Tours
Reaching Tours from Paris emits 6.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (4h 48m each way) against 51.1 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.4 °C in August and 5.6 °C in January.
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 629 km | 18.6 kg | 10h 36m | 158 kg | 4h 18m |
| Barcelona | 678 km | 20.0 kg | 11h 18m | 171 kg | 4h 24m |
| Berlin | 1,071 km | 31.6 kg | 16h 42m | 269 kg | 4h 54m |
| Birmingham | 595 km | 26.7 kg | 10h 30m | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
| Bristol | 511 km | 27.4 kg | 10h 42m | 128 kg | 4h 12m |
| Brussels | 467 km | 13.8 kg | 8h 24m | 117 kg | 4h 6m |
| Cardiff | 534 km | 30.6 kg | 11h 12m | 134 kg | 4h 12m |
| Copenhagen | 1,230 km | 36.3 kg | 18h 48m | 309 kg | 5h 6m |
| Dublin | 823 km | — | — | 207 kg | 4h 36m |
| Edinburgh | 988 km | 56.5 kg | 15h 36m | 249 kg | 4h 48m |
| Frankfurt | 658 km | 19.4 kg | 11h | 166 kg | 4h 24m |
| Glasgow | 1,002 km | 58.3 kg | 15h 54m | 252 kg | 4h 48m |
| Leeds | 729 km | 35.5 kg | 12h | 183 kg | 4h 30m |
| Lisbon | 1,251 km | 36.9 kg | 19h 6m | 315 kg | 5h 12m |
| Liverpool | 718 km | 36.6 kg | 12h 12m | 181 kg | 4h 30m |
| London | 461 km | 13.6 kg | 8h 18m | 116 kg | 4h 6m |
| Madrid | 852 km | 25.1 kg | 13h 42m | 214 kg | 4h 36m |
| Manchester | 708 km | 34.7 kg | 11h 54m | 178 kg | 4h 24m |
| Milan | 684 km | 20.2 kg | 11h 24m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Munich | 816 km | 24.1 kg | 13h 12m | 205 kg | 4h 36m |
| Newcastle | 858 km | 45.6 kg | 13h 48m | 216 kg | 4h 36m |
| Nottingham | 632 km | 27.7 kg | 10h 42m | 159 kg | 4h 18m |
| Oslo | 1,537 km | 45.4 kg | 23h | 387 kg | 5h 30m |
| Paris | 203 km | 6.0 kg | 4h 48m | 51.1 kg | 3h 48m |
| Prague | 1,048 km | 30.9 kg | 16h 18m | 264 kg | 4h 54m |
| Rome | 1,115 km | 32.9 kg | 17h 18m | 280 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 683 km | 31.9 kg | 11h 24m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Southampton | 419 km | 22.6 kg | 9h 48m | 105 kg | 4h 6m |
| Stockholm | 1,747 km | 51.5 kg | 25h 54m | 439 kg | 5h 48m |
| Vienna | 1,172 km | 34.6 kg | 18h | 295 kg | 5h 6m |
| Warsaw | 1,547 km | 45.6 kg | 23h 12m | 389 kg | 5h 36m |
| Zurich | 591 km | 17.4 kg | 10h 6m | 149 kg | 4h 18m |
The year in Tours
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 5.6 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 11.0 | 14.7 | 19.3 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 17.9 | 14.4 | 9.3 | 7.0 |
| Sun h/day | 3.9 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
When to go
Tours is warmest in August at 20.4 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.6 °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 7.8× the carbon of getting there by rail from Paris.
How busy it gets
Indre-et-Loire records 4.9 overnight stays per resident a year (3,043,497 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 Tours
Places to stay in Tours, France, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.
Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.
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.