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Switzerland · 47.42°, 9.37° · 684 m

St. Gallen

Reaching St. Gallen from Munich emits 5.4 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 30m each way) against 45.9 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.8 °C in August and 0.8 °C in January.

5.4kg CO₂e return by rail, from Munich
207kg CO₂e return by air, from London
11.7hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to St. Gallen
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam637 km18.8 kg10h 42m160 kg4h 18m
Barcelona882 km26.0 kg14h 6m222 kg4h 42m
Berlin636 km18.8 kg10h 42m160 kg4h 18m
Birmingham982 km37.3 kg15h 30m247 kg4h 48m
Bristol973 km38.0 kg15h 36m245 kg4h 48m
Brussels528 km15.6 kg9h 12m133 kg4h 12m
Cardiff1,012 km41.3 kg16h 6m254 kg4h 48m
Copenhagen943 km27.8 kg14h 54m237 kg4h 48m
Dublin1,284 km323 kg5h 12m
Edinburgh1,281 km67.2 kg20h 36m322 kg5h 12m
Frankfurt304 km9.0 kg6h 12m76.3 kg3h 54m
Glasgow1,324 km68.9 kg20h 54m333 kg5h 18m
Leeds1,045 km46.1 kg17h263 kg4h 54m
Lisbon1,782 km52.6 kg26h 24m448 kg5h 54m
Liverpool1,097 km47.3 kg17h 12m276 kg5h
London822 km24.3 kg13h 18m207 kg4h 36m
Madrid1,303 km38.4 kg19h 48m328 kg5h 12m
Manchester1,061 km45.3 kg16h 48m267 kg4h 54m
Milan218 km6.4 kg5h54.9 kg3h 48m
Munich183 km5.4 kg4h 30m45.9 kg3h 42m
Newcastle1,134 km56.2 kg18h 42m285 kg5h
Nottingham968 km38.4 kg15h 36m243 kg4h 48m
Oslo1,392 km41.1 kg21h350 kg5h 24m
Paris545 km16.1 kg9h 30m137 kg4h 12m
Prague474 km14.0 kg8h 30m119 kg4h 6m
Rome663 km19.6 kg11h 6m167 kg4h 24m
Sheffield1,013 km42.5 kg16h 24m255 kg4h 54m
Southampton873 km33.2 kg14h 48m220 kg4h 42m
Stockholm1,441 km42.5 kg21h 42m363 kg5h 24m
Vienna530 km15.6 kg9h 12m133 kg4h 12m
Warsaw989 km29.2 kg15h 30m249 kg4h 48m

The year in St. Gallen

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C0.83.86.07.512.317.318.618.814.911.54.21.8
Sun h/day4.56.27.28.09.211.711.710.79.37.15.34.4
Rain mm/day3.62.04.76.96.75.05.85.84.24.56.05.1

When to go

St. Gallen is warmest in August at 18.8 °C but brightest in June, averaging 11.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 0.8 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Switzerland emits about 6.6 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 46 kg — about 8.6× the carbon of getting there by rail from Munich.

How busy it gets

St. Gallen records 3.1 overnight stays per resident a year (1,657,844 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 St. Gallen

Places to stay in St. Gallen, 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.