St. Gallen
Reaching St. Gallen from London emits 24.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (11h 18m each way) against 207 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.8 °C in August and 0.8 °C in January.
When to go: St. Gallen is warmest in August (18.8 °C), sunniest in June (11.7 h a day); coldest in January (0.8 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 637 km | 18.8 kg | 10h 54m | 160 kg | 4h 18m |
| Barcelona | 882 km | 26.0 kg | 13h 18m | 222 kg | 4h 42m |
| Berlin | 636 km | 18.8 kg | 9h 6m | 160 kg | 4h 18m |
| Birmingham | 982 km | 37.3 kg | 14h | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Bristol | 973 km | 38.0 kg | 14h 18m | 245 kg | 4h 48m |
| Brussels | 528 km | 15.6 kg | 9h 36m | 133 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 1,012 km | 41.3 kg | 14h 36m | 254 kg | 4h 48m |
| Copenhagen | 943 km | 27.8 kg | 15h 36m | 237 kg | 4h 48m |
| Dublin | 1,284 km | — | — | 323 kg | 5h 12m |
| Edinburgh | 1,281 km | 67.2 kg | 17h | 322 kg | 5h 12m |
| Frankfurt | 304 km | 9.0 kg | 6h 6m | 76.3 kg | 3h 54m |
| Glasgow | 1,324 km | 68.9 kg | 17h 12m | 333 kg | 5h 18m |
| Leeds | 1,045 km | 46.1 kg | 14h 54m | 263 kg | 4h 54m |
| Lisbon | 1,782 km | 52.6 kg | 27h 42m | 448 kg | 5h 54m |
| Liverpool | 1,097 km | 47.3 kg | 14h 54m | 276 kg | 5h |
| London | 822 km | 24.3 kg | 11h 18m | 207 kg | 4h 36m |
| Madrid | 1,303 km | 38.4 kg | 16h 54m | 328 kg | 5h 12m |
| Manchester | 1,061 km | 45.3 kg | 14h 48m | 267 kg | 4h 54m |
| Milan | 218 km | 6.4 kg | 5h 6m | 54.9 kg | 3h 48m |
| Munich | 183 km | 5.4 kg | 4h 36m | 45.9 kg | 3h 42m |
| Newcastle | 1,134 km | 56.2 kg | 15h 30m | 285 kg | 5h |
| Nottingham | 968 km | 38.4 kg | 14h 24m | 243 kg | 4h 48m |
| Oslo | 1,392 km | 41.1 kg | 22h 6m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Paris | 545 km | 16.1 kg | 6h 54m | 137 kg | 4h 12m |
| Prague | 474 km | 14.0 kg | 8h 48m | 119 kg | 4h 6m |
| Rome | 663 km | 19.6 kg | 8h 36m | 167 kg | 4h 24m |
| Sheffield | 1,013 km | 42.5 kg | 14h 42m | 255 kg | 4h 54m |
| Southampton | 873 km | 33.2 kg | 14h | 220 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 1,441 km | 42.5 kg | 20h 42m | 363 kg | 5h 24m |
| Vienna | 530 km | 15.6 kg | 9h | 133 kg | 4h 12m |
| Warsaw | 989 km | 29.2 kg | 16h 18m | 249 kg | 4h 48m |
The year in St. Gallen
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 0.8 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 12.3 | 17.3 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 11.5 | 4.2 | 1.8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.5 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.6 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 5.1 |
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.
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 8.6× 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
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
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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.