Rouen
Reaching Rouen from London emits 7.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (6h 54m each way) against 61.7 kg by air — 8× the carbon. It averages 18.5 °C in August and 4.7 °C in January.
Rouen is the capital of the French region of Normandy on the River Seine, 135 km (approximately 90 minutes drive) northwest from the centre of Paris. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Rouen is warmest in August (18.5 °C), sunniest in June (12.7 h a day); coldest in January (4.7 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 420 km | 12.4 kg | 7h 18m | 106 kg | 4h 6m |
| Barcelona | 899 km | 26.5 kg | 10h 42m | 226 kg | 4h 42m |
| Berlin | 926 km | 27.3 kg | 12h 42m | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Birmingham | 398 km | 20.3 kg | 9h 36m | 100 kg | 4h |
| Bristol | 344 km | 21.0 kg | 9h 54m | 86.6 kg | 4h |
| Brussels | 279 km | 8.2 kg | 5h 24m | 70.3 kg | 3h 54m |
| Cardiff | 378 km | 24.2 kg | 10h 12m | 95.1 kg | 4h |
| Copenhagen | 1,037 km | 30.6 kg | 17h | 261 kg | 4h 54m |
| Dublin | 668 km | — | — | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Edinburgh | 779 km | 50.1 kg | 12h 36m | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Frankfurt | 549 km | 16.2 kg | 7h 36m | 138 kg | 4h 12m |
| Glasgow | 800 km | 51.9 kg | 12h 48m | 201 kg | 4h 36m |
| Leeds | 517 km | 29.1 kg | 10h 30m | 130 kg | 4h 12m |
| Lisbon | 1,443 km | 42.6 kg | 22h 42m | 363 kg | 5h 24m |
| Liverpool | 524 km | 30.3 kg | 10h 30m | 132 kg | 4h 12m |
| London | 245 km | 7.3 kg | 6h 54m | 61.7 kg | 3h 48m |
| Madrid | 1,072 km | 31.6 kg | 14h 18m | 270 kg | 4h 54m |
| Manchester | 505 km | 28.3 kg | 10h 24m | 127 kg | 4h 12m |
| Milan | 751 km | 22.2 kg | 11h | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
| Munich | 780 km | 23.0 kg | 9h 42m | 196 kg | 4h 30m |
| Newcastle | 642 km | 39.2 kg | 11h 6m | 162 kg | 4h 24m |
| Nottingham | 421 km | 21.3 kg | 10h | 106 kg | 4h 6m |
| Oslo | 1,316 km | 38.8 kg | 21h | 331 kg | 5h 18m |
| Prague | 958 km | 28.3 kg | 15h 54m | 241 kg | 4h 48m |
| Rome | 1,219 km | 36.0 kg | 15h | 307 kg | 5h 6m |
| Sheffield | 473 km | 25.5 kg | 10h 18m | 119 kg | 4h 6m |
| Southampton | 241 km | 16.2 kg | 9h 36m | 60.7 kg | 3h 48m |
| Stockholm | 1,546 km | 45.6 kg | 22h 18m | 389 kg | 5h 36m |
| Vienna | 1,124 km | 33.2 kg | 14h 48m | 283 kg | 5h |
| Warsaw | 1,427 km | 42.1 kg | 20h 12m | 359 kg | 5h 24m |
| Zurich | 596 km | 17.6 kg | 8h 6m | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
The year in Rouen
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 4.7 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 13.5 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 16.9 | 13.1 | 8.5 | 6.8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.2 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| Rain mm/day | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
When to go
Rouen is warmest in August at 18.5 °C but brightest in June, averaging 12.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 4.7 °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 6.4× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from London. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Seine-Maritime records 3.1 overnight stays per resident a year (3,870,065 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 Rouen
Places to stay in Rouen, 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.