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France · 46.34°, 2.60° · 208 m

Montluçon

Reaching Montluçon from Paris emits 8.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (5h 48m each way) against 70.5 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 20.7 °C in August and 4.9 °C in January.

8.3kg CO₂e return by rail, from Paris
153kg CO₂e return by air, from London
11.9hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Montluçon
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam691 km20.4 kg11h 30m174 kg4h 24m
Barcelona552 km16.3 kg9h 30m139 kg4h 12m
Berlin1,039 km30.7 kg16h 12m261 kg4h 54m
Birmingham756 km31.0 kg12h 30m190 kg4h 30m
Bristol684 km31.7 kg12h 42m172 kg4h 24m
Brussels518 km15.3 kg9h 6m130 kg4h 12m
Cardiff710 km34.9 kg13h 12m179 kg4h 24m
Copenhagen1,248 km36.8 kg19h 6m314 kg5h 12m
Dublin1,002 km252 kg4h 48m
Edinburgh1,142 km60.9 kg17h 36m287 kg5h
Frankfurt615 km18.2 kg10h 24m155 kg4h 18m
Glasgow1,161 km62.6 kg17h 54m292 kg5h
Leeds880 km39.8 kg14h221 kg4h 42m
Lisbon1,280 km37.8 kg19h 30m322 kg5h 12m
Liverpool881 km41.0 kg14h 12m222 kg4h 42m
London608 km18.0 kg10h 18m153 kg4h 18m
Madrid832 km24.6 kg13h 24m209 kg4h 36m
Manchester866 km39.0 kg13h 54m218 kg4h 42m
Milan519 km15.3 kg9h 6m131 kg4h 12m
Munich706 km20.8 kg11h 42m178 kg4h 24m
Newcastle1,004 km49.9 kg15h 48m253 kg4h 48m
Nottingham783 km32.0 kg12h 42m197 kg4h 30m
Oslo1,601 km47.3 kg23h 54m403 kg5h 36m
Paris280 km8.3 kg5h 48m70.5 kg3h 54m
Prague968 km28.6 kg15h 18m244 kg4h 48m
Rome932 km27.5 kg14h 48m234 kg4h 42m
Sheffield835 km36.2 kg13h 24m210 kg4h 36m
Southampton587 km26.9 kg11h 48m148 kg4h 18m
Stockholm1,770 km52.2 kg26h 12m445 kg5h 54m
Vienna1,058 km31.2 kg16h 30m266 kg4h 54m
Warsaw1,482 km43.7 kg22h 18m373 kg5h 30m
Zurich466 km13.8 kg8h 24m117 kg4h 6m

The year in Montluçon

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.96.38.810.313.918.820.120.717.714.88.95.7
Sun h/day3.25.37.68.79.911.711.911.59.37.55.24.0
Rain mm/day1.81.33.02.53.34.02.01.52.43.73.12.3

When to go

Montluçon is warmest in August at 20.7 °C but brightest in July, averaging 11.9 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.9 °C.

Staying there

A hotel room in France emits about 6.7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors, so a week adds roughly 47 kg — about 5.7× the carbon of getting there by rail from Paris.

How busy it gets

Allier records 3.6 overnight stays per resident a year (1,177,714 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 Montluçon

Places to stay in Montluçon, 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.