La Rochelle
Reaching La Rochelle from London emits 17.7 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 36m each way) against 151 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.5 °C in August and 7.5 °C in January.
La Rochelle is a city in Charente-Maritime on the Atlantic coast of France. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: La Rochelle is warmest in August (20.5 °C), sunniest in June (12.6 h a day), driest in July; coldest in January (7.5 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 817 km | 24.1 kg | 10h | 206 kg | 4h 36m |
| Barcelona | 594 km | 17.5 kg | 10h 36m | 149 kg | 4h 18m |
| Berlin | 1,267 km | 37.4 kg | 15h 24m | 319 kg | 5h 12m |
| Birmingham | 705 km | 30.7 kg | 12h 24m | 177 kg | 4h 24m |
| Bristol | 598 km | 31.4 kg | 12h 36m | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
| Brussels | 660 km | 19.5 kg | 8h 6m | 166 kg | 4h 24m |
| Cardiff | 610 km | 34.7 kg | 12h 54m | 153 kg | 4h 18m |
| Copenhagen | 1,424 km | 42.0 kg | 20h 54m | 358 kg | 5h 24m |
| Dublin | 877 km | — | — | 221 kg | 4h 42m |
| Edinburgh | 1,098 km | 60.6 kg | 15h 24m | 276 kg | 5h |
| Frankfurt | 851 km | 25.1 kg | 10h 18m | 214 kg | 4h 36m |
| Glasgow | 1,100 km | 62.3 kg | 15h 30m | 277 kg | 5h |
| Leeds | 849 km | 39.5 kg | 13h 12m | 214 kg | 4h 36m |
| Lisbon | 1,055 km | 31.1 kg | 17h 12m | 265 kg | 4h 54m |
| Liverpool | 816 km | 40.7 kg | 13h 12m | 205 kg | 4h 36m |
| London | 599 km | 17.7 kg | 9h 36m | 151 kg | 4h 18m |
| Madrid | 671 km | 19.8 kg | 11h 6m | 169 kg | 4h 24m |
| Manchester | 817 km | 38.7 kg | 13h 6m | 206 kg | 4h 36m |
| Milan | 805 km | 23.7 kg | 13h 36m | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Munich | 986 km | 29.1 kg | 12h 24m | 248 kg | 4h 48m |
| Newcastle | 980 km | 49.7 kg | 13h 54m | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Nottingham | 755 km | 31.8 kg | 12h 42m | 190 kg | 4h 30m |
| Oslo | 1,717 km | 50.7 kg | 26h 48m | 432 kg | 5h 48m |
| Paris | 398 km | 11.8 kg | 5h 18m | 100 kg | 4h |
| Prague | 1,233 km | 36.4 kg | 19h 12m | 310 kg | 5h 6m |
| Rome | 1,189 km | 35.1 kg | 17h 12m | 299 kg | 5h 6m |
| Sheffield | 803 km | 36.0 kg | 13h | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Southampton | 527 km | 26.6 kg | 12h 18m | 133 kg | 4h 12m |
| Stockholm | 1,940 km | 57.2 kg | 27h 12m | 488 kg | 6h 6m |
| Vienna | 1,341 km | 39.6 kg | 17h 30m | 337 kg | 5h 18m |
| Warsaw | 1,737 km | 51.3 kg | 22h 54m | 437 kg | 5h 48m |
| Zurich | 750 km | 22.1 kg | 10h 42m | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
The year in La Rochelle
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 7.5 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 15.6 | 19.4 | 19.8 | 20.5 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 11.7 | 9.0 |
| Sun h/day | 5.0 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Sea °C | 10.3 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 18.3 | 19.3 | 20.7 | 19.6 | 18.5 | 15.0 | 11.6 |
When to go
La Rochelle is warmest in August at 20.5 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.6 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 7.5 °C.
On these lists
- Warmest from London in April · low-carbon pick
- Warmest from London in May · low-carbon pick
- Warmest from London in October · low-carbon pick
- Sunniest from London in July · low-carbon pick
- Sunniest from London in August · low-carbon pick
- Sunniest from London in November · low-carbon pick
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 4.0× 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
Charente-Maritime records 18.4 overnight stays per resident a year (12,561,780 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 Rochelle
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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.