La Teste-de-Buch
Reaching La Teste-de-Buch from Barcelona emits 13.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 12m each way) against 113 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 21.3 °C in August and 8.4 °C in January.
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 968 km | 28.6 kg | 15h 12m | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Barcelona | 450 km | 13.3 kg | 8h 12m | 113 kg | 4h 6m |
| Berlin | 1,380 km | 40.7 kg | 20h 54m | 347 kg | 5h 18m |
| Birmingham | 874 km | 35.7 kg | 14h 42m | 220 kg | 4h 42m |
| Bristol | 766 km | 36.4 kg | 14h 54m | 193 kg | 4h 30m |
| Brussels | 804 km | 23.7 kg | 13h | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Cardiff | 776 km | 39.7 kg | 15h 24m | 195 kg | 4h 30m |
| Copenhagen | 1,563 km | 46.1 kg | 23h 24m | 393 kg | 5h 36m |
| Dublin | 1,036 km | — | — | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| Edinburgh | 1,267 km | 65.6 kg | 19h 48m | 319 kg | 5h 12m |
| Frankfurt | 958 km | 28.3 kg | 15h 6m | 241 kg | 4h 48m |
| Glasgow | 1,268 km | 67.3 kg | 20h 6m | 319 kg | 5h 12m |
| Leeds | 1,019 km | 44.5 kg | 16h 12m | 256 kg | 4h 54m |
| Lisbon | 934 km | 27.6 kg | 14h 48m | 235 kg | 4h 42m |
| Liverpool | 985 km | 45.7 kg | 16h 24m | 248 kg | 4h 48m |
| London | 768 km | 22.7 kg | 12h 30m | 193 kg | 4h 30m |
| Madrid | 513 km | 15.2 kg | 9h | 129 kg | 4h 12m |
| Manchester | 987 km | 43.7 kg | 16h 6m | 248 kg | 4h 48m |
| Milan | 817 km | 24.1 kg | 13h 12m | 205 kg | 4h 36m |
| Munich | 1,049 km | 31.0 kg | 16h 24m | 264 kg | 4h 54m |
| Newcastle | 1,150 km | 54.7 kg | 18h | 289 kg | 5h |
| Nottingham | 925 km | 36.8 kg | 14h 54m | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Oslo | 1,875 km | 55.3 kg | 27h 42m | 472 kg | 6h |
| Paris | 539 km | 15.9 kg | 9h 24m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Prague | 1,317 km | 38.9 kg | 20h | 331 kg | 5h 18m |
| Rome | 1,145 km | 33.8 kg | 17h 42m | 288 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 973 km | 40.9 kg | 15h 36m | 245 kg | 4h 48m |
| Southampton | 698 km | 31.6 kg | 14h | 176 kg | 4h 24m |
| Stockholm | 2,082 km | 61.4 kg | 30h 30m | 524 kg | 6h 18m |
| Vienna | 1,397 km | 41.2 kg | 21h 6m | 351 kg | 5h 24m |
| Warsaw | 1,830 km | 54.0 kg | 27h | 460 kg | 5h 54m |
| Zurich | 808 km | 23.8 kg | 13h 6m | 203 kg | 4h 36m |
The year in La Teste-de-Buch
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 8.4 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 15.6 | 19.6 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 19.1 | 16.9 | 12.6 | 9.5 |
| Sun h/day | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 5.0 |
| Rain mm/day | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
When to go
La Teste-de-Buch is warmest in August at 21.3 °C but brightest in July, averaging 12.3 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 8.4 °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 3.5× the carbon of getting there by rail from Barcelona.
How busy it gets
Gironde records 7.6 overnight stays per resident a year (13,070,458 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 La Teste-de-Buch
Places to stay in La Teste-de-Buch, 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.