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Rochefort

Reaching Rochefort from Paris emits 12.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (7h 36m each way) against 103 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 20.7 °C in August and 7.4 °C in January.

12.1kg CO₂e return by rail, from Paris
156kg CO₂e return by air, from London
12.3hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and modelled one-way journey time to Rochefort
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam832 km24.5 kg13h 24m209 kg4h 36m
Barcelona565 km16.7 kg9h 42m142 kg4h 18m
Berlin1,271 km37.5 kg19h 24m320 kg5h 12m
Birmingham730 km31.4 kg12h 42m184 kg4h 30m
Bristol624 km32.1 kg12h 48m157 kg4h 18m
Brussels672 km19.8 kg11h 12m169 kg4h 24m
Cardiff637 km35.3 kg13h 24m160 kg4h 18m
Copenhagen1,436 km42.4 kg21h 36m361 kg5h 24m
Dublin905 km228 kg4h 42m
Edinburgh1,124 km61.3 kg17h 48m283 kg5h
Frankfurt854 km25.2 kg13h 42m215 kg4h 36m
Glasgow1,127 km63.0 kg18h 6m283 kg5h
Leeds874 km40.2 kg14h 12m220 kg4h 42m
Lisbon1,046 km30.9 kg16h 18m263 kg4h 54m
Liverpool843 km41.4 kg14h 24m212 kg4h 36m
London622 km18.4 kg10h 30m156 kg4h 18m
Madrid653 km19.3 kg10h 54m164 kg4h 24m
Manchester843 km39.4 kg14h 6m212 kg4h 36m
Milan790 km23.3 kg12h 48m199 kg4h 36m
Munich980 km28.9 kg15h 24m247 kg4h 48m
Newcastle1,005 km50.3 kg16h253 kg4h 48m
Nottingham780 km32.4 kg12h 54m196 kg4h 30m
Oslo1,735 km51.2 kg25h 42m436 kg5h 48m
Paris409 km12.1 kg7h 36m103 kg4h
Prague1,231 km36.3 kg18h 48m310 kg5h 6m
Rome1,168 km34.5 kg18h294 kg5h 6m
Sheffield828 km36.6 kg13h 36m208 kg4h 36m
Southampton553 km27.3 kg12h139 kg4h 12m
Stockholm1,952 km57.6 kg28h 42m491 kg6h 6m
Vienna1,334 km39.4 kg20h 18m336 kg5h 18m
Warsaw1,738 km51.3 kg25h 48m437 kg5h 48m
Zurich743 km21.9 kg12h 12m187 kg4h 30m

The year in Rochefort

ERA5 reanalysis, 2023–2024 monthly means
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C7.48.210.312.215.619.520.020.718.716.011.68.7
Sun h/day4.85.77.39.711.112.212.311.910.07.15.94.7
Rain mm/day3.43.64.32.13.12.21.71.43.75.84.73.5

When to go

Rochefort is warmest in August at 20.7 °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 7.4 °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 3.9× the carbon of getting there by rail from Paris.

How busy it gets

Charente-Maritime records 18.4 overnight stays per resident a year (12,561,780 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 Rochefort

Places to stay in Rochefort, France, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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.