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Germany · 48.52°, 9.05° · 333 m

Tübingen

Reaching Tübingen from Frankfurt emits 5.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 30m each way) against 45.0 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 20.1 °C in August and 2.5 °C in January.

5.3kg CO₂e return by rail, from Frankfurt
185kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.2hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Tübingen
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam520 km15.3 kg9h 6m131 kg4h 12m
Barcelona960 km28.3 kg15h 6m242 kg4h 48m
Berlin541 km16.0 kg9h 24m136 kg4h 12m
Birmingham890 km34.7 kg14h 18m224 kg4h 42m
Bristol893 km35.4 kg14h 24m225 kg4h 42m
Brussels426 km12.6 kg7h 48m107 kg4h 6m
Cardiff933 km38.7 kg14h 54m235 kg4h 42m
Copenhagen831 km24.5 kg13h 24m209 kg4h 36m
Dublin1,195 km301 kg5h 6m
Edinburgh1,171 km64.6 kg19h 24m295 kg5h 6m
Frankfurt179 km5.3 kg4h 30m45.0 kg3h 42m
Glasgow1,217 km66.3 kg19h 42m306 kg5h 6m
Leeds942 km43.5 kg15h 48m237 kg4h 48m
Lisbon1,818 km53.7 kg26h 54m457 kg5h 54m
Liverpool1,001 km44.7 kg16h252 kg4h 48m
London734 km21.7 kg12h 6m185 kg4h 30m
Madrid1,352 km39.9 kg20h 30m340 kg5h 18m
Manchester962 km42.7 kg15h 36m242 kg4h 48m
Milan340 km10.0 kg6h 42m85.6 kg4h
Munich191 km5.6 kg4h 36m48.1 kg3h 48m
Newcastle1,024 km53.7 kg17h 30m258 kg4h 54m
Nottingham869 km35.8 kg14h 24m219 kg4h 42m
Oslo1,271 km37.5 kg19h 24m320 kg5h 12m
Paris493 km14.6 kg8h 48m124 kg4h 12m
Prague426 km12.6 kg7h 48m107 kg4h 6m
Rome785 km23.2 kg12h 42m198 kg4h 30m
Sheffield912 km40.0 kg15h 12m229 kg4h 42m
Southampton796 km30.6 kg13h 36m200 kg4h 36m
Stockholm1,336 km39.4 kg20h 18m336 kg5h 18m
Vienna542 km16.0 kg9h 24m136 kg4h 12m
Warsaw941 km27.8 kg14h 54m237 kg4h 48m

The year in Tübingen

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C2.55.17.38.813.718.419.720.116.412.35.73.2
Sun h/day3.95.87.48.59.512.012.211.09.56.64.53.8
Rain mm/day1.81.82.22.63.72.62.32.72.41.93.42.6

When to go

Tübingen is warmest in August at 20.1 °C but brightest in July, averaging 12.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 2.5 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in Germany emits about 13.2 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 92 kg — about 17.4× the carbon of getting there by rail from Frankfurt.

How busy it gets

Tübingen, Landkreis records 1.8 overnight stays per resident a year (428,700 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 Tübingen

Places to stay in Tübingen, Germany, 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.