Bayonne
Reaching Bayonne from London emits 26.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 48m each way) against 226 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 21.6 °C in August and 8.6 °C in January.
Bayonne (Baiona in Basque and in Occitan language) is a town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the southwest corner of France, part of the Basque region straddling the border with Spain. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Bayonne is warmest in August (21.6 °C), sunniest in May (11.5 h a day), driest in July; coldest in January (8.6 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,094 km | 32.3 kg | 10h 12m | 275 kg | 5h |
| Barcelona | 379 km | 11.2 kg | 7h | 95.3 kg | 4h |
| Berlin | 1,489 km | 44.0 kg | 15h 36m | 375 kg | 5h 30m |
| Birmingham | 1,000 km | 39.5 kg | 12h 36m | 252 kg | 4h 48m |
| Bristol | 889 km | 40.2 kg | 12h 48m | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
| Brussels | 928 km | 27.4 kg | 8h 18m | 234 kg | 4h 42m |
| Cardiff | 897 km | 43.5 kg | 13h 6m | 226 kg | 4h 42m |
| Copenhagen | 1,684 km | 49.7 kg | 21h 6m | 424 kg | 5h 42m |
| Dublin | 1,149 km | — | — | 289 kg | 5h |
| Edinburgh | 1,391 km | 69.4 kg | 15h 36m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 1,066 km | 31.5 kg | 10h 30m | 268 kg | 4h 54m |
| Glasgow | 1,390 km | 71.1 kg | 15h 42m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Leeds | 1,146 km | 48.3 kg | 13h 24m | 288 kg | 5h |
| Lisbon | 833 km | 24.6 kg | 14h | 210 kg | 4h 36m |
| Liverpool | 1,108 km | 49.5 kg | 13h 24m | 279 kg | 5h |
| London | 897 km | 26.5 kg | 9h 48m | 226 kg | 4h 42m |
| Madrid | 389 km | 11.5 kg | 6h 54m | 97.7 kg | 4h |
| Manchester | 1,112 km | 47.5 kg | 13h 18m | 280 kg | 5h |
| Milan | 873 km | 25.8 kg | 13h 54m | 220 kg | 4h 42m |
| Munich | 1,133 km | 33.4 kg | 12h 36m | 285 kg | 5h |
| Newcastle | 1,277 km | 58.4 kg | 14h 6m | 321 kg | 5h 12m |
| Nottingham | 1,052 km | 40.6 kg | 12h 54m | 265 kg | 4h 54m |
| Oslo | 2,003 km | 59.1 kg | 30h 42m | 504 kg | 6h 12m |
| Paris | 665 km | 19.6 kg | 5h 30m | 167 kg | 4h 24m |
| Prague | 1,411 km | 41.6 kg | 19h 24m | 355 kg | 5h 24m |
| Rome | 1,155 km | 34.1 kg | 17h 54m | 291 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 1,100 km | 44.7 kg | 13h 12m | 277 kg | 5h |
| Southampton | 824 km | 35.4 kg | 12h 30m | 207 kg | 4h 36m |
| Stockholm | 2,204 km | 65.1 kg | 27h 24m | 555 kg | 6h 24m |
| Vienna | 1,474 km | 43.5 kg | 17h 42m | 371 kg | 5h 30m |
| Warsaw | 1,927 km | 56.9 kg | 23h 6m | 485 kg | 6h 6m |
| Zurich | 892 km | 26.3 kg | 11h | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
The year in Bayonne
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 8.6 | 9.2 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 15.6 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 17.8 | 13.2 | 9.7 |
| Sun h/day | 5.6 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Rain mm/day | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 5.4 |
| Sea °C | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 16.3 | 20.2 | 22.1 | 23.0 | 21.8 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 14.6 |
When to go
Bayonne is warmest in August at 21.6 °C but brightest in May, averaging 11.5 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 8.6 °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 4.2× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Barcelona. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Pyrénées-Atlantiques records 10.1 overnight stays per resident a year (7,226,999 nights in 2025). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.
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 Bayonne
Places to stay in Bayonne, 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.