Tours
Reaching Tours from London emits 13.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (6h 54m each way) against 116 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.4 °C in August and 5.6 °C in January.
Tours (with a silent s) is an important city in the Loire Valley of west-central France. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Tours is warmest in August (20.4 °C), sunniest in June (12.2 h a day); coldest in January (5.6 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 629 km | 18.6 kg | 7h 18m | 158 kg | 4h 18m |
| Barcelona | 678 km | 20.0 kg | 10h 42m | 171 kg | 4h 24m |
| Berlin | 1,071 km | 31.6 kg | 12h 42m | 269 kg | 4h 54m |
| Birmingham | 595 km | 26.7 kg | 9h 42m | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
| Bristol | 511 km | 27.4 kg | 9h 54m | 128 kg | 4h 12m |
| Brussels | 467 km | 13.8 kg | 5h 24m | 117 kg | 4h 6m |
| Cardiff | 534 km | 30.6 kg | 10h 12m | 134 kg | 4h 12m |
| Copenhagen | 1,230 km | 36.3 kg | 18h 12m | 309 kg | 5h 6m |
| Dublin | 823 km | — | — | 207 kg | 4h 36m |
| Edinburgh | 988 km | 56.5 kg | 12h 42m | 249 kg | 4h 48m |
| Frankfurt | 658 km | 19.4 kg | 7h 36m | 166 kg | 4h 24m |
| Glasgow | 1,002 km | 58.3 kg | 12h 48m | 252 kg | 4h 48m |
| Leeds | 729 km | 35.5 kg | 10h 30m | 183 kg | 4h 30m |
| Lisbon | 1,251 km | 36.9 kg | 20h 6m | 315 kg | 5h 12m |
| Liverpool | 718 km | 36.6 kg | 10h 30m | 181 kg | 4h 30m |
| London | 461 km | 13.6 kg | 6h 54m | 116 kg | 4h 6m |
| Madrid | 852 km | 25.1 kg | 13h 18m | 214 kg | 4h 36m |
| Manchester | 708 km | 34.7 kg | 10h 24m | 178 kg | 4h 24m |
| Milan | 684 km | 20.2 kg | 11h | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Munich | 816 km | 24.1 kg | 9h 42m | 205 kg | 4h 36m |
| Newcastle | 858 km | 45.6 kg | 11h 12m | 216 kg | 4h 36m |
| Nottingham | 632 km | 27.7 kg | 10h | 159 kg | 4h 18m |
| Oslo | 1,537 km | 45.4 kg | 24h 12m | 387 kg | 5h 30m |
| Paris | 203 km | 6.0 kg | 2h 36m | 51.1 kg | 3h 48m |
| Prague | 1,048 km | 30.9 kg | 16h 30m | 264 kg | 4h 54m |
| Rome | 1,115 km | 32.9 kg | 15h | 280 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 683 km | 31.9 kg | 10h 18m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Southampton | 419 km | 22.6 kg | 9h 36m | 105 kg | 4h 6m |
| Stockholm | 1,747 km | 51.5 kg | 24h 30m | 439 kg | 5h 48m |
| Vienna | 1,172 km | 34.6 kg | 14h 48m | 295 kg | 5h 6m |
| Warsaw | 1,547 km | 45.6 kg | 20h 12m | 389 kg | 5h 36m |
| Zurich | 591 km | 17.4 kg | 8h 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.
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 7.8× 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
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.
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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.