Le Puy-en-Velay
Reaching Le Puy-en-Velay from London emits 23.0 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 48m each way) against 196 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 20.9 °C in August and 3.3 °C in January.
Le Puy-en-Velay is the prefecture and main town of the Haute-Loire department, in Auvergne, 150 km south-west from Lyon. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Le Puy-en-Velay is warmest in August (20.9 °C), sunniest in July (13.0 h a day); coldest in January (3.3 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 818 km | 24.2 kg | 10h 24m | 206 kg | 4h 36m |
| Barcelona | 430 km | 12.7 kg | 7h 24m | 108 kg | 4h 6m |
| Berlin | 1,084 km | 32.0 kg | 15h 48m | 273 kg | 4h 54m |
| Birmingham | 929 km | 36.0 kg | 12h 36m | 234 kg | 4h 42m |
| Bristol | 859 km | 36.7 kg | 12h 48m | 216 kg | 4h 36m |
| Brussels | 647 km | 19.1 kg | 8h 24m | 163 kg | 4h 24m |
| Cardiff | 886 km | 39.9 kg | 13h 6m | 223 kg | 4h 42m |
| Copenhagen | 1,331 km | 39.3 kg | 21h 12m | 335 kg | 5h 18m |
| Dublin | 1,177 km | — | — | 296 kg | 5h 6m |
| Edinburgh | 1,311 km | 65.8 kg | 15h 36m | 330 kg | 5h 12m |
| Frankfurt | 669 km | 19.7 kg | 10h 42m | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Glasgow | 1,332 km | 67.6 kg | 15h 42m | 335 kg | 5h 18m |
| Leeds | 1,049 km | 44.8 kg | 13h 24m | 264 kg | 4h 54m |
| Lisbon | 1,285 km | 37.9 kg | 20h 30m | 323 kg | 5h 12m |
| Liverpool | 1,054 km | 46.0 kg | 13h 24m | 265 kg | 4h 54m |
| London | 777 km | 23.0 kg | 9h 48m | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Madrid | 805 km | 23.8 kg | 11h | 202 kg | 4h 36m |
| Manchester | 1,037 km | 44.0 kg | 13h 18m | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| Milan | 418 km | 12.3 kg | 7h 54m | 105 kg | 4h 6m |
| Munich | 680 km | 20.1 kg | 11h 48m | 171 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 1,171 km | 54.9 kg | 14h 6m | 295 kg | 5h 6m |
| Nottingham | 953 km | 37.0 kg | 12h 54m | 240 kg | 4h 48m |
| Oslo | 1,715 km | 50.6 kg | 26h 48m | 431 kg | 5h 48m |
| Paris | 439 km | 13.0 kg | 5h 42m | 111 kg | 4h 6m |
| Prague | 968 km | 28.6 kg | 16h | 243 kg | 4h 48m |
| Rome | 779 km | 23.0 kg | 11h 36m | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Sheffield | 1,005 km | 41.2 kg | 13h 12m | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Southampton | 761 km | 31.9 kg | 12h 30m | 191 kg | 4h 30m |
| Stockholm | 1,851 km | 54.6 kg | 26h 24m | 466 kg | 6h |
| Vienna | 1,015 km | 30.0 kg | 16h 6m | 255 kg | 4h 54m |
| Warsaw | 1,485 km | 43.8 kg | 23h 12m | 374 kg | 5h 30m |
| Zurich | 442 km | 13.0 kg | 8h 24m | 111 kg | 4h 6m |
The year in Le Puy-en-Velay
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.3 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 17.5 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 16.4 | 13.8 | 7.4 | 3.6 |
| Sun h/day | 4.0 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 5.0 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.3 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
When to go
Le Puy-en-Velay is warmest in August at 20.9 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.0 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.3 °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 3.8× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Milan. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Haute-Loire records 3.6 overnight stays per resident a year (831,101 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 Le Puy-en-Velay
Places to stay in Le Puy-en-Velay, 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.