Nantes
Reaching Nantes from London emits 14.4 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 48m each way) against 123 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 19.8 °C in August and 6.6 °C in January.
Nantes (Breton: Naoned) is the capital of Pays de la Loire region in northwest France. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Nantes is warmest in August (19.8 °C), sunniest in June (12.3 h a day); coldest in January (6.6 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 736 km | 21.7 kg | 8h 12m | 185 kg | 4h 30m |
| Barcelona | 712 km | 21.0 kg | 11h 36m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Berlin | 1,221 km | 36.0 kg | 13h 36m | 307 kg | 5h 6m |
| Birmingham | 586 km | 27.5 kg | 10h 36m | 147 kg | 4h 18m |
| Bristol | 477 km | 28.2 kg | 10h 48m | 120 kg | 4h 6m |
| Brussels | 590 km | 17.4 kg | 6h 18m | 148 kg | 4h 18m |
| Cardiff | 488 km | 31.4 kg | 11h 6m | 123 kg | 4h 12m |
| Copenhagen | 1,352 km | 39.9 kg | 19h 6m | 340 kg | 5h 18m |
| Dublin | 757 km | — | — | 190 kg | 4h 30m |
| Edinburgh | 978 km | 57.3 kg | 13h 36m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Frankfurt | 817 km | 24.1 kg | 8h 30m | 206 kg | 4h 36m |
| Glasgow | 979 km | 59.1 kg | 13h 42m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Leeds | 732 km | 36.3 kg | 11h 24m | 184 kg | 4h 30m |
| Lisbon | 1,127 km | 33.3 kg | 18h 12m | 284 kg | 5h |
| Liverpool | 696 km | 37.4 kg | 11h 24m | 175 kg | 4h 24m |
| London | 488 km | 14.4 kg | 7h 48m | 123 kg | 4h 12m |
| Madrid | 776 km | 22.9 kg | 12h 54m | 195 kg | 4h 30m |
| Manchester | 698 km | 35.4 kg | 11h 18m | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
| Milan | 847 km | 25.0 kg | 11h 54m | 213 kg | 4h 36m |
| Munich | 987 km | 29.1 kg | 10h 36m | 248 kg | 4h 48m |
| Newcastle | 862 km | 46.4 kg | 12h 6m | 217 kg | 4h 36m |
| Nottingham | 639 km | 28.5 kg | 10h 54m | 161 kg | 4h 24m |
| Oslo | 1,623 km | 47.9 kg | 25h 24m | 408 kg | 5h 42m |
| Paris | 342 km | 10.1 kg | 3h 30m | 86.1 kg | 4h |
| Prague | 1,213 km | 35.8 kg | 17h 24m | 305 kg | 5h 6m |
| Rome | 1,259 km | 37.2 kg | 15h 54m | 317 kg | 5h 12m |
| Sheffield | 686 km | 32.7 kg | 11h 12m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Southampton | 410 km | 23.4 kg | 10h 30m | 103 kg | 4h |
| Stockholm | 1,861 km | 54.9 kg | 25h 24m | 468 kg | 6h |
| Vienna | 1,343 km | 39.6 kg | 15h 42m | 338 kg | 5h 18m |
| Warsaw | 1,707 km | 50.4 kg | 21h 6m | 429 kg | 5h 48m |
| Zurich | 762 km | 22.5 kg | 9h | 192 kg | 4h 30m |
The year in Nantes
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 6.6 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 11.2 | 14.9 | 18.9 | 19.0 | 19.8 | 17.8 | 14.8 | 10.5 | 8.2 |
| Sun h/day | 5.0 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
When to go
Nantes is warmest in August at 19.8 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.3 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 6.6 °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 4.6× 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
Loire-Atlantique records 5.5 overnight stays per resident a year (8,335,347 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 Nantes
Places to stay in Nantes, 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.