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Valencia

Reaching Valencia from Barcelona emits 8.9 kg CO₂e return by rail (6h 6m each way) against 76.1 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 27.2 °C in August and 11.6 °C in February.

8.9kg CO₂e return by rail, from Barcelona
337kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.2hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Valencia
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,490 km44.0 kg22h 24m375 kg5h 30m
Barcelona302 km8.9 kg6h 6m76.1 kg3h 54m
Berlin1,794 km52.9 kg26h 30m451 kg5h 54m
Birmingham1,451 km52.6 kg22h 30m365 kg5h 24m
Bristol1,343 km53.2 kg22h 42m338 kg5h 18m
Brussels1,318 km38.9 kg20h331 kg5h 18m
Cardiff1,352 km56.5 kg23h 12m340 kg5h 18m
Copenhagen2,039 km60.2 kg29h 54m513 kg6h 12m
Dublin1,604 km404 kg5h 36m
Edinburgh1,844 km82.4 kg27h 36m464 kg6h
Frankfurt1,380 km40.7 kg20h 54m347 kg5h 18m
Glasgow1,845 km84.1 kg27h 54m464 kg6h
Leeds1,595 km61.4 kg24h401 kg5h 36m
Lisbon761 km22.5 kg12h 24m191 kg4h 30m
Liverpool1,562 km62.5 kg24h 12m393 kg5h 36m
London1,338 km39.5 kg20h 18m337 kg5h 18m
Madrid302 km8.9 kg6h 6m76.0 kg3h 54m
Manchester1,564 km60.5 kg23h 54m393 kg5h 36m
Milan1,028 km30.3 kg16h 6m259 kg4h 54m
Munich1,357 km40.0 kg20h 36m341 kg5h 18m
Newcastle1,726 km71.5 kg25h 48m434 kg5h 48m
Nottingham1,500 km53.6 kg22h 42m377 kg5h 30m
Oslo2,402 km70.9 kg34h 54m604 kg6h 42m
Paris1,065 km31.4 kg16h 36m268 kg4h 54m
Prague1,655 km48.8 kg24h 36m416 kg5h 42m
Rome1,119 km33.0 kg17h 18m281 kg5h
Sheffield1,549 km57.8 kg23h 24m390 kg5h 36m
Southampton1,273 km48.4 kg21h 48m320 kg5h 12m
Stockholm2,561 km75.6 kg37h644 kg6h 54m
Vienna1,652 km48.7 kg24h 36m416 kg5h 42m
Warsaw2,166 km63.9 kg31h 36m545 kg6h 24m
Zurich1,134 km33.5 kg17h 30m285 kg5h

The year in Valencia

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C11.711.615.116.619.323.426.727.222.920.616.512.1
Sun h/day8.08.610.011.512.612.813.212.510.68.78.37.9
Rain mm/day0.40.70.60.11.20.70.50.83.53.12.00.5

When to go

Valencia is warmest in August at 27.2 °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 February at 11.6 °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 5.5× the carbon of getting there by rail from Barcelona.

How busy it gets

Valencia/València records 4.8 overnight stays per resident a year (13,171,283 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 Valencia

Places to stay in Valencia, 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.