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Zaragoza

Reaching Zaragoza from Barcelona emits 7.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (5h 30m each way) against 64.0 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 27.2 °C in August and 7.2 °C in January.

7.5kg CO₂e return by rail, from Barcelona
276kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.7hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Zaragoza
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,268 km37.4 kg19h 24m319 kg5h 12m
Barcelona255 km7.5 kg5h 30m64.0 kg3h 48m
Berlin1,616 km47.7 kg24h 6m407 kg5h 42m
Birmingham1,206 km45.4 kg19h 12m303 kg5h 6m
Bristol1,097 km46.1 kg19h 24m276 kg5h
Brussels1,098 km32.4 kg17h276 kg5h
Cardiff1,106 km49.4 kg19h 54m278 kg5h
Copenhagen1,838 km54.2 kg27h 12m462 kg6h
Dublin1,359 km342 kg5h 18m
Edinburgh1,598 km75.3 kg24h 18m402 kg5h 36m
Frankfurt1,195 km35.3 kg18h 24m301 kg5h 6m
Glasgow1,599 km77.0 kg24h 36m402 kg5h 36m
Leeds1,351 km54.2 kg20h 42m340 kg5h 18m
Lisbon774 km22.8 kg12h 36m195 kg4h 30m
Liverpool1,316 km55.4 kg20h 54m331 kg5h 18m
London1,097 km32.4 kg17h276 kg5h
Madrid274 km8.1 kg5h 48m68.9 kg3h 54m
Manchester1,319 km53.4 kg20h 36m332 kg5h 18m
Milan914 km27.0 kg14h 30m230 kg4h 42m
Munich1,215 km35.8 kg18h 36m306 kg5h 6m
Newcastle1,482 km64.4 kg22h 30m373 kg5h 30m
Nottingham1,256 km46.5 kg19h 24m316 kg5h 12m
Oslo2,181 km64.4 kg31h 48m549 kg6h 24m
Paris839 km24.8 kg13h 30m211 kg4h 36m
Prague1,506 km44.4 kg22h 36m379 kg5h 30m
Rome1,109 km32.7 kg17h 12m279 kg5h
Sheffield1,305 km50.7 kg20h 6m328 kg5h 12m
Southampton1,029 km41.3 kg18h 30m259 kg4h 54m
Stockholm2,360 km69.7 kg34h 18m594 kg6h 36m
Vienna1,536 km45.3 kg23h386 kg5h 30m
Warsaw2,023 km59.7 kg29h 42m509 kg6h 12m
Zurich980 km28.9 kg15h 24m246 kg4h 48m

The year in Zaragoza

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C7.28.813.516.118.823.427.127.220.818.212.88.0
Sun h/day6.88.69.511.313.112.413.712.710.48.17.97.5
Rain mm/day1.01.21.20.60.81.90.20.72.23.20.70.5

When to go

Zaragoza is warmest in August at 27.2 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 7.2 °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 6.5× the carbon of getting there by rail from Barcelona.

How busy it gets

Zaragoza records 3.4 overnight stays per resident a year (3,401,018 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 Zaragoza

Places to stay in Zaragoza, 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.