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Norway · 59.27°, 10.41° · 16 m

Tønsberg

Tønsberg, Norway
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Reaching Tønsberg from London emits 32.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (19h 12m each way) against 273 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 16.2 °C in June and -2.7 °C in January.

Tønsberg is a town in Vestfold county. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Tønsberg is warmest in June (16.2 °C), driest in May; coldest in January (-2.7 °C). Month by month

32.1kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
273kg CO₂e return by air, from London
14.3hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Tønsberg. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam840 km24.8 kg14h 6m211 kg4h 36m
Barcelona2,069 km61.0 kg26h 6m520 kg6h 18m
Berlin773 km22.8 kg13h 12m194 kg4h 30m
Birmingham1,073 km45.2 kg22h270 kg4h 54m
Bristol1,192 km45.8 kg22h 12m300 kg5h 6m
Brussels1,011 km29.8 kg16h 36m254 kg4h 48m
Cardiff1,215 km49.1 kg22h 30m306 kg5h 6m
Copenhagen420 km12.4 kg8h 6m106 kg4h 6m
Dublin1,216 km——306 kg5h 6m
Edinburgh888 km75.0 kg25h223 kg4h 42m
Frankfurt1,024 km30.2 kg15h 24m257 kg4h 54m
Glasgow950 km76.7 kg25h 6m239 kg4h 48m
Leeds950 km53.9 kg22h 48m239 kg4h 48m
Lisbon2,671 km78.8 kg40h 18m672 kg7h 6m
Liverpool1,048 km55.1 kg22h 48m264 kg4h 54m
London1,087 km32.1 kg19h 12m273 kg4h 54m
Madrid2,316 km68.4 kg29h 42m583 kg6h 36m
Manchester1,007 km53.1 kg22h 42m253 kg4h 48m
Milan1,537 km45.4 kg24h 12m387 kg5h 30m
Munich1,240 km36.6 kg17h 36m312 kg5h 12m
Newcastle867 km64.1 kg23h 30m218 kg4h 42m
Nottingham1,001 km46.2 kg22h 18m252 kg4h 48m
Paris1,270 km37.5 kg18h319 kg5h 12m
Prague1,052 km31.1 kg17h 12m265 kg4h 54m
Rome1,938 km57.2 kg27h 42m487 kg6h 6m
Sheffield979 km50.4 kg22h 36m246 kg4h 48m
Southampton1,192 km41.0 kg21h 54m300 kg5h 6m
Stockholm435 km12.8 kg8h 18m109 kg4h 6m
Vienna1,290 km38.1 kg20h 42m324 kg5h 12m
Warsaw1,024 km30.2 kg16h 18m258 kg4h 54m
Zurich1,329 km39.2 kg21h 12m334 kg5h 18m

The year in Tønsberg

Average temperature, °C — warmest in June
January: -2.7 °C-2.7 °CJanFebruary: 0.3 °CFebMarch: 1.1 °CMarApril: 5.5 °CAprMay: 13.0 °CMayJune: 16.2 °C16.2 °CJunJuly: 16.0 °CJulAugust: 16.0 °CAugSeptember: 13.9 °CSepOctober: 7.9 °COctNovember: 2.0 °CNovDecember: -0.7 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June
January: 2.7 hJanFebruary: 4.8 hFebMarch: 5.3 hMarApril: 9.5 hAprMay: 13.9 hMayJune: 14.3 h14.3 hJunJuly: 11.9 hJulAugust: 10.0 hAugSeptember: 7.8 hSepOctober: 5.0 hOctNovember: 3.0 hNovDecember: 2.2 h2.2 hDec
Sea temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 4.7 °CJanFebruary: 3.7 °C3.7 °CFebMarch: 4.2 °CMarApril: 6.3 °CAprMay: 11.8 °CMayJune: 16.2 °CJunJuly: 17.4 °CJulAugust: 17.9 °C17.9 °CAugSeptember: 16.5 °CSepOctober: 13.0 °COctNovember: 9.2 °CNovDecember: 6.5 °CDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night; sea temperature NOAA OISST v2.1, 2023–2024, nearest open sea
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C-2.70.31.15.513.016.216.016.013.97.92.0-0.7
Sun h/day2.74.85.39.513.914.311.910.07.85.03.02.2
Rain mm/day4.93.03.43.21.62.64.85.03.62.62.92.9
Sea °C4.73.74.26.311.816.217.417.916.513.09.26.5

When to go

Tønsberg is warmest in June at 16.2 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is January at -2.7 °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

Vestfold records 6.3 overnight stays per resident a year (1,628,231 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 Tønsberg

Places to stay in Tønsberg, Norway, 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.