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Wałbrzych

Wałbrzych, Poland
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Reaching Wałbrzych from London emits 33.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (17h 12m each way) against 288 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 19.3 °C in July and 0.4 °C in January.

Wałbrzych is the second-largest city of Dolnośląskie in Poland. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Wałbrzych is warmest in July (19.3 °C), sunniest in June (12.8 h a day); coldest in January (0.4 °C). Month by month

33.8kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
288kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.8hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Wałbrzych. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam806 km23.8 kg12h 24m203 kg4h 36m
Barcelona1,504 km44.4 kg21h 54m378 kg5h 30m
Berlin278 km8.2 kg6h69.9 kg3h 54m
Birmingham1,266 km46.9 kg20h318 kg5h 12m
Bristol1,317 km47.6 kg20h 12m331 kg5h 18m
Brussels838 km24.7 kg13h 30m211 kg4h 36m
Cardiff1,357 km50.8 kg20h 30m341 kg5h 18m
Copenhagen599 km17.7 kg10h 36m151 kg4h 18m
Dublin1,560 km——392 kg5h 36m
Edinburgh1,409 km76.7 kg23h354 kg5h 24m
Frankfurt543 km16.0 kg9h 36m137 kg4h 12m
Glasgow1,470 km78.5 kg23h 6m370 kg5h 30m
Leeds1,255 km55.7 kg20h 48m316 kg5h 12m
Lisbon2,395 km70.7 kg36h 36m602 kg6h 42m
Liverpool1,344 km56.8 kg20h 48m338 kg5h 18m
London1,145 km33.8 kg17h 12m288 kg5h
Madrid1,925 km56.8 kg25h 30m484 kg6h 6m
Manchester1,296 km54.9 kg20h 42m326 kg5h 12m
Milan790 km23.3 kg13h 24m199 kg4h 36m
Munich449 km13.2 kg8h 30m113 kg4h 6m
Newcastle1,284 km65.8 kg21h 30m323 kg5h 12m
Nottingham1,218 km47.9 kg20h 18m306 kg5h 6m
Oslo1,074 km31.7 kg17h 30m270 kg4h 54m
Paris1,021 km30.1 kg13h 48m257 kg4h 54m
Prague152 km4.5 kg4h 12m38.3 kg3h 42m
Rome1,029 km30.4 kg15h 54m259 kg4h 54m
Sheffield1,244 km52.1 kg20h 36m313 kg5h 12m
Southampton1,239 km42.8 kg19h 54m312 kg5h 12m
Stockholm958 km28.3 kg15h 24m241 kg4h 48m
Vienna285 km8.4 kg6h 12m71.7 kg3h 54m
Warsaw365 km10.8 kg6h 48m91.8 kg4h
Zurich678 km20.0 kg11h 48m171 kg4h 24m

The year in Wałbrzych

Average temperature, °C — warmest in July
January: 0.4 °C0.4 °CJanFebruary: 2.9 °CFebMarch: 5.5 °CMarApril: 7.9 °CAprMay: 13.2 °CMayJune: 17.1 °CJunJuly: 19.3 °C19.3 °CJulAugust: 19.0 °CAugSeptember: 16.3 °CSepOctober: 10.7 °COctNovember: 3.2 °CNovDecember: 1.5 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June
January: 3.7 hJanFebruary: 4.1 hFebMarch: 7.1 hMarApril: 8.0 hAprMay: 11.7 hMayJune: 12.8 h12.8 hJunJuly: 12.7 hJulAugust: 10.2 hAugSeptember: 9.3 hSepOctober: 6.8 hOctNovember: 4.8 hNovDecember: 3.3 h3.3 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C0.42.95.57.913.217.119.319.016.310.73.21.5
Sun h/day3.74.17.18.011.712.812.710.29.36.84.83.3
Rain mm/day1.82.71.52.32.02.22.95.34.32.02.41.9

When to go

Wałbrzych is warmest in July at 19.3 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.8 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 0.4 °C.

Three months worth booking

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

warmestJuly19.3 °C · 12.7 h sun · 2.9 mm rainSee rooms in July →sunniestJune17.1 °C · 12.8 h sun · 2.2 mm rainSee rooms in June →

How busy it gets

Wałbrzyski records 5 overnight stays per resident a year (2,861,208 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 Wałbrzych

Places to stay in Wałbrzych, Poland, 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.