Schaffhausen
Reaching Schaffhausen from London emits 22.4 kg CO₂e return by rail (10h 24m each way) against 191 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.4 °C in August and 1.6 °C in January.
Schaffhausen is a city in north-eastern Switzerland on the river Rhine, next to the German border. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Schaffhausen is warmest in August (20.4 °C), sunniest in July (12.3 h a day); coldest in January (1.6 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 585 km | 17.3 kg | 10h 24m | 147 kg | 4h 18m |
| Barcelona | 868 km | 25.6 kg | 12h 48m | 218 kg | 4h 42m |
| Berlin | 635 km | 18.7 kg | 9h 24m | 160 kg | 4h 18m |
| Birmingham | 919 km | 35.5 kg | 13h 12m | 231 kg | 4h 42m |
| Bristol | 910 km | 36.2 kg | 13h 24m | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Brussels | 468 km | 13.8 kg | 8h 48m | 118 kg | 4h 6m |
| Cardiff | 948 km | 39.4 kg | 13h 42m | 239 kg | 4h 48m |
| Copenhagen | 927 km | 27.4 kg | 15h 24m | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Dublin | 1,221 km | — | — | 307 kg | 5h 6m |
| Edinburgh | 1,223 km | 65.3 kg | 16h 12m | 308 kg | 5h 6m |
| Frankfurt | 269 km | 7.9 kg | 5h 42m | 67.6 kg | 3h 54m |
| Glasgow | 1,266 km | 67.1 kg | 16h 18m | 318 kg | 5h 12m |
| Leeds | 985 km | 44.3 kg | 14h | 248 kg | 4h 48m |
| Lisbon | 1,746 km | 51.5 kg | 27h 12m | 439 kg | 5h 48m |
| Liverpool | 1,036 km | 45.4 kg | 14h | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| London | 760 km | 22.4 kg | 10h 24m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Madrid | 1,273 km | 37.6 kg | 16h 24m | 320 kg | 5h 12m |
| Manchester | 999 km | 43.5 kg | 13h 54m | 251 kg | 4h 48m |
| Milan | 252 km | 7.4 kg | 5h 36m | 63.4 kg | 3h 48m |
| Munich | 225 km | 6.6 kg | 5h 12m | 56.5 kg | 3h 48m |
| Newcastle | 1,076 km | 54.4 kg | 14h 42m | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| Nottingham | 906 km | 36.5 kg | 13h 30m | 228 kg | 4h 42m |
| Oslo | 1,365 km | 40.3 kg | 21h 42m | 343 kg | 5h 18m |
| Paris | 482 km | 14.2 kg | 6h 6m | 121 kg | 4h 6m |
| Prague | 499 km | 14.7 kg | 9h 12m | 126 kg | 4h 12m |
| Rome | 714 km | 21.1 kg | 9h 6m | 180 kg | 4h 30m |
| Sheffield | 952 km | 40.7 kg | 13h 48m | 239 kg | 4h 48m |
| Southampton | 810 km | 31.4 kg | 13h 6m | 204 kg | 4h 36m |
| Stockholm | 1,433 km | 42.3 kg | 20h 30m | 360 kg | 5h 24m |
| Vienna | 579 km | 17.1 kg | 9h 48m | 146 kg | 4h 18m |
| Warsaw | 1,017 km | 30.0 kg | 16h 30m | 256 kg | 4h 54m |
The year in Schaffhausen
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 1.6 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 13.5 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 20.4 | 16.0 | 11.5 | 4.6 | 1.8 |
| Sun h/day | 3.7 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.4 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
When to go
Schaffhausen is warmest in August at 20.4 °C but brightest in July, averaging 12.3 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 1.6 °C.
Three months worth booking
The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.
Staying there
A hotel room in Switzerland emits about 6.6 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors — a country average per occupied room, not this or any particular hotel. 7 nights in one room adds roughly 46 kg — about 7.0× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Munich. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Schaffhausen records 1.8 overnight stays per resident a year (160,955 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 Schaffhausen
Places to stay in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 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.