Utrecht
Reaching Utrecht from London emits 10.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 6m each way) against 92.2 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 18.5 °C in August and 4.5 °C in January.
Utrecht is a central Dutch city with a long history. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Utrecht is warmest in August (18.5 °C), sunniest in June (12.1 h a day); coldest in January (4.5 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 1,211 km | 35.7 kg | 14h | 305 kg | 5h 6m |
| Berlin | 565 km | 16.7 kg | 8h 18m | 142 kg | 4h 18m |
| Birmingham | 479 km | 23.9 kg | 9h 54m | 121 kg | 4h 6m |
| Bristol | 536 km | 24.6 kg | 10h 6m | 135 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 575 km | 27.8 kg | 10h 24m | 145 kg | 4h 18m |
| Copenhagen | 629 km | 18.6 kg | 11h 6m | 158 kg | 4h 18m |
| Dublin | 777 km | — | — | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Edinburgh | 692 km | 53.7 kg | 12h 54m | 174 kg | 4h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 332 km | 9.8 kg | 6h 18m | 83.4 kg | 3h 54m |
| Glasgow | 742 km | 55.5 kg | 13h | 187 kg | 4h 30m |
| Leeds | 485 km | 32.7 kg | 10h 42m | 122 kg | 4h 6m |
| Lisbon | 1,850 km | 54.6 kg | 28h 36m | 465 kg | 6h |
| Liverpool | 564 km | 33.8 kg | 10h 42m | 142 kg | 4h 18m |
| London | 367 km | 10.8 kg | 7h 6m | 92.2 kg | 4h |
| Madrid | 1,462 km | 43.2 kg | 17h 36m | 368 kg | 5h 24m |
| Manchester | 518 km | 31.9 kg | 10h 36m | 130 kg | 4h 12m |
| Milan | 795 km | 23.4 kg | 13h 24m | 200 kg | 4h 36m |
| Munich | 636 km | 18.8 kg | 10h 48m | 160 kg | 4h 18m |
| Newcastle | 548 km | 42.8 kg | 11h 24m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Nottingham | 435 km | 24.9 kg | 10h 12m | 109 kg | 4h 6m |
| Oslo | 937 km | 27.6 kg | 15h 30m | 236 kg | 4h 42m |
| Paris | 410 km | 12.1 kg | 5h 54m | 103 kg | 4h |
| Prague | 686 km | 20.2 kg | 11h 54m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Rome | 1,263 km | 37.3 kg | 17h | 318 kg | 5h 12m |
| Sheffield | 466 km | 29.1 kg | 10h 30m | 117 kg | 4h 6m |
| Southampton | 470 km | 19.8 kg | 9h 48m | 118 kg | 4h 6m |
| Stockholm | 1,139 km | 33.6 kg | 16h 24m | 287 kg | 5h |
| Vienna | 909 km | 26.8 kg | 15h 12m | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Warsaw | 1,082 km | 31.9 kg | 15h 48m | 272 kg | 4h 54m |
| Zurich | 580 km | 17.1 kg | 10h 24m | 146 kg | 4h 18m |
The year in Utrecht
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 4.5 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 14.2 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 12.8 | 7.3 | 6.2 |
| Sun h/day | 3.5 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.1 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
When to go
Utrecht is warmest in August at 18.5 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.1 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.5 °C.
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 The Netherlands emits about 14.8 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 104 kg — about 10.6× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Frankfurt. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Utrecht records 3.3 overnight stays per resident a year (4,626,106 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 Utrecht
Places to stay in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 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.