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Toledo

Toledo, Spain
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Reaching Toledo from London emits 39.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (17h 30m each way) against 335 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 28.7 °C in August and 6.6 °C in December.

When to go: Toledo is warmest in August (28.7 °C), sunniest in July (13.9 h a day); coldest in December (6.6 °C). Month by month

39.3kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
335kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.9hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

By air: nearest airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas (MAD), about 80 km away. Direct from London: yes (LHR, LGW, LCY, LTN, STN). Train or metro into Madrid, then Avant train or coach to Toledo. source

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Toledo. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,549 km45.7 kg17h 54m390 kg5h 36m
Barcelona549 km16.2 kg5h 36m138 kg4h 12m
Berlin1,935 km57.1 kg23h 18m487 kg6h 6m
Birmingham1,413 km52.3 kg20h 18m355 kg5h 24m
Bristol1,294 km53.0 kg20h 30m326 kg5h 12m
Brussels1,384 km40.8 kg16h348 kg5h 18m
Cardiff1,294 km56.2 kg20h 48m325 kg5h 12m
Copenhagen2,140 km63.1 kg28h 48m538 kg6h 24m
Dublin1,508 km——379 kg5h 30m
Edinburgh1,791 km82.1 kg23h 18m450 kg5h 54m
Frankfurt1,512 km44.6 kg18h 12m380 kg5h 30m
Glasgow1,780 km83.9 kg23h 24m448 kg5h 54m
Leeds1,561 km61.1 kg21h 6m393 kg5h 36m
Lisbon459 km13.5 kg8h 36m115 kg4h 6m
Liverpool1,509 km62.3 kg21h 6m380 kg5h 30m
London1,330 km39.3 kg17h 30m335 kg5h 18m
Manchester1,521 km60.3 kg21h383 kg5h 30m
Milan1,245 km36.7 kg18h 54m313 kg5h 12m
Munich1,546 km45.6 kg20h 18m389 kg5h 36m
Newcastle1,690 km71.2 kg21h 48m425 kg5h 48m
Nottingham1,472 km53.3 kg20h 36m370 kg5h 30m
Oslo2,455 km72.5 kg37h 30m618 kg6h 48m
Paris1,120 km33.1 kg13h 12m282 kg5h
Prague1,835 km54.2 kg27h 6m462 kg5h 54m
Rome1,406 km41.5 kg22h 18m354 kg5h 24m
Sheffield1,516 km57.5 kg20h 54m381 kg5h 30m
Southampton1,245 km48.2 kg20h 12m313 kg5h 12m
Stockholm2,661 km78.5 kg35h 6m669 kg7h
Vienna1,868 km55.1 kg25h 24m470 kg6h
Warsaw2,352 km69.4 kg30h 48m592 kg6h 36m
Zurich1,309 km38.6 kg18h 30m329 kg5h 12m

The year in Toledo

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 7.2 °CJanFebruary: 8.4 °CFebMarch: 12.0 °CMarApril: 16.4 °CAprMay: 18.2 °CMayJune: 22.8 °CJunJuly: 28.6 °CJulAugust: 28.7 °C28.7 °CAugSeptember: 20.5 °CSepOctober: 17.0 °COctNovember: 11.9 °CNovDecember: 6.6 °C6.6 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in July
January: 7.0 h7.0 hJanFebruary: 8.4 hFebMarch: 9.3 hMarApril: 12.1 hAprMay: 12.6 hMayJune: 12.6 hJunJuly: 13.9 h13.9 hJulAugust: 12.8 hAugSeptember: 10.7 hSepOctober: 8.1 hOctNovember: 7.6 hNovDecember: 7.8 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C7.28.412.016.418.222.828.628.720.517.011.96.6
Sun h/day7.08.49.312.112.612.613.912.810.78.17.67.8
Rain mm/day1.71.02.10.41.71.30.00.22.83.50.70.7

When to go

Toledo is warmest in August at 28.7 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.9 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is December at 6.6 °C.

On these lists

Three months worth booking

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

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 3.6× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Lisbon. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.

How busy it gets

Toledo records 2.6 overnight stays per resident a year (1,970,951 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 Toledo

Places to stay in Toledo, 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.