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Scarborough

Reaching Scarborough from Nottingham emits 12.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 6m each way) against 71.3 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 16.0 °C in August and 5.0 °C in January.

12.5kg CO₂e return by rail, from Nottingham
142kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.4hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Scarborough
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam410 km35.4 kg11h 6m103 kg4h
Barcelona1,446 km58.4 kg21h 48m364 kg5h 24m
Berlin935 km52.3 kg19h235 kg4h 42m
Birmingham223 km17.9 kg5h 6m102 kg3h 48m
Bristol347 km27.9 kg6h 42m159 kg4h
Brussels498 km34.3 kg10h 36m125 kg4h 12m
Cardiff363 km29.2 kg7h166 kg4h
Copenhagen841 km53.0 kg19h 18m212 kg4h 36m
Dublin398 km100 kg4h
Edinburgh257 km20.7 kg5h 30m118 kg3h 48m
Frankfurt772 km43.6 kg15h194 kg4h 30m
Glasgow302 km24.3 kg6h 6m139 kg3h 54m
Lisbon1,851 km71.6 kg27h 54m466 kg6h
Liverpool195 km15.6 kg4h 42m89.2 kg3h 48m
London309 km24.8 kg6h 12m142 kg3h 54m
Madrid1,561 km62.1 kg23h 30m393 kg5h 36m
Milan1,195 km53.1 kg19h 24m301 kg5h 6m
Munich1,076 km51.9 kg18h 48m271 kg4h 54m
Nottingham155 km12.5 kg4h 6m71.3 kg3h 42m
Oslo918 km58.9 kg22h231 kg4h 42m
Paris633 km35.0 kg10h 54m159 kg4h 18m
Prague1,110 km55.3 kg20h 24m279 kg5h
Rome1,673 km67.2 kg25h 54m421 kg5h 42m
Southampton381 km30.7 kg7h 12m175 kg4h
Stockholm1,251 km67.1 kg25h 48m315 kg5h 12m
Vienna1,344 km61.3 kg23h 6m338 kg5h 18m
Warsaw1,437 km67.6 kg26h361 kg5h 24m
Zurich992 km47.8 kg16h 54m249 kg4h 48m

The year in Scarborough

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C5.06.96.88.011.513.915.516.014.311.47.37.1
Sun h/day4.24.95.88.810.912.411.010.98.05.14.12.3
Rain mm/day1.81.92.33.11.91.93.42.62.93.72.13.2

When to go

Scarborough is warmest in August at 16.0 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.4 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.0 °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 Nottingham.

Where to stay in Scarborough

Places to stay in Scarborough, 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.