Brest
Reaching Brest from London emits 13.8 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 18m each way) against 117 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 17.3 °C in August and 7.4 °C in January.
Brest is a city on the west Atlantic coast of France. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Brest is warmest in August (17.3 °C), sunniest in June (12.1 h a day); coldest in January (7.4 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 798 km | 23.5 kg | 9h 42m | 201 kg | 4h 36m |
| Barcelona | 937 km | 27.7 kg | 13h 6m | 236 kg | 4h 42m |
| Berlin | 1,343 km | 39.6 kg | 15h 6m | 338 kg | 5h 18m |
| Birmingham | 490 km | 26.8 kg | 12h 6m | 123 kg | 4h 12m |
| Bristol | 367 km | 27.5 kg | 12h 18m | 92.2 kg | 4h |
| Brussels | 692 km | 20.4 kg | 7h 48m | 174 kg | 4h 24m |
| Cardiff | 356 km | 30.7 kg | 12h 36m | 89.6 kg | 4h |
| Copenhagen | 1,414 km | 41.7 kg | 20h 36m | 356 kg | 5h 24m |
| Dublin | 563 km | — | — | 142 kg | 4h 18m |
| Edinburgh | 845 km | 56.7 kg | 15h 6m | 213 kg | 4h 36m |
| Frankfurt | 974 km | 28.7 kg | 10h | 245 kg | 4h 48m |
| Glasgow | 831 km | 58.4 kg | 15h 12m | 209 kg | 4h 36m |
| Leeds | 635 km | 35.6 kg | 12h 54m | 160 kg | 4h 18m |
| Lisbon | 1,138 km | 33.6 kg | 18h | 286 kg | 5h |
| Liverpool | 568 km | 36.8 kg | 12h 54m | 143 kg | 4h 18m |
| London | 466 km | 13.8 kg | 9h 18m | 117 kg | 4h 6m |
| Madrid | 889 km | 26.2 kg | 14h 6m | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
| Manchester | 587 km | 34.8 kg | 12h 48m | 148 kg | 4h 18m |
| Milan | 1,087 km | 32.1 kg | 13h 24m | 273 kg | 4h 54m |
| Munich | 1,187 km | 35.0 kg | 12h 6m | 299 kg | 5h 6m |
| Newcastle | 758 km | 45.7 kg | 13h 36m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Nottingham | 559 km | 27.8 kg | 12h 24m | 141 kg | 4h 12m |
| Oslo | 1,612 km | 47.6 kg | 25h 18m | 406 kg | 5h 36m |
| Paris | 505 km | 14.9 kg | 5h | 127 kg | 4h 12m |
| Prague | 1,382 km | 40.8 kg | 18h 54m | 348 kg | 5h 18m |
| Rome | 1,512 km | 44.6 kg | 17h 24m | 380 kg | 5h 30m |
| Sheffield | 594 km | 32.0 kg | 12h 42m | 149 kg | 4h 18m |
| Southampton | 357 km | 22.7 kg | 12h | 89.7 kg | 4h |
| Stockholm | 1,899 km | 56.0 kg | 26h 54m | 478 kg | 6h |
| Vienna | 1,538 km | 45.4 kg | 17h 12m | 387 kg | 5h 36m |
| Warsaw | 1,850 km | 54.6 kg | 22h 36m | 465 kg | 6h |
| Zurich | 978 km | 28.9 kg | 10h 30m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
The year in Brest
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 13.4 | 16.2 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 14.0 | 11.3 | 9.8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.3 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| Rain mm/day | 4.9 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| Sea °C | 11.6 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 12.7 |
When to go
Brest is warmest in August at 17.3 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.1 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 7.4 °C.
Three months worth booking
The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.
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 3.4× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from London. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Finistère records 9 overnight stays per resident a year (8,470,728 nights in 2025). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.
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 Brest
Places to stay in Brest, France, 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.