La Roche-sur-Yon
Reaching La Roche-sur-Yon from Paris emits 11.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 6m each way) against 93.6 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 19.8 °C in August and 6.5 °C in January.
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 781 km | 23.0 kg | 12h 42m | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Barcelona | 653 km | 19.3 kg | 10h 54m | 164 kg | 4h 24m |
| Berlin | 1,248 km | 36.8 kg | 19h 6m | 314 kg | 5h 12m |
| Birmingham | 647 km | 29.2 kg | 11h 42m | 163 kg | 4h 24m |
| Bristol | 539 km | 29.9 kg | 11h 48m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Brussels | 628 km | 18.5 kg | 10h 36m | 158 kg | 4h 18m |
| Cardiff | 550 km | 33.1 kg | 12h 24m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Copenhagen | 1,393 km | 41.1 kg | 21h 6m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Dublin | 817 km | — | — | 205 kg | 4h 36m |
| Edinburgh | 1,039 km | 59.0 kg | 16h 48m | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| Frankfurt | 838 km | 24.7 kg | 13h 30m | 211 kg | 4h 36m |
| Glasgow | 1,041 km | 60.8 kg | 17h 6m | 262 kg | 4h 54m |
| Leeds | 793 km | 38.0 kg | 13h 12m | 199 kg | 4h 36m |
| Lisbon | 1,084 km | 32.0 kg | 16h 48m | 273 kg | 4h 54m |
| Liverpool | 758 km | 39.1 kg | 13h 24m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| London | 546 km | 16.1 kg | 9h 30m | 137 kg | 4h 12m |
| Madrid | 719 km | 21.2 kg | 11h 48m | 181 kg | 4h 30m |
| Manchester | 760 km | 37.2 kg | 13h 6m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Milan | 829 km | 24.5 kg | 13h 18m | 209 kg | 4h 36m |
| Munich | 991 km | 29.2 kg | 15h 36m | 249 kg | 4h 48m |
| Newcastle | 923 km | 48.1 kg | 14h 54m | 232 kg | 4h 42m |
| Nottingham | 699 km | 30.2 kg | 11h 54m | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
| Oslo | 1,674 km | 49.4 kg | 24h 54m | 421 kg | 5h 42m |
| Paris | 372 km | 11.0 kg | 7h 6m | 93.6 kg | 4h |
| Prague | 1,228 km | 36.2 kg | 18h 48m | 309 kg | 5h 6m |
| Rome | 1,228 km | 36.2 kg | 18h 48m | 309 kg | 5h 6m |
| Sheffield | 746 km | 34.4 kg | 12h 36m | 188 kg | 4h 30m |
| Southampton | 471 km | 25.1 kg | 11h | 118 kg | 4h 6m |
| Stockholm | 1,905 km | 56.2 kg | 28h 6m | 479 kg | 6h |
| Vienna | 1,347 km | 39.7 kg | 20h 24m | 339 kg | 5h 18m |
| Warsaw | 1,727 km | 51.0 kg | 25h 36m | 435 kg | 5h 48m |
| Zurich | 760 km | 22.4 kg | 12h 24m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
The year in La Roche-sur-Yon
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 6.5 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 14.7 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.8 | 17.8 | 15.0 | 10.5 | 8.0 |
| Sun h/day | 4.7 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
When to go
La Roche-sur-Yon is warmest in August at 19.8 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.4 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 6.5 °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 4.3× the carbon of getting there by rail from Paris.
How busy it gets
Vendée records 17.7 overnight stays per resident a year (12,795,213 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 La Roche-sur-Yon
Places to stay in La Roche-sur-Yon, 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.