Paris to Montpellier by train

Is the train or a flight faster from Paris to Montpellier?

Door to door, the train typically wins: about 4h 15m city centre to city centre, against roughly 4h 20m for a typical flight once airport time is counted. The train also emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.

Train, door to door

≈ 4h 15m

Flight, door to door

≈ 4h 20m (est.)

CO₂e per passenger

~25 kg train · ~81 kg plane

Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules: method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.

This corridor in the atlas

• TGV inOui Races down the Rhône on the LGV Méditerranée, then rides the 2017 Montpellier bypass, the first new stretch of French high-speed line in a decade, to the edge of the Camargue.

Legendary routes through Paris or Montpellier

• Eurostar London → Paris
• TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
• Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
• Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Paris → Venice

Sleepers too: night trains from Paris.

More trains from Paris

• Paris → Reims ≈ 46 min · direct
• Paris → Lille ≈ 1h 17m · direct
• Paris → Brussels ≈ 1h 22m · direct
• Paris → Rennes ≈ 1h 30m · direct
• Paris → Nancy ≈ 1h 35m · direct
• Paris → Dijon ≈ 1h 38m · direct

All trains from Paris →

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Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.