Cherbourg
Reaching Cherbourg from London emits 6.9 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 12m each way) against 58.6 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 17.8 °C in August and 7.0 °C in January.
Cherbourg is a port town at the north end of the Cotentin Peninsula in Manche, France. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Cherbourg is warmest in August (17.8 °C), sunniest in June (13.1 h a day); coldest in January (7.0 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 547 km | 16.1 kg | 9h 54m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Barcelona | 963 km | 28.4 kg | 13h 24m | 242 kg | 4h 48m |
| Berlin | 1,095 km | 32.3 kg | 15h 24m | 276 kg | 5h |
| Birmingham | 317 km | 19.9 kg | 11h 54m | 79.6 kg | 3h 54m |
| Bristol | 213 km | 20.6 kg | 12h 12m | 53.7 kg | 3h 48m |
| Brussels | 445 km | 13.1 kg | 7h 48m | 112 kg | 4h 6m |
| Cardiff | 233 km | 23.9 kg | 12h 30m | 58.5 kg | 3h 48m |
| Copenhagen | 1,165 km | 34.4 kg | 18h 48m | 293 kg | 5h 6m |
| Dublin | 521 km | — | — | 131 kg | 4h 12m |
| Edinburgh | 710 km | 49.8 kg | 14h 54m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 739 km | 21.8 kg | 10h 24m | 186 kg | 4h 30m |
| Glasgow | 715 km | 51.5 kg | 15h 6m | 180 kg | 4h 30m |
| Leeds | 462 km | 28.7 kg | 12h 48m | 116 kg | 4h 6m |
| Lisbon | 1,353 km | 39.9 kg | 21h 12m | 340 kg | 5h 18m |
| Liverpool | 430 km | 29.9 kg | 12h 48m | 108 kg | 4h 6m |
| London | 233 km | 6.9 kg | 9h 12m | 58.6 kg | 3h 48m |
| Madrid | 1,038 km | 30.6 kg | 16h 42m | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| Manchester | 429 km | 27.9 kg | 12h 42m | 108 kg | 4h 6m |
| Milan | 933 km | 27.5 kg | 13h 42m | 235 kg | 4h 42m |
| Munich | 978 km | 28.8 kg | 12h 30m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Newcastle | 593 km | 38.9 kg | 13h 24m | 149 kg | 4h 18m |
| Nottingham | 370 km | 21.0 kg | 12h 18m | 93.0 kg | 4h |
| Oslo | 1,386 km | 40.9 kg | 22h | 349 kg | 5h 18m |
| Paris | 301 km | 8.9 kg | 5h 48m | 75.7 kg | 3h 54m |
| Prague | 1,148 km | 33.9 kg | 18h 36m | 289 kg | 5h |
| Rome | 1,390 km | 41.0 kg | 17h 48m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Sheffield | 416 km | 25.2 kg | 12h 36m | 105 kg | 4h 6m |
| Stockholm | 1,656 km | 48.9 kg | 23h 54m | 416 kg | 5h 42m |
| Vienna | 1,321 km | 39.0 kg | 17h 36m | 332 kg | 5h 18m |
| Warsaw | 1,605 km | 47.4 kg | 22h 54m | 404 kg | 5h 36m |
| Zurich | 790 km | 23.3 kg | 10h 48m | 199 kg | 4h 36m |
The year in Cherbourg
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 7.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 16.9 | 14.1 | 10.5 | 9.1 |
| Sun h/day | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 11.6 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 2.8 |
| Sea °C | 10.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 16.5 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 14.8 | 12.3 |
When to go
Cherbourg is warmest in August at 17.8 °C but brightest in June, averaging 13.1 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 7.0 °C.
On these lists
- Warmest from London in January · low-carbon pick
- Warmest from London in February · low-carbon pick
- Warmest from London in December · 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 6.8× 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
Manche records 6.5 overnight stays per resident a year (3,213,459 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 Cherbourg
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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.