h 54m | 277 kg | 5h |
| Stockholm | 1,323 km | 39.1 kg | 19h 36m | 333 kg | 5h 18m |
| Vienna | 252 km | 7.4 kg | 3h 54m | 63.3 kg | 3h 48m |
| Warsaw | 752 km | 22.2 kg | 12h | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
| Zurich | 340 km | 10.0 kg | 6h 54m | 85.6 kg | 4h |
The year in Salzburg
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 1.4 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 14.1 | 18.6 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 16.3 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 |
| Sun h/day | 4.5 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
When to go
Salzburg is warmest in July at 20.5 °C but brightest in June, averaging 11.8 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 1.4 °C.
Three months worth booking
The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.
How busy it gets
Salzburg und Umgebung records 15.4 overnight stays per resident a year (5,832,920 nights in 2025). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.
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 Salzburg
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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.