Angoulême
Reaching Angoulême from London emits 19.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 18m each way) against 164 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 21.5 °C in August and 6.2 °C in January.
Angoulême is the capital of the Charente department. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Angoulême is warmest in August (21.5 °C), sunniest in July (11.8 h a day); coldest in January (6.2 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 823 km | 24.3 kg | 9h 42m | 207 kg | 4h 36m |
| Barcelona | 501 km | 14.8 kg | 9h 12m | 126 kg | 4h 12m |
| Berlin | 1,228 km | 36.2 kg | 15h 6m | 309 kg | 5h 6m |
| Birmingham | 774 km | 32.3 kg | 12h 6m | 195 kg | 4h 30m |
| Bristol | 676 km | 33.0 kg | 12h 18m | 170 kg | 4h 24m |
| Brussels | 656 km | 19.4 kg | 7h 48m | 165 kg | 4h 24m |
| Cardiff | 693 km | 36.2 kg | 12h 36m | 174 kg | 4h 24m |
| Copenhagen | 1,413 km | 41.7 kg | 20h 36m | 355 kg | 5h 24m |
| Dublin | 971 km | — | — | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Edinburgh | 1,169 km | 62.1 kg | 15h 6m | 294 kg | 5h 6m |
| Frankfurt | 806 km | 23.8 kg | 10h | 203 kg | 4h 36m |
| Glasgow | 1,177 km | 63.9 kg | 15h 12m | 296 kg | 5h 6m |
| Leeds | 914 km | 41.1 kg | 12h 54m | 230 kg | 4h 42m |
| Lisbon | 1,085 km | 32.0 kg | 17h 42m | 273 kg | 4h 54m |
| Liverpool | 892 km | 42.3 kg | 12h 54m | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
| London | 652 km | 19.2 kg | 9h 18m | 164 kg | 4h 24m |
| Madrid | 661 km | 19.5 kg | 10h 24m | 166 kg | 4h 24m |
| Manchester | 888 km | 40.3 kg | 12h 48m | 223 kg | 4h 42m |
| Milan | 703 km | 20.8 kg | 12h 6m | 177 kg | 4h 24m |
| Munich | 910 km | 26.9 kg | 12h 6m | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Newcastle | 1,044 km | 51.2 kg | 13h 36m | 263 kg | 4h 54m |
| Nottingham | 818 km | 33.3 kg | 12h 24m | 206 kg | 4h 36m |
| Oslo | 1,734 km | 51.2 kg | 27h | 436 kg | 5h 48m |
| Paris | 393 km | 11.6 kg | 5h | 98.8 kg | 4h |
| Prague | 1,171 km | 34.5 kg | 18h 54m | 294 kg | 5h 6m |
| Rome | 1,075 km | 31.7 kg | 15h 42m | 270 kg | 4h 54m |
| Sheffield | 868 km | 37.5 kg | 12h 42m | 218 kg | 4h 42m |
| Southampton | 595 km | 28.2 kg | 12h | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
| Stockholm | 1,933 km | 57.0 kg | 26h 54m | 486 kg | 6h 6m |
| Vienna | 1,261 km | 37.2 kg | 17h 12m | 317 kg | 5h 12m |
| Warsaw | 1,682 km | 49.6 kg | 22h 36m | 423 kg | 5h 42m |
| Zurich | 670 km | 19.8 kg | 10h 30m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
The year in Angoulême
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 6.2 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 12.0 | 15.2 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 21.5 | 18.6 | 15.5 | 10.6 | 7.1 |
| Sun h/day | 4.1 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
When to go
Angoulême is warmest in August at 21.5 °C but brightest in July, averaging 11.8 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 6.2 °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 France emits about 6.7 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 47 kg — about 4.0× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Paris. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Charente records 2 overnight stays per resident a year (689,529 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 Angoulême
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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.