Saint-Etienne
Reaching Saint-Etienne from London emits 22.2 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h each way) against 189 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 21.8 °C in August and 3.6 °C in January.
Saint-Étienne is a city in the central eastern part of France, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Lyon, in the Rhône-Alpes region. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Saint-Etienne is warmest in August (21.8 °C), sunniest in July (13.2 h a day); coldest in January (3.6 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 773 km | 22.8 kg | 9h 36m | 194 kg | 4h 30m |
| Barcelona | 484 km | 14.3 kg | 7h 48m | 122 kg | 4h 6m |
| Berlin | 1,026 km | 30.3 kg | 14h 54m | 258 kg | 4h 54m |
| Birmingham | 908 km | 35.3 kg | 11h 42m | 228 kg | 4h 42m |
| Bristol | 844 km | 36.0 kg | 12h | 212 kg | 4h 36m |
| Brussels | 602 km | 17.8 kg | 7h 36m | 152 kg | 4h 18m |
| Cardiff | 873 km | 39.2 kg | 12h 18m | 220 kg | 4h 42m |
| Copenhagen | 1,275 km | 37.6 kg | 20h 24m | 321 kg | 5h 12m |
| Dublin | 1,166 km | — | — | 293 kg | 5h 6m |
| Edinburgh | 1,284 km | 65.1 kg | 14h 42m | 323 kg | 5h 12m |
| Frankfurt | 611 km | 18.0 kg | 9h 54m | 154 kg | 4h 18m |
| Glasgow | 1,308 km | 66.9 kg | 14h 54m | 329 kg | 5h 12m |
| Leeds | 1,023 km | 44.1 kg | 12h 36m | 257 kg | 4h 54m |
| Lisbon | 1,341 km | 39.6 kg | 21h 24m | 337 kg | 5h 18m |
| Liverpool | 1,034 km | 45.2 kg | 12h 36m | 260 kg | 4h 54m |
| London | 753 km | 22.2 kg | 9h | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
| Madrid | 863 km | 25.5 kg | 11h 24m | 217 kg | 4h 42m |
| Manchester | 1,014 km | 43.3 kg | 12h 30m | 255 kg | 4h 54m |
| Milan | 374 km | 11.0 kg | 7h 24m | 94.2 kg | 4h |
| Munich | 624 km | 18.4 kg | 11h | 157 kg | 4h 18m |
| Newcastle | 1,143 km | 54.2 kg | 13h 12m | 287 kg | 5h |
| Nottingham | 927 km | 36.3 kg | 12h 6m | 233 kg | 4h 42m |
| Oslo | 1,664 km | 49.1 kg | 26h | 419 kg | 5h 42m |
| Paris | 410 km | 12.1 kg | 4h 48m | 103 kg | 4h |
| Prague | 910 km | 26.8 kg | 15h 12m | 229 kg | 4h 42m |
| Rome | 762 km | 22.5 kg | 10h 54m | 192 kg | 4h 30m |
| Sheffield | 979 km | 40.5 kg | 12h 24m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Southampton | 744 km | 31.2 kg | 11h 42m | 187 kg | 4h 30m |
| Stockholm | 1,795 km | 53.0 kg | 25h 36m | 451 kg | 5h 54m |
| Vienna | 961 km | 28.4 kg | 15h 18m | 242 kg | 4h 48m |
| Warsaw | 1,427 km | 42.1 kg | 22h 24m | 359 kg | 5h 24m |
| Zurich | 385 km | 11.3 kg | 7h 36m | 96.7 kg | 4h |
The year in Saint-Etienne
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.6 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 13.1 | 18.3 | 21.0 | 21.8 | 17.5 | 14.6 | 7.7 | 4.2 |
| Sun h/day | 4.2 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.7 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
When to go
Saint-Etienne is warmest in August at 21.8 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 3.6 °C.
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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 4.3× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Milan. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Loire records 1.2 overnight stays per resident a year (931,307 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 Saint-Etienne
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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.