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Travel News & French Weather

Check out the traffic conditions in France with the calendar below showing any predicted problems. Latest Traffic Info, Autoroute toll classes & Fuel Prices are available lower down the page, as well as Weather in France with links to Speed camera locations, Webcams & Live Traffic Maps for towns, cities & autoroutes.

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Traffic Forecast Calendar for France 2023

Key to calendar :

GREEN:   Traffic flow is Normal   

ORANGE:    Traffic flow is Difficult

RED:    Traffic flow is Very Difficult     

BLACK:   Extremely Difficult

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AREAS AFFECTED:     1) PARIS REGION     

2) NORTH & NORTH-WEST

3) BURGUNDY & EAST         

4) AUVERGNE/ RHONE-ALPES

5) AQUITAINE/ SOUTH-WEST   

6) MEDITERRANEAN

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French School Holiday
dates 2023/ 24

Weather Northern France                 Weather Southern France

Latest Traffic News

All the latest traffic information in France & around the Channel ports

December is a quiet month on French roads until the Xmas holidays start. There are just 4 problem days forecast by Bison Fute for the month, these are the 26th which is forecast as orange, 'difficile', and the 22nd, 23rd & 30th which are forecast as red 'trés difficile'. Any problems are mainly restricted to the Paris area & the Rhone-Alpes area.

     

No Traffic problems around the Channel ports are reported at present.

      Entry to France: please check with the French government website for travel restrictions as well as UK government rules regarding a future return to the UK. Also see our guide on the 'More Useful Info' page. The current ferry/ tunnel situation is as below:


Brittany Ferries have mainly returned to normal service:
Plymouth to Roscoff: Twice weekly sailings
Portsmouth to Le Havre: 4 Overnight sailings/ week

Portsmouth to Cherbourg: 3 sailings/ week
Portsmouth to Caen: Upto 3 daily sailings
Portsmouth to St Malo: Daily sailings

Poole to Cherbourg: Daily sailings
Plymouth to Santander: Twice Weekly sailings

Portsmouth to Santander: Twice Weekly sailings

Eurotunnel are operating a regular service, check-in at least 45 mins before travel.

Irish Ferries are sailing to schedule.
DFDS are sailing to normal schedules but have reduced passenger capacity.
P&O See P&O website for current information

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DIESEL PRICES IN FRANCE

AVERAGE      SUPERMARKET           TOTAL               ESSO                    AVIA 

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1.91€/ litre         1.77€/ litre          2.01€/ litre         1.92€/ litre          1.92€/ litre 

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As in the UK the dearest fuel is to be found on the autoroutes, whilst the cheapest is found in the supermarket filling stations, the smaller independent prices lie somewhere in between. The above "Gazole" prices are the current French average.

To find the latest local prices & cheapest fuel throughout France click here

Diesel Gas
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Autoroute Classifications

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