Fontainebleau

Bienvenue à Fontainebleau | Welcome to Fontainebleau (French)

Why visit

Fontainebleau is a Paris-area escape built around the palace, forest walks, climbing, gardens, and a town that can hold a full day. It works when Versailles is not the only royal detour.

When to avoid

Do not visit Fontainebleau expecting every worthwhile stop to be close together or easy to improvise. For Fontainebleau, the practical constraints are part of the itinerary: hours, transport, weather, crowds, and the distance between worthwhile areas. For Fontainebleau, check the practical conditions first, then decide whether walking, transit, or a taxi makes sense for each move. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Fontainebleau as a base rather than the whole destination.

Plan Fontainebleau

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Fontainebleau

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Showers

32° / 22°

UV Moderate

Wed

Overcast

29° / 19°

UV High

Thu

Overcast

25° / 15°

UV High

Fri

Overcast

27° / 9°

UV High

Sat

Overcast

32° / 11°

UV High

Sun

Showers

25° / 19°

3.0 mm

UV Moderate

Mon

Overcast

24° / 16°

UV High

Climate

Summer (Jun-Sep)

Typical highs around 24°C, lows around 12°C.

Winter (Nov-Mar)

Typical highs around 8°C, lows around 1°C.

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Weather

25° / 13°

Typical high / low

2 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

14.4h

06:41 – 21:06local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest ORY · 44 km

Getting around Fontainebleau

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators

VectareLEXTERFlixBus-euEssonne Sud Estwaldbahn - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLBTransilien BlaBlaCar BusProvinois - Brie et Seine

About Fontainebleau

Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 55.5 kilometres (34.5 mi) south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau. The commune has the largest land area in the Île-de-France region; it is the only one to cover a larger area than Paris itself. The commune is closest to Seine-et-Marne Prefecture Melun.

Area: 172 km²
Mayor: Julien Gondard

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References5

The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, Open-Elevation.