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Sitges

Reaching Sitges from Madrid emits 14.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 30m each way) against 119 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 26.3 °C in August and 9.7 °C in January.

14.0kg CO₂e return by rail, from Madrid
290kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.4hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Sitges
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,260 km37.2 kg19h 12m317 kg5h 12m
Berlin1,530 km45.1 kg22h 54m385 kg5h 30m
Birmingham1,282 km47.1 kg20h322 kg5h 12m
Bristol1,185 km47.7 kg20h 6m298 kg5h 6m
Brussels1,087 km32.1 kg16h 54m273 kg4h 54m
Cardiff1,201 km51.0 kg20h 42m302 kg5h 6m
Copenhagen1,786 km52.7 kg26h 24m449 kg5h 54m
Dublin1,474 km371 kg5h 30m
Edinburgh1,676 km76.9 kg25h 6m422 kg5h 42m
Frankfurt1,121 km33.1 kg17h 18m282 kg5h
Glasgow1,685 km78.6 kg25h 24m424 kg5h 42m
Leeds1,419 km55.9 kg21h 30m357 kg5h 24m
Lisbon974 km28.7 kg15h 18m245 kg4h 48m
Liverpool1,400 km57.0 kg21h 42m352 kg5h 24m
London1,152 km34.0 kg17h 48m290 kg5h
Madrid473 km14.0 kg8h 30m119 kg4h 6m
Manchester1,395 km55.0 kg21h 18m351 kg5h 24m
Milan759 km22.4 kg12h 24m191 kg4h 30m
Munich1,087 km32.1 kg16h 54m273 kg4h 54m
Newcastle1,548 km66.0 kg23h 12m389 kg5h 36m
Nottingham1,322 km48.1 kg20h 12m333 kg5h 18m
Oslo2,166 km63.9 kg31h 36m545 kg6h 24m
Paris848 km25.0 kg13h 36m213 kg4h 36m
Prague1,385 km40.9 kg21h349 kg5h 18m
Rome893 km26.3 kg14h 12m225 kg4h 42m
Sheffield1,373 km52.3 kg20h 54m345 kg5h 18m
Southampton1,103 km42.9 kg19h 18m278 kg5h
Stockholm2,306 km68.0 kg33h 36m580 kg6h 36m
Vienna1,384 km40.8 kg20h 54m348 kg5h 18m
Warsaw1,896 km56.0 kg28h477 kg6h
Zurich867 km25.6 kg13h 54m218 kg4h 42m

The year in Sitges

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C9.710.713.615.518.022.525.826.321.919.514.810.4
Sun h/day7.88.710.011.112.712.613.412.410.39.08.07.8
Rain mm/day0.91.61.21.62.22.50.61.42.02.81.70.8

When to go

Sitges is warmest in August at 26.3 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.4 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 9.7 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Spain emits about 7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 49 kg — about 3.5× the carbon of getting there by rail from Madrid.

How busy it gets

Barcelona records 6.9 overnight stays per resident a year (41,221,572 nights in 2024). 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 Sitges

Places to stay in Sitges, Spain, 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.