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Estonia · 59.44°, 24.75° · 12 m

Tallinn

Reaching Tallinn from Stockholm emits 11.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 12m each way) against 95.2 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 17.6 °C in August and -3.8 °C in January.

11.2kg CO₂e return by rail, from Stockholm
449kg CO₂e return by air, from London
15.7hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Tallinn
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,458 km43.0 kg21h 54m367 kg5h 24m
Barcelona2,541 km75.0 kg36h 48m639 kg6h 54m
Berlin1,041 km30.7 kg16h 12m262 kg4h 54m
Birmingham1,814 km65.7 kg28h 36m456 kg5h 54m
Bristol1,921 km66.4 kg28h 42m483 kg6h 6m
Brussels1,600 km47.2 kg23h 54m402 kg5h 36m
Cardiff1,951 km69.6 kg29h 18m491 kg6h 6m
Copenhagen837 km24.7 kg13h 30m211 kg4h 36m
Dublin2,004 km504 kg6h 12m
Edinburgh1,692 km95.5 kg33h 42m426 kg5h 48m
Frankfurt1,454 km42.9 kg21h 54m366 kg5h 24m
Glasgow1,756 km97.3 kg34h442 kg5h 48m
Leeds1,713 km74.5 kg30h 6m431 kg5h 48m
Lisbon3,312 km97.7 kg47h 18m833 kg7h 54m
Liverpool1,816 km75.7 kg30h 18m457 kg5h 54m
London1,784 km52.7 kg26h 24m449 kg5h 54m
Madrid2,893 km85.4 kg41h 36m728 kg7h 24m
Manchester1,770 km73.7 kg30h445 kg5h 54m
Milan1,868 km55.1 kg27h 36m470 kg6h
Munich1,520 km44.9 kg22h 48m382 kg5h 30m
Newcastle1,651 km84.6 kg31h 54m415 kg5h 42m
Nottingham1,743 km66.7 kg28h 48m438 kg5h 48m
Oslo787 km23.2 kg12h 48m198 kg4h 30m
Paris1,859 km54.9 kg27h 24m468 kg6h
Prague1,230 km36.3 kg18h 48m309 kg5h 6m
Rome2,125 km62.7 kg31h 6m535 kg6h 18m
Sheffield1,733 km70.9 kg29h 30m436 kg5h 48m
Southampton1,895 km61.6 kg27h 54m477 kg6h
Stockholm379 km11.2 kg7h 12m95.2 kg4h
Vienna1,362 km40.2 kg20h 36m343 kg5h 18m
Warsaw834 km24.6 kg13h 24m210 kg4h 36m
Zurich1,710 km50.5 kg25h 24m430 kg5h 48m

The year in Tallinn

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C-3.8-1.50.75.112.016.417.517.615.37.32.5-1.0
Sun h/day1.32.85.49.214.715.713.011.49.35.32.41.1
Rain mm/day2.11.51.51.50.62.23.64.02.62.83.02.2

When to go

Tallinn is warmest in August at 17.6 °C but brightest in June, averaging 15.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at -3.8 °C.

How busy it gets

Põhja-Eesti records 5.5 overnight stays per resident a year (3,576,218 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 Tallinn

Places to stay in Tallinn, Estonia, 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.