Bourges
Reaching Bourges from London emits 15.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 12m each way) against 132 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.9 °C in August and 5.1 °C in January.
Bourges is a city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France, with around 65,000 inhabitants. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Bourges is warmest in August (20.9 °C), sunniest in June (12.0 h a day); coldest in January (5.1 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 615 km | 18.1 kg | 8h 36m | 155 kg | 4h 18m |
| Barcelona | 633 km | 18.7 kg | 10h 36m | 159 kg | 4h 18m |
| Berlin | 993 km | 29.3 kg | 13h 54m | 250 kg | 4h 48m |
| Birmingham | 675 km | 28.6 kg | 10h 54m | 170 kg | 4h 24m |
| Bristol | 606 km | 29.2 kg | 11h 12m | 153 kg | 4h 18m |
| Brussels | 442 km | 13.1 kg | 6h 42m | 111 kg | 4h 6m |
| Cardiff | 634 km | 32.5 kg | 11h 30m | 160 kg | 4h 18m |
| Copenhagen | 1,185 km | 35.0 kg | 19h 6m | 298 kg | 5h 6m |
| Dublin | 927 km | — | — | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Edinburgh | 1,059 km | 58.4 kg | 13h 54m | 266 kg | 4h 54m |
| Frankfurt | 572 km | 16.9 kg | 8h 54m | 144 kg | 4h 18m |
| Glasgow | 1,079 km | 60.1 kg | 14h 6m | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| Leeds | 797 km | 37.4 kg | 11h 48m | 200 kg | 4h 36m |
| Lisbon | 1,320 km | 38.9 kg | 21h 6m | 332 kg | 5h 18m |
| Liverpool | 800 km | 38.5 kg | 11h 48m | 201 kg | 4h 36m |
| London | 525 km | 15.5 kg | 8h 12m | 132 kg | 4h 12m |
| Madrid | 888 km | 26.2 kg | 13h 24m | 223 kg | 4h 42m |
| Manchester | 784 km | 36.5 kg | 11h 42m | 197 kg | 4h 30m |
| Milan | 552 km | 16.3 kg | 10h | 139 kg | 4h 12m |
| Munich | 697 km | 20.6 kg | 11h | 175 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 921 km | 47.5 kg | 12h 24m | 232 kg | 4h 42m |
| Nottingham | 700 km | 29.6 kg | 11h 18m | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
| Oslo | 1,527 km | 45.1 kg | 24h 6m | 384 kg | 5h 30m |
| Paris | 197 km | 5.8 kg | 4h 18m | 49.5 kg | 3h 48m |
| Prague | 944 km | 27.9 kg | 15h 36m | 237 kg | 4h 48m |
| Rome | 987 km | 29.1 kg | 13h 30m | 248 kg | 4h 48m |
| Sheffield | 752 km | 33.8 kg | 11h 36m | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
| Southampton | 507 km | 24.4 kg | 10h 54m | 128 kg | 4h 12m |
| Stockholm | 1,707 km | 50.4 kg | 24h 18m | 429 kg | 5h 48m |
| Vienna | 1,053 km | 31.1 kg | 16h 6m | 265 kg | 4h 54m |
| Warsaw | 1,452 km | 42.8 kg | 21h 24m | 365 kg | 5h 24m |
| Zurich | 465 km | 13.7 kg | 8h 42m | 117 kg | 4h 6m |
The year in Bourges
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 5.1 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 10.7 | 14.7 | 19.5 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 18.0 | 14.7 | 9.1 | 6.3 |
| Sun h/day | 3.5 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
When to go
Bourges is warmest in August at 20.9 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.0 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.1 °C.
On these lists
- Warmest from London in June · low-carbon pick
- Warmest from London in July · low-carbon pick
- Warmest from London in August · low-carbon pick
- Warmest from London in September · low-carbon pick
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 8.1× 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
Cher records 2.9 overnight stays per resident a year (861,314 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 Bourges
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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.