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Germany · 48.78°, 9.18° · 252 m

Stuttgart

Reaching Stuttgart from Frankfurt emits 4.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 6m each way) against 38.3 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.3 °C in August and 2.9 °C in January.

4.5kg CO₂e return by rail, from Frankfurt
183kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.2hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Stuttgart
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam501 km14.8 kg8h 54m126 kg4h 12m
Barcelona989 km29.2 kg15h 30m249 kg4h 48m
Berlin512 km15.1 kg9h129 kg4h 12m
Birmingham882 km34.6 kg14h 12m222 kg4h 42m
Bristol889 km35.2 kg14h 18m224 kg4h 42m
Brussels416 km12.3 kg7h 42m105 kg4h 6m
Cardiff929 km38.5 kg14h 54m234 kg4h 42m
Copenhagen800 km23.6 kg13h201 kg4h 36m
Dublin1,188 km299 kg5h 6m
Edinburgh1,155 km64.4 kg19h 18m291 kg5h
Frankfurt152 km4.5 kg4h 6m38.3 kg3h 42m
Glasgow1,202 km66.1 kg19h 36m302 kg5h 6m
Leeds930 km43.4 kg15h 42m234 kg4h 42m
Lisbon1,841 km54.3 kg27h 12m463 kg6h
Liverpool991 km44.5 kg15h 54m249 kg4h 48m
London728 km21.5 kg12h183 kg4h 30m
Madrid1,377 km40.6 kg20h 48m346 kg5h 18m
Manchester951 km42.5 kg15h 30m239 kg4h 48m
Milan369 km10.9 kg7h92.8 kg4h
Munich191 km5.6 kg4h 36m48.0 kg3h 48m
Newcastle1,009 km53.5 kg17h 24m254 kg4h 48m
Nottingham859 km35.6 kg14h 24m216 kg4h 36m
Oslo1,242 km36.6 kg19h312 kg5h 12m
Paris500 km14.8 kg8h 48m126 kg4h 12m
Prague406 km12.0 kg7h 36m102 kg4h
Rome809 km23.9 kg13h 6m204 kg4h 36m
Sheffield901 km39.8 kg15h 6m227 kg4h 42m
Southampton794 km30.4 kg13h 30m200 kg4h 36m
Stockholm1,306 km38.5 kg19h 54m329 kg5h 12m
Vienna534 km15.8 kg9h 18m134 kg4h 12m
Warsaw919 km27.1 kg14h 36m231 kg4h 42m
Zurich164 km4.8 kg4h 12m41.3 kg3h 42m

The year in Stuttgart

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C2.95.57.79.314.118.720.120.317.012.66.13.6
Sun h/day3.85.77.28.39.912.212.010.89.56.24.43.4
Rain mm/day1.71.92.52.84.02.52.63.22.22.63.02.7

When to go

Stuttgart is warmest in August at 20.3 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 2.9 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Germany emits about 13.2 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 92 kg — about 20.5× the carbon of getting there by rail from Frankfurt.

How busy it gets

Stuttgart, Stadtkreis records 7.5 overnight stays per resident a year (4,608,646 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 Stuttgart

Places to stay in Stuttgart, Germany, 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.