Marseille
Reaching Marseille from London emits 29.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 54m each way) against 252 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 24.8 °C in July and 8.5 °C in January.
When to go: Marseille is warmest in July (24.8 °C); coldest in January (8.5 °C). Month by month
Getting there
By air: nearest airport Marseille Provence (MRS), about 27 km away. Direct from London: yes — The airport lists London without naming the airport on the page read.. Airport bus or train from Vitrolles Aéroport Marseille Provence. source
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,010 km | 29.8 kg | 9h 18m | 254 kg | 4h 48m |
| Barcelona | 339 km | 10.0 kg | 6h 36m | 85.3 kg | 4h |
| Berlin | 1,186 km | 35.0 kg | 14h 42m | 298 kg | 5h 6m |
| Birmingham | 1,155 km | 42.6 kg | 11h 42m | 291 kg | 5h |
| Bristol | 1,087 km | 43.3 kg | 11h 54m | 273 kg | 4h 54m |
| Brussels | 844 km | 24.9 kg | 7h 24m | 212 kg | 4h 36m |
| Cardiff | 1,113 km | 46.6 kg | 12h 12m | 280 kg | 5h |
| Copenhagen | 1,469 km | 43.4 kg | 20h 12m | 370 kg | 5h 30m |
| Dublin | 1,405 km | — | — | 353 kg | 5h 24m |
| Edinburgh | 1,534 km | 72.5 kg | 14h 42m | 386 kg | 5h 30m |
| Frankfurt | 799 km | 23.6 kg | 9h 36m | 201 kg | 4h 36m |
| Glasgow | 1,557 km | 74.2 kg | 14h 48m | 392 kg | 5h 36m |
| Leeds | 1,273 km | 51.4 kg | 12h 30m | 320 kg | 5h 12m |
| Lisbon | 1,319 km | 38.9 kg | 21h | 332 kg | 5h 18m |
| Liverpool | 1,281 km | 52.6 kg | 12h 30m | 322 kg | 5h 12m |
| London | 1,002 km | 29.6 kg | 8h 54m | 252 kg | 4h 48m |
| Madrid | 817 km | 24.1 kg | 10h | 206 kg | 4h 36m |
| Manchester | 1,263 km | 50.6 kg | 12h 24m | 318 kg | 5h 12m |
| Milan | 387 km | 11.4 kg | 7h 30m | 97.3 kg | 4h |
| Munich | 721 km | 21.3 kg | 11h 42m | 181 kg | 4h 30m |
| Newcastle | 1,393 km | 61.6 kg | 13h 12m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Nottingham | 1,177 km | 43.7 kg | 12h | 296 kg | 5h 6m |
| Oslo | 1,883 km | 55.6 kg | 29h 12m | 474 kg | 6h |
| Paris | 660 km | 19.5 kg | 4h 36m | 166 kg | 4h 24m |
| Prague | 1,021 km | 30.1 kg | 16h 48m | 257 kg | 4h 54m |
| Rome | 604 km | 17.8 kg | 10h 42m | 152 kg | 4h 18m |
| Sheffield | 1,229 km | 47.9 kg | 12h 18m | 309 kg | 5h 6m |
| Southampton | 989 km | 38.5 kg | 11h 36m | 249 kg | 4h 48m |
| Stockholm | 1,981 km | 58.5 kg | 26h 30m | 498 kg | 6h 6m |
| Vienna | 1,011 km | 29.8 kg | 16h 18m | 254 kg | 4h 48m |
| Warsaw | 1,528 km | 45.1 kg | 22h 12m | 384 kg | 5h 30m |
| Zurich | 516 km | 15.2 kg | 9h 30m | 130 kg | 4h 12m |
The year in Marseille
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 8.5 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 13.7 | 17.1 | 21.6 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 20.6 | 18.2 | 12.4 | 9.0 |
| Sun h/day | 7.4 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Sea °C | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 17.1 | 21.0 | 22.6 | 22.8 | 22.9 | 20.5 | 17.6 | 14.5 |
When to go
Marseille is warmest in July at 24.8 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is January at 8.5 °C.
On these lists
- Sunniest from London in April · #1 by train
- Sunniest from London in September · #1 by train
- Sunniest from London in October · #1 by train
- Sunniest from London in August · #2 by train
- Sunniest from London in January · #4 by train
- Sunniest from London in July · #4 by train
- Sunniest from London in December · #4 by train
- Sunniest from London in February · #6 by train
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 4.7× 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
Bouches-du-Rhône records 5.8 overnight stays per resident a year (12,127,565 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 Marseille
Places to stay in Marseille, France, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.
Search places to stay in Marseille →Opens the booking search in a new tab. Same partners as the map below.
Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.
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.