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Tarragona

Tarragona, Spain
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Reaching Tarragona from London emits 34.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (14h 18m each way) against 292 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 26.3 °C in August and 9.7 °C in January.

Tarragona is the southernmost province in Catalonia, Spain. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Tarragona is warmest in August (26.3 °C), sunniest in July (13.2 h a day); coldest in January (9.7 °C). Month by month

34.2kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
292kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.2hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Tarragona. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,281 km37.8 kg14h 42m322 kg5h 12m
Berlin1,566 km46.2 kg20h394 kg5h 36m
Birmingham1,286 km47.3 kg17h323 kg5h 12m
Bristol1,186 km48.0 kg17h 18m298 kg5h 6m
Brussels1,108 km32.7 kg12h 48m279 kg5h
Cardiff1,201 km51.2 kg17h 36m302 kg5h 6m
Copenhagen1,816 km53.6 kg25h 30m457 kg5h 54m
Dublin1,469 km——370 kg5h 30m
Edinburgh1,681 km77.1 kg20h423 kg5h 42m
Frankfurt1,154 km34.1 kg15h290 kg5h
Glasgow1,688 km78.9 kg20h 12m425 kg5h 48m
Leeds1,425 km56.1 kg17h 54m358 kg5h 24m
Lisbon925 km27.3 kg15h 18m233 kg4h 42m
Liverpool1,403 km57.3 kg17h 54m353 kg5h 24m
London1,160 km34.2 kg14h 18m292 kg5h
Madrid424 km12.5 kg5h 48m107 kg4h 6m
Manchester1,399 km55.3 kg17h 48m352 kg5h 24m
Milan804 km23.7 kg13h 24m202 kg4h 36m
Munich1,128 km33.3 kg17h 6m284 kg5h
Newcastle1,555 km66.2 kg18h 30m391 kg5h 36m
Nottingham1,328 km48.3 kg17h 24m334 kg5h 18m
Oslo2,190 km64.6 kg33h 36m551 kg6h 24m
Paris864 km25.5 kg9h 54m217 kg4h 42m
Prague1,426 km42.1 kg22h 36m359 kg5h 24m
Rome941 km27.8 kg15h 36m237 kg4h 48m
Sheffield1,379 km52.5 kg17h 42m347 kg5h 18m
Southampton1,107 km43.2 kg17h278 kg5h
Stockholm2,337 km69.0 kg31h 54m588 kg6h 36m
Vienna1,429 km42.2 kg22h 12m359 kg5h 24m
Warsaw1,938 km57.2 kg27h 30m488 kg6h 6m
Zurich905 km26.7 kg15h 6m228 kg4h 42m

The year in Tarragona

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 9.7 °C9.7 °CJanFebruary: 10.7 °CFebMarch: 13.5 °CMarApril: 15.6 °CAprMay: 18.3 °CMayJune: 22.8 °CJunJuly: 25.8 °CJulAugust: 26.3 °C26.3 °CAugSeptember: 22.0 °CSepOctober: 19.4 °COctNovember: 14.7 °CNovDecember: 10.6 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in July
January: 7.8 h7.8 hJanFebruary: 8.5 hFebMarch: 10.1 hMarApril: 11.2 hAprMay: 12.9 hMayJune: 12.8 hJunJuly: 13.2 h13.2 hJulAugust: 12.5 hAugSeptember: 10.4 hSepOctober: 8.7 hOctNovember: 8.0 hNovDecember: 7.8 hDec
Sea temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 14.5 °CJanFebruary: 13.6 °C13.6 °CFebMarch: 13.9 °CMarApril: 15.4 °CAprMay: 18.2 °CMayJune: 22.4 °CJunJuly: 25.6 °CJulAugust: 27.4 °C27.4 °CAugSeptember: 25.1 °CSepOctober: 23.1 °COctNovember: 18.3 °CNovDecember: 16.2 °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 °C9.710.713.515.618.322.825.826.322.019.414.710.6
Sun h/day7.88.510.111.212.912.813.212.510.48.78.07.8
Rain mm/day0.61.21.21.01.41.71.02.02.53.52.20.5
Sea °C14.513.613.915.418.222.425.627.425.123.118.316.2

When to go

Tarragona is warmest in August at 26.3 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 9.7 °C.

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmestAugust26.3 °C · 12.5 h sun · 2.0 mm rainSee rooms in August →sunniestJuly25.8 °C · 13.2 h sun · 1.0 mm rainSee rooms in July →

Staying there

A hotel room in Spain emits about 7 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 49 kg — about 3.9× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Madrid. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.

How busy it gets

Tarragona records 22.5 overnight stays per resident a year (19,697,521 nights in 2024). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.

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 Tarragona

Places to stay in Tarragona, Spain, 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.