Fontainebleau
Population 15,583 (Wikidata)
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Daylight 8 h 21 in Dec, dark by 16:54 · 16 h 05 in Jun
- January: 8 h 45 of daylight
- February: 10 h 13 of daylight
- March: 11 h 50 of daylight
- April: 13 h 39 of daylight
- May: 15 h 12 of daylight
- June: 16 h 05 of daylight
- July: 15 h 43 of daylight
- August: 14 h 22 of daylight
- September: 12 h 38 of daylight
- October: 10 h 53 of daylight
- November: 9 h 15 of daylight
- December: 8 h 21 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Fontainebleau
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Fontainebleau's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 3
2 to 3 hours· 4
3 to 5 hours· 53
- Strasbourg3h 13
- Kraainem3h 14
- Reims3h 16
- Aalst3h 21
- Antwerp3h 25
- Rennes3h 27
- Leuven3h 28
- Chartres3h 28
- Mechelen3h 31
- Amiens3h 37
43 moreFewer
- Ghent3h 40
- Rouen3h 44
- Kortrijk3h 47
- Colmar3h 47
- Lier3h 51
- Nantes3h 56
- Ath4h
- Sint-Niklaas4h 03
- Liège4h 04
- Charleroi4h 04
- Rotterdam4h 04
- Metz4h 04
- Caen4h 04
- Bruges4h 06
- Schiedam4h 13
- Marseille4h 16
- Bordeaux4h 16
- Delft4h 19
- Breda4h 21
- Namur4h 21
- Saint-Étienne4h 21
- Ostend4h 22
- Hasselt4h 29
- Bayeux4h 30
- London4h 32
- The Hague4h 32
- Chambéry4h 37
- Nancy4h 38
- Saint-Malo4h 38
- Maastricht4h 39
- Grenoble4h 41
- Tilburg4h 42
- Basel4h 46
- Dordrecht4h 46
- Leiden4h 47
- Ypres4h 49
- Avignon4h 50
- Amsterdam4h 52
- Le Havre4h 52
- Montpellier4h 54
- St Albans4h 56
- Dieppe4h 58
- Gouda4h 58
5 hours or more· 135
- La Rochelle5h
- Kerkrade5h 01
- 's-Hertogenbosch5h 03
- Valkenburg aan de Geul5h 05
- Zaandam5h 06
- Haarlem5h 07
- Weesp5h 07
- Dinant5h 08
- Hilversum5h 08
- Heerlen5h 10
125 moreFewer
- Utrecht5h 10
- Arles5h 11
- Toulon5h 12
- Dijon5h 13
- Reading5h 13
- Milton Keynes5h 16
- Stevenage5h 16
- Almere5h 19
- Eindhoven5h 19
- Bussum5h 19
- Amersfoort5h 20
- Calais5h 24
- Spa5h 25
- Chelmsford5h 25
- Orange5h 30
- Annecy5h 31
- Farnborough5h 34
- Guildford5h 34
- Alkmaar5h 35
- Peterborough5h 35
- Canterbury5h 36
- Coventry5h 36
- Southend-on-Sea5h 37
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin5h 38
- Windsor and Eton5h 38
- Swindon5h 40
- Oxford5h 40
- Crawley5h 41
- Folkestone5h 43
- Cambridge5h 45
- Nijmegen5h 45
- Leicester5h 47
- Apeldoorn5h 48
- Colchester5h 48
- Aix-en-Provence5h 52
- Vlissingen5h 52
- Geldrop5h 54
- Venlo5h 57
- Northampton5h 57
- Birmingham5h 58
- Deventer5h 59
- Brighton6h
- Clermont-Ferrand6h 01
- Ely6h 05
- Winchester6h 05
- Arnhem6h 06
- Béziers6h 08
- Ipswich6h 08
- Hastings6h 08
- Stamford6h 08
- Nottingham6h 10
- Zwolle6h 13
- Geneva6h 14
- Eastleigh6h 15
- Aarau6h 16
- Doncaster6h 18
- Eastbourne6h 19
- Salisbury6h 22
- Bristol6h 23
- Southampton6h 24
- Bern6h 26
- Bath6h 26
- Solothurn6h 27
- Zutphen6h 27
- Zurich6h 28
- York6h 29
- Derby6h 30
- Baden6h 31
- Lucerne6h 32
- Cannes6h 34
- Arundel6h 35
- Wakefield6h 37
- Cardiff6h 38
- Cheltenham6h 40
- Portsmouth6h 43
- Runcorn6h 45
- Antibes6h 46
- Enschede6h 46
- Norwich6h 48
- Sheffield6h 50
- Leeds6h 51
- Perpignan6h 52
- Gloucester6h 52
- Thun6h 55
- Tewkesbury6h 55
- Lincoln6h 56
- Assen6h 57
- Fribourg6h 58
- Stockport6h 58
- Worcester6h 59
- Warminster7h 04
- Nice7h 06
- Liverpool7h 06
- Bournemouth7h 07
- Manchester7h 07
- Chester7h 08
- Pfäffikon7h 09
- Stratford-upon-Avon7h 11
- Lausanne7h 12
- Groningen7h 14
- Exeter7h 14
- Schaffhausen7h 15
- Leeuwarden7h 16
- Warrington7h 16
- Kingston upon Hull7h 16
- Toulouse7h 17
- Huddersfield7h 20
- Durham7h 21
- Interlaken7h 24
- Shrewsbury7h 24
- Wigan7h 27
- Vevey7h 30
- Salford7h 31
- Swansea7h 31
- St. Gallen7h 34
- Altrincham7h 35
- Montreux7h 38
- Newcastle upon Tyne7h 38
- Middlesbrough7h 38
- Wrexham7h 38
- Preston7h 41
- Ludlow7h 49
- Bolton7h 51
- Chur7h 54
- Cleethorpes7h 55
From Fontainebleau's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 3
2 to 3 hours· 10
3 to 5 hours· 49
- Kraainem3h 12
- Strasbourg3h 12
- Kortrijk3h 17
- Aalst3h 22
- Nantes3h 26
- Le Havre3h 26
- Leuven3h 31
- Ghent3h 32
- Dieppe3h 33
- Rennes3h 34
39 moreFewer
- Nancy3h 36
- Mechelen3h 37
- Caen3h 37
- Ath3h 40
- Saint-Étienne3h 42
- Liège3h 45
- Bordeaux3h 46
- Colmar3h 52
- Antwerp3h 55
- Lier3h 55
- Bayeux3h 55
- Basel3h 58
- Bruges4h 01
- London4h 02
- Calais4h 03
- Chambéry4h 07
- Geneva4h 08
- Namur4h 18
- Ypres4h 19
- Avignon4h 20
- Charleroi4h 21
- Hasselt4h 24
- Ostend4h 26
- St Albans4h 26
- Marseille4h 32
- Sint-Niklaas4h 33
- Rotterdam4h 34
- Schiedam4h 42
- Reading4h 43
- Stevenage4h 45
- Aarau4h 46
- Milton Keynes4h 46
- Delft4h 48
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin4h 49
- Breda4h 51
- Chelmsford4h 53
- La Rochelle4h 56
- Solothurn4h 57
- Zurich4h 58
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Palace of Fontainebleau Castle · 830 m
- Monument aux morts de Fontainebleau Memorial · 670 m
- artfontainebleau Gallery · 600 m
- Fontainebleau Firefighting Museum Museum · 860 m
- Château de Fontainebleau Museum · 970 m
- Béranger Memorial · 140 m
- Ranavalo III Memorial · 450 m
- Bains Memorial · 460 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Eating nearby
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