Skellefteå
Reaching Skellefteå from London emits 56.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (31h each way) against 479 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 16.1 °C in July and -6.7 °C in January.
Skellefteå, called Skellefte by locals, is a town in Västerbotten County, Sweden, at the Baltic Sea, with around 33,000 inhabitants. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Skellefteå is warmest in July (16.1 °C), sunniest in June (15.6 h a day); coldest in January (-6.7 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,651 km | 48.7 kg | 25h 48m | 415 kg | 5h 42m |
| Barcelona | 2,859 km | 84.4 kg | 37h 54m | 719 kg | 7h 18m |
| Berlin | 1,425 km | 42.1 kg | 22h 36m | 359 kg | 5h 24m |
| Birmingham | 1,880 km | 69.3 kg | 33h 42m | 473 kg | 6h |
| Bristol | 2,001 km | 70.0 kg | 34h | 503 kg | 6h 12m |
| Brussels | 1,820 km | 53.7 kg | 28h 18m | 458 kg | 5h 54m |
| Cardiff | 2,022 km | 73.2 kg | 34h 18m | 509 kg | 6h 12m |
| Copenhagen | 1,108 km | 32.7 kg | 16h 18m | 279 kg | 5h |
| Dublin | 1,981 km | — | — | 498 kg | 6h 6m |
| Edinburgh | 1,633 km | 99.1 kg | 36h 42m | 411 kg | 5h 42m |
| Frankfurt | 1,778 km | 52.5 kg | 26h 18m | 447 kg | 5h 54m |
| Glasgow | 1,686 km | 101 kg | 36h 54m | 424 kg | 5h 42m |
| Leeds | 1,748 km | 78.1 kg | 34h 36m | 440 kg | 5h 48m |
| Lisbon | 3,490 km | 103 kg | 52h 6m | 878 kg | 8h 12m |
| Liverpool | 1,839 km | 79.2 kg | 34h 36m | 463 kg | 6h |
| London | 1,905 km | 56.2 kg | 31h | 479 kg | 6h |
| Madrid | 3,132 km | 92.4 kg | 41h 30m | 788 kg | 7h 42m |
| Manchester | 1,803 km | 77.3 kg | 34h 30m | 454 kg | 5h 54m |
| Milan | 2,263 km | 66.8 kg | 34h 36m | 569 kg | 6h 30m |
| Munich | 1,930 km | 57.0 kg | 27h | 486 kg | 6h 6m |
| Newcastle | 1,648 km | 88.2 kg | 35h 12m | 415 kg | 5h 42m |
| Nottingham | 1,808 km | 70.3 kg | 34h 6m | 455 kg | 5h 54m |
| Oslo | 751 km | 22.2 kg | 12h 54m | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
| Paris | 2,082 km | 61.4 kg | 29h 48m | 524 kg | 6h 18m |
| Prague | 1,675 km | 49.4 kg | 26h 12m | 421 kg | 5h 42m |
| Rome | 2,598 km | 76.7 kg | 38h 12m | 653 kg | 7h |
| Sheffield | 1,782 km | 74.5 kg | 34h 24m | 448 kg | 5h 54m |
| Southampton | 2,008 km | 65.2 kg | 33h 42m | 505 kg | 6h 12m |
| Stockholm | 621 km | 18.3 kg | 10h 30m | 156 kg | 4h 18m |
| Vienna | 1,860 km | 54.9 kg | 28h 54m | 468 kg | 6h |
| Warsaw | 1,392 km | 41.1 kg | 22h 6m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Zurich | 2,072 km | 61.1 kg | 31h 42m | 521 kg | 6h 18m |
The year in Skellefteå
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | -6.7 | -4.5 | -4.1 | -0.3 | 10.6 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 12.6 | 3.1 | -2.5 | -5.8 |
| Sun h/day | 1.7 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 12.7 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.6 |
| Sea °C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 9.9 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 12.5 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
When to go
Skellefteå is warmest in July at 16.1 °C but brightest in June, averaging 15.6 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at -6.7 °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
Västerbottens län records 6.5 overnight stays per resident a year (1,833,147 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 Skellefteå
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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.