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United Kingdom · 51.54°, 0.71° · 31 m

Southend-on-Sea

Reaching Southend-on-Sea from Southampton emits 13.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 12m each way) against 75.0 kg by air — 6× the carbon. It averages 18.4 °C in August and 5.4 °C in January.

13.1kg CO₂e return by rail, from Southampton
75.7kg CO₂e return by air, from Amsterdam
13.2hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Southend-on-Sea
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam301 km15.2 kg7h 42m75.7 kg3h 54m
Barcelona1,134 km38.3 kg18h 24m285 kg5h
Berlin874 km32.2 kg15h 36m220 kg4h 42m
Birmingham207 km16.7 kg4h 48m95.1 kg3h 48m
Bristol229 km18.4 kg5h 6m105 kg3h 48m
Brussels265 km14.1 kg7h 12m66.5 kg3h 54m
Cardiff270 km21.7 kg5h 42m124 kg3h 54m
Copenhagen905 km32.9 kg15h 54m228 kg4h 42m
Dublin512 km129 kg4h 12m
Edinburgh554 km44.5 kg9h 36m254 kg4h 12m
Frankfurt581 km23.5 kg11h 30m146 kg4h 18m
Glasgow582 km46.8 kg10h267 kg4h 18m
Leeds294 km23.6 kg6h135 kg3h 54m
Lisbon1,618 km51.5 kg24h 30m407 kg5h 42m
Liverpool325 km26.2 kg6h 30m149 kg3h 54m
Madrid1,282 km42.0 kg20h 6m323 kg5h 12m
Manchester294 km23.7 kg6h135 kg3h 54m
Milan919 km33.0 kg15h 54m231 kg4h 42m
Munich865 km31.8 kg15h 24m218 kg4h 42m
Newcastle412 km33.1 kg7h 36m189 kg4h
Nottingham202 km16.3 kg4h 48m92.7 kg3h 48m
Oslo1,121 km38.7 kg18h 36m282 kg5h
Paris320 km14.8 kg7h 30m80.6 kg3h 54m
Prague975 km35.2 kg16h 54m245 kg4h 48m
Rome1,396 km47.1 kg22h 24m351 kg5h 24m
Sheffield253 km20.3 kg5h 30m116 kg3h 48m
Southampton164 km13.1 kg4h 12m75.0 kg3h 42m
Stockholm1,389 km47.0 kg22h 24m349 kg5h 24m
Vienna1,179 km41.1 kg19h 42m297 kg5h 6m
Warsaw1,391 km47.4 kg22h 36m350 kg5h 24m
Zurich731 km27.6 kg13h 24m184 kg4h 30m

The year in Southend-on-Sea

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C5.47.48.19.513.116.617.718.416.813.18.27.7
Sun h/day4.74.75.58.910.813.210.710.88.86.44.13.0
Rain mm/day1.81.92.82.62.01.22.82.02.52.42.61.8

When to go

Southend-on-Sea is warmest in August at 18.4 °C but brightest in June, averaging 13.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.4 °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 5.6× the carbon of getting there by rail from Southampton.

Where to stay in Southend-on-Sea

Places to stay in Southend-on-Sea, 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.