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Romania · 45.05°, 23.28° · 212 m

Târgu Jiu

Târgu Jiu, Romania
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Reaching Târgu Jiu from London emits 55.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (31h 30m each way) against 469 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 24.5 °C in July and 2.7 °C in January.

When to go: Târgu Jiu is warmest in July (24.5 °C); coldest in January (2.7 °C). Month by month

55.1kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
469kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.9hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Târgu Jiu. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,570 km46.3 kg29h 54m395 kg5h 36m
Barcelona1,754 km51.8 kg35h 12m441 kg5h 48m
Berlin1,100 km32.5 kg25h 18m277 kg5h
Birmingham2,009 km68.1 kg34h 12m505 kg6h 12m
Bristol2,031 km68.8 kg34h 30m511 kg6h 12m
Brussels1,545 km45.6 kg29h389 kg5h 36m
Cardiff2,071 km72.0 kg34h 48m521 kg6h 18m
Copenhagen1,401 km41.4 kg33h 24m353 kg5h 24m
Dublin2,314 km——582 kg6h 36m
Edinburgh2,210 km97.9 kg37h 12m556 kg6h 24m
Frankfurt1,228 km36.3 kg24h 54m309 kg5h 6m
Glasgow2,268 km99.7 kg37h 24m570 kg6h 30m
Leeds2,027 km76.9 kg35h 6m510 kg6h 12m
Lisbon2,755 km81.3 kg52h 42m693 kg7h 12m
Liverpool2,105 km78.1 kg35h 6m530 kg6h 18m
London1,865 km55.1 kg31h 30m469 kg6h
Madrid2,252 km66.5 kg38h 48m567 kg6h 30m
Manchester2,060 km76.1 kg35h518 kg6h 12m
Milan1,103 km32.5 kg25h 12m277 kg5h
Munich957 km28.2 kg20h 18m241 kg4h 48m
Newcastle2,076 km87.0 kg35h 42m522 kg6h 18m
Nottingham1,974 km69.1 kg34h 36m497 kg6h 6m
Oslo1,851 km54.6 kg42h 54m466 kg6h
Paris1,638 km48.4 kg27h 12m412 kg5h 42m
Prague868 km25.6 kg20h 18m218 kg4h 42m
Rome937 km27.6 kg22h 42m236 kg4h 42m
Sheffield2,008 km73.3 kg34h 54m505 kg6h 12m
Southampton1,939 km64.0 kg34h 12m488 kg6h 6m
Stockholm1,626 km48.0 kg39h 36m409 kg5h 42m
Vienna634 km18.7 kg15h 12m159 kg4h 18m
Warsaw816 km24.1 kg19h 24m205 kg4h 36m
Zurich1,161 km34.3 kg25h292 kg5h

The year in Târgu Jiu

Average temperature, °C — warmest in July
January: 2.7 °C2.7 °CJanFebruary: 5.0 °CFebMarch: 8.0 °CMarApril: 12.1 °CAprMay: 16.1 °CMayJune: 21.6 °CJunJuly: 24.5 °C24.5 °CJulAugust: 24.2 °CAugSeptember: 19.2 °CSepOctober: 12.8 °COctNovember: 5.5 °CNovDecember: 3.2 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in July
January: 5.0 hJanFebruary: 7.5 hFebMarch: 7.8 hMarApril: 9.5 hAprMay: 9.5 hMayJune: 12.4 hJunJuly: 13.9 h13.9 hJulAugust: 12.6 hAugSeptember: 10.1 hSepOctober: 9.4 hOctNovember: 5.8 hNovDecember: 4.1 h4.1 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C2.75.08.012.116.121.624.524.219.212.85.53.2
Sun h/day5.07.57.89.59.512.413.912.610.19.45.84.1
Rain mm/day2.90.81.22.92.43.31.21.62.80.42.51.6

When to go

Târgu Jiu is warmest in July at 24.5 °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.

warmest and sunniestJuly24.5 °C · 13.9 h sun · 1.2 mm rainSee rooms in July →

How busy it gets

Gorj records 0.7 overnight stays per resident a year (203,047 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 Târgu Jiu

Places to stay in Târgu Jiu, Romania, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.

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.