Saumur
Reaching Saumur from London emits 14.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 24m each way) against 119 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 20.4 °C in August and 6.1 °C in January.
Saumur is a small historical town (population: 30,000) in the French region of Pays de la Loire, site of a dramatically situated château and the heart of its own world-renowned wine district. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Saumur is warmest in August (20.4 °C), sunniest in June (12.3 h a day); coldest in January (6.1 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 671 km | 19.8 kg | 8h 48m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
| Barcelona | 677 km | 20.0 kg | 11h 36m | 170 kg | 4h 24m |
| Berlin | 1,127 km | 33.3 kg | 14h 6m | 284 kg | 5h |
| Birmingham | 595 km | 27.0 kg | 11h 6m | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
| Bristol | 501 km | 27.7 kg | 11h 24m | 126 kg | 4h 12m |
| Brussels | 513 km | 15.1 kg | 6h 54m | 129 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 520 km | 30.9 kg | 11h 42m | 131 kg | 4h 12m |
| Copenhagen | 1,278 km | 37.7 kg | 19h 36m | 321 kg | 5h 12m |
| Dublin | 804 km | — | — | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Edinburgh | 990 km | 56.8 kg | 14h 6m | 249 kg | 4h 48m |
| Frankfurt | 717 km | 21.2 kg | 9h 6m | 180 kg | 4h 30m |
| Glasgow | 999 km | 58.6 kg | 14h 18m | 251 kg | 4h 48m |
| Leeds | 734 km | 35.8 kg | 12h | 185 kg | 4h 30m |
| Lisbon | 1,200 km | 35.4 kg | 19h 18m | 302 kg | 5h 6m |
| Liverpool | 714 km | 37.0 kg | 12h | 180 kg | 4h 30m |
| London | 473 km | 14.0 kg | 8h 24m | 119 kg | 4h 6m |
| Madrid | 814 km | 24.0 kg | 12h 54m | 205 kg | 4h 36m |
| Manchester | 708 km | 35.0 kg | 11h 54m | 178 kg | 4h 24m |
| Milan | 738 km | 21.8 kg | 12h 30m | 186 kg | 4h 30m |
| Munich | 877 km | 25.9 kg | 11h 12m | 221 kg | 4h 42m |
| Newcastle | 864 km | 45.9 kg | 12h 36m | 217 kg | 4h 42m |
| Nottingham | 638 km | 28.0 kg | 11h 30m | 160 kg | 4h 24m |
| Oslo | 1,573 km | 46.4 kg | 24h 42m | 396 kg | 5h 36m |
| Paris | 253 km | 7.5 kg | 4h 6m | 63.6 kg | 3h 48m |
| Prague | 1,108 km | 32.7 kg | 18h | 279 kg | 5h |
| Rome | 1,160 km | 34.2 kg | 16h 12m | 292 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 688 km | 32.2 kg | 11h 48m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Southampton | 417 km | 22.9 kg | 11h 6m | 105 kg | 4h 6m |
| Stockholm | 1,793 km | 52.9 kg | 25h 42m | 451 kg | 5h 54m |
| Vienna | 1,232 km | 36.4 kg | 16h 18m | 310 kg | 5h 6m |
| Warsaw | 1,606 km | 47.4 kg | 21h 36m | 404 kg | 5h 36m |
| Zurich | 650 km | 19.2 kg | 9h 30m | 164 kg | 4h 24m |
The year in Saumur
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 6.1 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 14.9 | 19.4 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 18.0 | 14.7 | 9.7 | 7.4 |
| Sun h/day | 4.1 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
When to go
Saumur is warmest in August at 20.4 °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 6.1 °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 6.3× 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
Maine-et-Loire records 3.2 overnight stays per resident a year (2,672,577 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 Saumur
Places to stay in Saumur, 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.