SMART ONE. This last weekend of August will be marked by traffic difficulties throughout the territory, particularly in the direction of returns.
[Mise à jour le 26 août 2023 à 6h30] If you had decided to anticipate your return from vacation by twenty-four hours to hit the road on Friday, you have done well. Even if your journey has probably not been easy, Saturday will be one of the worst days of the summer on the entire French motorway network. For those whose time to leave has finally come, Bison Futé advises leaving Ile-de-France before 10 a.m. and foresees the greatest difficulties on the A7 between Lyon and Marseille from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In the direction of returns, all the roads will be impacted. In the south of the country, the first slowdowns are expected during the morning, from 9 a.m. on the A9 between Narbonne and Montpellier, 10 a.m. on the A7 between Marseille and Lyon, and 11 a.m. on the A8 and the A63, respectively from Nice to Aix-en-Provence and fromSpain to Bayonne. Difficulties that will continue until around midnight on the A7, the black axis of this August 26.
It is also in the middle of the morning that the first traffic jams will appear on the A10 around Bordeaux going up towards Orléans. As for the Paris region, joining it or crossing it before the start of the afternoon is desirable to avoid finding yourself bumper to bumper. On Sunday, traffic will remain very dense on the same axes in the direction of returns. The A7 and the A10, from morning until late in the evening, will be the most congested motorways and traffic will also be complicated on the A71 between Clermont-Ferrand and Orléans.
In Ile-de-France, traffic will be significantly slowed down on the A6 and A10 from midday. This will also be the case on Monday, a day classified as orange in the direction of return by Bison Futé. And in the provinces, traffic on the A7 in the Rhône valley and on the A10 between Tours and Orléans will remain particularly difficult. Luckily for all weekend travellers, the heatwave that hit much of the country this week will be over.
What is the Bison Futé forecast for the weekend of August 26 and 27, 2023?
- Saturday August 26: green in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns
- Sunday August 27: green in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns
- Monday, August 28: green in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns
What will the traffic be like on Saturday August 26? Detailed forecasts
In the direction of departures:
- Leave or cross Île-de-France and major cities before 10 a.m.
- Avoid the national N165 between Nantes and Quimper between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- Avoid the A7 motorway between Lyon and Marseille between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
- Avoid the A61 motorway between Toulouse and Narbonne between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- Access to Italy through the tunnel Mont Blanc (N205) will be dense between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
In the direction of returns:
- Reach or cross Île-de-France before 2 p.m.
- Avoid the N165 motorway between Quimper and Nantes from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Avoid the A10 motorway between Bordeaux and Orléans between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
- Avoid the A63 motorway between Spain and Bayonne between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m.
- Avoid the A7 motorway between Marseille and Lyon between 10 a.m. and midnight
- Avoid the A8 motorway between Nice and Aix-en-Provence between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- Avoid the A9 motorway between Narbonne and Montpellier between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Access to France via the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205) will be dense from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
What will the traffic be on Sunday, August 27? Detailed forecasts
In the direction of departures:
In the direction of returns:
- Reach or cross Île-de-France before 12 p.m.
- Avoid the A10 motorway between Bordeaux and Orléans between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m.
- Avoid the A63 motorway between Spain and Bayonne between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- Avoid the A7 motorway between Marseille and Lyon between 9 a.m. and midnight
- Avoid the A8 motorway between Nice and Aix-en-Provence between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
- Avoid the A9 motorway between Narbonne and Montpellier between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
- Avoid the A71 motorway between Clermont-Ferrand and Orléans between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
- Avoid the A61 motorway between Narbonne and Toulouse between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.
- Access to France via the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205) will be dense from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
What will the traffic be on Monday, August 28? Detailed forecasts
In the direction of departures:
In the direction of returns:
- Reach or cross Île-de-France before 2 p.m.
- Avoid the A10 motorway between Tour and Orléans between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
- Avoid the A63 motorway between Spain and Bayonne between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Avoid the A7 motorway between Marseille and Lyon between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m.
- Avoid the A8 motorway between Nice and Aix-en-Provence between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- Access to France via the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205) will be dense from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The first forecasts for the weekend of September 2 and 3, 2023
- Friday 1er September: green in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns
- Saturday September 2: green in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns
- Sunday, September 3: green in the direction of departures, green in the direction of returns