Perpignan
Reaching Perpignan from London emits 29.7 kg CO₂e return by rail (10h 48m each way) against 253 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 25.9 °C in August and 8.7 °C in January.
Perpignan (Perpinyà in Catalan) is the capital of the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, the Northern Catalonia part of France, and about 15 km from the sea. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Perpignan is warmest in August (25.9 °C), sunniest in July (13.1 h a day); coldest in January (8.7 °C). Month by month
Getting there
By air: nearest airport Perpignan–Rivesaltes (PGF), about 7 km away. Direct from London: seasonal (STN) — The airport describes the Ryanair London Stansted service as a summer route.. Local bus or taxi to Perpignan. source
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,086 km | 32.1 kg | 11h 12m | 273 kg | 4h 54m |
| Barcelona | 158 km | 4.7 kg | 2h 54m | 39.7 kg | 3h 42m |
| Berlin | 1,344 km | 39.7 kg | 16h 36m | 338 kg | 5h 18m |
| Birmingham | 1,145 km | 42.8 kg | 13h 36m | 288 kg | 5h |
| Bristol | 1,058 km | 43.4 kg | 13h 48m | 266 kg | 4h 54m |
| Brussels | 913 km | 26.9 kg | 9h 18m | 230 kg | 4h 42m |
| Cardiff | 1,079 km | 46.7 kg | 14h 6m | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| Copenhagen | 1,602 km | 47.3 kg | 22h 6m | 403 kg | 5h 36m |
| Dublin | 1,362 km | — | — | 343 kg | 5h 18m |
| Edinburgh | 1,537 km | 72.6 kg | 16h 36m | 387 kg | 5h 30m |
| Frankfurt | 936 km | 27.6 kg | 11h 30m | 235 kg | 4h 42m |
| Glasgow | 1,551 km | 74.3 kg | 16h 42m | 390 kg | 5h 36m |
| Leeds | 1,277 km | 51.5 kg | 14h 24m | 321 kg | 5h 12m |
| Lisbon | 1,106 km | 32.6 kg | 18h | 278 kg | 5h |
| Liverpool | 1,268 km | 52.7 kg | 14h 24m | 319 kg | 5h 12m |
| London | 1,006 km | 29.7 kg | 10h 48m | 253 kg | 4h 48m |
| Madrid | 605 km | 17.8 kg | 6h 30m | 152 kg | 4h 18m |
| Manchester | 1,257 km | 50.7 kg | 14h 18m | 316 kg | 5h 12m |
| Milan | 589 km | 17.4 kg | 10h 18m | 148 kg | 4h 18m |
| Munich | 907 km | 26.8 kg | 13h 36m | 228 kg | 4h 42m |
| Newcastle | 1,404 km | 61.7 kg | 15h 6m | 353 kg | 5h 24m |
| Nottingham | 1,179 km | 43.8 kg | 13h 54m | 297 kg | 5h 6m |
| Oslo | 1,987 km | 58.6 kg | 30h 42m | 500 kg | 6h 6m |
| Paris | 686 km | 20.2 kg | 6h 30m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Prague | 1,204 km | 35.5 kg | 19h 24m | 303 kg | 5h 6m |
| Rome | 796 km | 23.5 kg | 13h 30m | 200 kg | 4h 36m |
| Sheffield | 1,231 km | 48.0 kg | 14h 12m | 310 kg | 5h 6m |
| Southampton | 969 km | 38.6 kg | 13h 30m | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Stockholm | 2,121 km | 62.6 kg | 28h 24m | 534 kg | 6h 18m |
| Vienna | 1,214 km | 35.8 kg | 18h 42m | 305 kg | 5h 6m |
| Warsaw | 1,718 km | 50.7 kg | 24h 6m | 432 kg | 5h 48m |
| Zurich | 683 km | 20.2 kg | 11h 54m | 172 kg | 4h 24m |
The year in Perpignan
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 8.7 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 15.2 | 17.9 | 23.2 | 25.7 | 25.9 | 21.3 | 18.7 | 13.2 | 9.9 |
| Sun h/day | 6.8 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.2 |
| Rain mm/day | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Sea °C | 13.0 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 14.4 | 16.0 | 20.8 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 21.4 | 20.2 | 17.8 | 14.6 |
When to go
Perpignan is warmest in August at 25.9 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.1 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 8.7 °C.
On these lists
- Warmest from London in February · #2 by train
- Warmest from London in March · #3 by train
- Warmest from London in June · #3 by train
- Warmest from London in October · #3 by train
- Warmest from London in April · #4 by train
- Warmest from London in May · #4 by train
- Warmest from London in December · #4 by train
- Warmest from London in September · #5 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 10.0× 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
Pyrénées-Orientales records 22.6 overnight stays per resident a year (11,415,243 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 Perpignan
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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.