Orange
Reaching Orange from London emits 26.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 24m each way) against 226 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 25.6 °C in August and 6.0 °C in January.
Orange is a small town in southern France famous for its well-preserved Roman architecture and its music festival. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Orange is warmest in August (25.6 °C), sunniest in July (13.7 h a day); coldest in January (6.0 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 916 km | 27.0 kg | 9h 48m | 230 kg | 4h 42m |
| Barcelona | 375 km | 11.1 kg | 6h 42m | 94.2 kg | 4h |
| Berlin | 1,127 km | 33.3 kg | 15h 12m | 283 kg | 5h |
| Birmingham | 1,051 km | 39.6 kg | 12h 12m | 264 kg | 4h 54m |
| Bristol | 983 km | 40.3 kg | 12h 24m | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Brussels | 747 km | 22.0 kg | 7h 54m | 188 kg | 4h 30m |
| Cardiff | 1,010 km | 43.5 kg | 12h 42m | 254 kg | 4h 48m |
| Copenhagen | 1,396 km | 41.2 kg | 20h 42m | 351 kg | 5h 24m |
| Dublin | 1,302 km | — | — | 328 kg | 5h 12m |
| Edinburgh | 1,430 km | 69.4 kg | 15h 12m | 360 kg | 5h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 726 km | 21.4 kg | 10h 6m | 183 kg | 4h 30m |
| Glasgow | 1,453 km | 71.2 kg | 15h 18m | 366 kg | 5h 24m |
| Leeds | 1,169 km | 48.4 kg | 13h | 294 kg | 5h 6m |
| Lisbon | 1,308 km | 38.6 kg | 20h 54m | 329 kg | 5h 12m |
| Liverpool | 1,177 km | 49.5 kg | 13h | 296 kg | 5h 6m |
| London | 898 km | 26.5 kg | 9h 24m | 226 kg | 4h 42m |
| Madrid | 813 km | 24.0 kg | 10h 18m | 205 kg | 4h 36m |
| Manchester | 1,159 km | 47.5 kg | 12h 54m | 291 kg | 5h |
| Milan | 376 km | 11.1 kg | 7h 12m | 94.5 kg | 4h |
| Munich | 685 km | 20.2 kg | 11h 54m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
| Newcastle | 1,290 km | 58.5 kg | 13h 42m | 324 kg | 5h 12m |
| Nottingham | 1,073 km | 40.6 kg | 12h 30m | 270 kg | 4h 54m |
| Oslo | 1,799 km | 53.1 kg | 28h | 452 kg | 5h 54m |
| Paris | 557 km | 16.4 kg | 5h 6m | 140 kg | 4h 12m |
| Prague | 982 km | 29.0 kg | 16h 12m | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Rome | 674 km | 19.9 kg | 11h | 170 kg | 4h 24m |
| Sheffield | 1,125 km | 44.8 kg | 12h 48m | 283 kg | 5h |
| Southampton | 885 km | 35.5 kg | 12h 6m | 223 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 1,912 km | 56.4 kg | 27h | 481 kg | 6h |
| Vienna | 997 km | 29.4 kg | 15h 54m | 251 kg | 4h 48m |
| Warsaw | 1,495 km | 44.1 kg | 22h 42m | 376 kg | 5h 30m |
| Zurich | 461 km | 13.6 kg | 8h 42m | 116 kg | 4h 6m |
The year in Orange
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 6.0 | 8.1 | 11.0 | 13.4 | 17.0 | 21.9 | 25.3 | 25.6 | 19.8 | 17.1 | 10.1 | 6.3 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.6 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.1 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
When to go
Orange is warmest in August at 25.6 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 6.0 °C.
On these lists
- Warmest from London in July · low-carbon pick
- Sunniest from London in February · low-carbon pick
- Sunniest from London in April · 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 4.2× 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
Vaucluse records 8.3 overnight stays per resident a year (4,807,909 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 Orange
Places to stay in Orange, 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.