Villefranche-sur-Saône
Reaching Villefranche-sur-Saône from London emits 20.9 kg CO₂e return by rail (8h 36m each way) against 178 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 22.7 °C in August and 3.8 °C in January.
Villefranche-sur-Saône is a town of 36,000 people (2022) in Greater Lyon. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Villefranche-sur-Saône is warmest in August (22.7 °C), sunniest in July (13.1 h a day); coldest in January (3.8 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 710 km | 21.0 kg | 9h 12m | 179 kg | 4h 24m |
| Barcelona | 551 km | 16.3 kg | 7h 30m | 139 kg | 4h 12m |
| Berlin | 961 km | 28.4 kg | 14h 24m | 242 kg | 4h 48m |
| Birmingham | 866 km | 34.0 kg | 11h 24m | 218 kg | 4h 42m |
| Bristol | 810 km | 34.7 kg | 11h 36m | 204 kg | 4h 36m |
| Brussels | 541 km | 16.0 kg | 7h 18m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Cardiff | 841 km | 37.9 kg | 11h 54m | 212 kg | 4h 36m |
| Copenhagen | 1,208 km | 35.6 kg | 19h 24m | 304 kg | 5h 6m |
| Dublin | 1,133 km | — | — | 285 kg | 5h |
| Edinburgh | 1,237 km | 63.8 kg | 14h 24m | 311 kg | 5h 6m |
| Frankfurt | 545 km | 16.1 kg | 9h 18m | 137 kg | 4h 12m |
| Glasgow | 1,263 km | 65.6 kg | 14h 30m | 318 kg | 5h 12m |
| Leeds | 976 km | 42.8 kg | 12h 12m | 246 kg | 4h 48m |
| Lisbon | 1,394 km | 41.1 kg | 22h 6m | 351 kg | 5h 24m |
| Liverpool | 992 km | 43.9 kg | 12h 12m | 250 kg | 4h 48m |
| London | 709 km | 20.9 kg | 8h 36m | 178 kg | 4h 24m |
| Madrid | 921 km | 27.2 kg | 11h 6m | 232 kg | 4h 42m |
| Manchester | 970 km | 42.0 kg | 12h 6m | 244 kg | 4h 48m |
| Milan | 352 km | 10.4 kg | 7h 6m | 88.5 kg | 4h |
| Munich | 571 km | 16.9 kg | 10h 12m | 144 kg | 4h 18m |
| Newcastle | 1,094 km | 52.9 kg | 12h 54m | 275 kg | 5h |
| Nottingham | 882 km | 35.0 kg | 11h 42m | 222 kg | 4h 42m |
| Oslo | 1,598 km | 47.2 kg | 25h 6m | 402 kg | 5h 36m |
| Paris | 365 km | 10.8 kg | 4h 30m | 91.8 kg | 4h |
| Prague | 852 km | 25.1 kg | 14h 18m | 214 kg | 4h 36m |
| Rome | 772 km | 22.8 kg | 10h 36m | 194 kg | 4h 30m |
| Sheffield | 934 km | 39.2 kg | 12h | 235 kg | 4h 42m |
| Southampton | 708 km | 29.9 kg | 11h 18m | 178 kg | 4h 24m |
| Stockholm | 1,728 km | 51.0 kg | 24h 36m | 435 kg | 5h 48m |
| Vienna | 915 km | 27.0 kg | 14h 36m | 230 kg | 4h 42m |
| Warsaw | 1,369 km | 40.4 kg | 21h 30m | 344 kg | 5h 18m |
| Zurich | 330 km | 9.7 kg | 6h 48m | 83.0 kg | 3h 54m |
The year in Villefranche-sur-Saône
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 3.8 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 15.0 | 20.2 | 21.8 | 22.7 | 18.2 | 14.7 | 7.7 | 3.8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.0 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 9.9 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
When to go
Villefranche-sur-Saône is warmest in August at 22.7 °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 3.8 °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 4.8× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Zurich. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Rhône records 4.3 overnight stays per resident a year (8,279,966 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 Villefranche-sur-Saône
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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.