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Tortosa

Reaching Tortosa from Barcelona emits 4.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 6m each way) against 38.1 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 27.4 °C in August and 10.2 °C in January.

4.5kg CO₂e return by rail, from Barcelona
299kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.9hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Tortosa
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,328 km39.2 kg20h 12m334 kg5h 18m
Barcelona151 km4.5 kg4h 6m38.1 kg3h 42m
Berlin1,627 km48.0 kg24h 18m409 kg5h 42m
Birmingham1,310 km48.2 kg20h 30m330 kg5h 12m
Bristol1,207 km48.9 kg20h 36m304 kg5h 6m
Brussels1,154 km34.1 kg17h 48m290 kg5h
Cardiff1,220 km52.1 kg21h 12m307 kg5h 6m
Copenhagen1,872 km55.2 kg27h 36m471 kg6h
Dublin1,482 km373 kg5h 30m
Edinburgh1,705 km78.0 kg25h 36m429 kg5h 48m
Frankfurt1,213 km35.8 kg18h 36m305 kg5h 6m
Glasgow1,710 km79.8 kg25h 54m430 kg5h 48m
Leeds1,452 km57.0 kg22h365 kg5h 24m
Lisbon858 km25.3 kg13h 42m216 kg4h 36m
Liverpool1,425 km58.2 kg22h 12m359 kg5h 24m
London1,190 km35.1 kg18h 18m299 kg5h 6m
Madrid359 km10.6 kg6h 54m90.4 kg4h
Manchester1,424 km56.2 kg21h 54m358 kg5h 24m
Milan872 km25.7 kg13h 54m219 kg4h 42m
Munich1,195 km35.3 kg18h 18m301 kg5h 6m
Newcastle1,582 km67.1 kg23h 42m398 kg5h 36m
Nottingham1,356 km49.2 kg20h 42m341 kg5h 18m
Oslo2,238 km66.0 kg32h 36m563 kg6h 30m
Paris906 km26.7 kg14h 24m228 kg4h 42m
Prague1,492 km44.0 kg22h 24m375 kg5h 30m
Rome1,007 km29.7 kg15h 48m253 kg4h 48m
Sheffield1,406 km53.4 kg21h 24m354 kg5h 24m
Southampton1,132 km44.1 kg19h 48m285 kg5h
Stockholm2,393 km70.6 kg34h 48m602 kg6h 42m
Vienna1,498 km44.2 kg22h 30m377 kg5h 30m
Warsaw2,005 km59.2 kg29h 24m504 kg6h 12m
Zurich970 km28.6 kg15h 18m244 kg4h 48m

The year in Tortosa

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C10.211.214.416.519.423.826.827.422.319.615.011.0
Sun h/day7.98.610.111.312.712.812.912.610.38.07.97.9
Rain mm/day0.61.11.00.51.81.40.70.42.55.42.30.4

When to go

Tortosa is warmest in August at 27.4 °C but brightest in July, averaging 12.9 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 10.2 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Spain emits about 7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 49 kg — about 10.9× the carbon of getting there by rail from Barcelona.

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 Tortosa

Places to stay in Tortosa, 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.