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Sweden · 56.88°, 14.81° · 169 m

Vaxjo

Vaxjo, Sweden
Photo: Klugschnacker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Reaching Vaxjo from London emits 33.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (18h 48m each way) against 286 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 16.2 °C in August and -0.5 °C in January.

Växjö is the largest city in Kronobergs län in the region Småland in Sweden. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Vaxjo is warmest in August (16.2 °C), sunniest in May (13.6 h a day); coldest in January (-0.5 °C). Month by month

33.6kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
286kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.6hours of sunshine a day in May, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Vaxjo. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam810 km23.9 kg13h 42m204 kg4h 36m
Barcelona1,946 km57.4 kg25h 42m489 kg6h 6m
Berlin492 km14.5 kg9h 6m124 kg4h 12m
Birmingham1,176 km46.6 kg21h 36m296 kg5h 6m
Bristol1,278 km47.3 kg21h 48m322 kg5h 12m
Brussels957 km28.2 kg15h 48m241 kg4h 48m
Cardiff1,310 km50.5 kg22h 6m330 kg5h 12m
Copenhagen192 km5.7 kg4h 48m48.4 kg3h 48m
Dublin1,390 km——350 kg5h 24m
Edinburgh1,109 km76.5 kg24h 36m279 kg5h
Frankfurt853 km25.2 kg13h 6m215 kg4h 36m
Glasgow1,176 km78.2 kg24h 42m296 kg5h 6m
Leeds1,087 km55.4 kg22h 24m273 kg4h 54m
Lisbon2,669 km78.8 kg40h 30m671 kg7h 6m
Liverpool1,190 km56.6 kg22h 24m299 kg5h 6m
London1,137 km33.6 kg18h 48m286 kg5h
Madrid2,265 km66.8 kg29h 18m570 kg6h 30m
Manchester1,143 km54.6 kg22h 18m287 kg5h
Milan1,327 km39.2 kg21h 6m334 kg5h 18m
Munich996 km29.4 kg13h 30m251 kg4h 48m
Newcastle1,042 km65.5 kg23h 6m262 kg4h 54m
Nottingham1,106 km47.6 kg21h 54m278 kg5h
Oslo412 km12.2 kg7h 54m104 kg4h
Paris1,219 km36.0 kg17h 36m307 kg5h 6m
Prague755 km22.3 kg12h 54m190 kg4h 30m
Rome1,674 km49.4 kg24h 42m421 kg5h 42m
Sheffield1,102 km51.8 kg22h 12m277 kg5h
Southampton1,248 km42.5 kg21h 30m314 kg5h 12m
Stockholm333 km9.8 kg6h 18m83.8 kg3h 54m
Vienna970 km28.6 kg16h244 kg4h 48m
Warsaw653 km19.3 kg10h 54m164 kg4h 24m
Zurich1,139 km33.6 kg18h 12m287 kg5h

The year in Vaxjo

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: -0.5 °C-0.5 °CJanFebruary: 0.9 °CFebMarch: 2.1 °CMarApril: 5.8 °CAprMay: 13.4 °CMayJune: 16.1 °CJunJuly: 15.8 °CJulAugust: 16.2 °C16.2 °CAugSeptember: 14.7 °CSepOctober: 8.4 °COctNovember: 3.1 °CNovDecember: 1.0 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in May
January: 2.3 hJanFebruary: 3.4 hFebMarch: 5.4 hMarApril: 9.0 hAprMay: 13.6 h13.6 hMayJune: 13.6 hJunJuly: 12.2 hJulAugust: 9.4 hAugSeptember: 9.1 hSepOctober: 4.7 hOctNovember: 2.4 hNovDecember: 1.3 h1.3 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C-0.50.92.15.813.416.115.816.214.78.43.11.0
Sun h/day2.33.45.49.013.613.612.29.49.14.72.41.3
Rain mm/day2.82.11.81.41.03.33.43.51.72.60.81.7

When to go

Vaxjo is warmest in August at 16.2 °C but brightest in May, averaging 13.6 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at -0.5 °C.

Three months worth booking

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

warmestAugust16.2 °C · 9.4 h sun · 3.5 mm rainSee rooms in August →sunniestMay13.4 °C · 13.6 h sun · 1.0 mm rainSee rooms in May →

How busy it gets

Kronobergs län records 4.4 overnight stays per resident a year (893,111 nights in 2025). 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 Vaxjo

Places to stay in Vaxjo, Sweden, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.

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.