Ascension Weekend Road Traffic Forecast on Wednesday, May 13, Thursday May 14, Friday May 15, Saturday May 16, Sunday May 17, 2026: our traffic colors
->Forecasts traffic Wednesday, May 13 : afternoon and end of the day RED from Paris, RED from the major cities Lyon, Rennes, Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Marseille / Aix en Provence, Nice, Grenoble, Lille. On the main roads, very dense traffic on A7 between Lyon and the city of Orange, on A61 between Toulouse and Narbonne, A63 between Bordeaux and Arcachon, A10 between Paris and Orleans, A11 between Paris and Le Mans, A13 between Paris and Caen
This Wednesday will see difficulties around the major cities, the ring roads of Caen, Rennes, Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse. On Marseille, the A7, A50 and A51 motorways at the exits of the city will be very busy, the same in Nice, the A8 motorways between Monaco and Cannes will see heavy traffic. In the Rhône Alpes, the A6 and A7 motorways will be dense with a traffic jam in each direction at the Fourvière tunnel. To the east, the bypass of Strabourg will see traffic jams and the A31 motorway between Luxembourg and Metz will be very busy. On Paris, avoid borrowing the otherwise limited to 50km/h and the A86 very busy. If you are travelling from the A1 to the A10 or versa, take the A104 from the east of the capital. Some traffic jams are expected at the exits of the capital on A1, A4, A3, A6B, A6, N118, and A13/A15.
On the main roads, traffic will be very dense the after and until the end of the evening on A7 between Lyon and the city of Orange, on A61 between Toulouse and Narbonne, A63 between Bordeaux and Arcachon, A10 between Paris and Orleans, A11 between Paris and Le Mans, A13 between Paris and Caen
->Forecast road traffic Thursday, May 14 : morning RED from Paris, morning and first part of the afternoon RED on the main roads particularly on A7 between Lyon and the city of Orange, but also on A75 between Clermont Ferrand and Béziers, on A61 between Toulouse and Narbonne, on the nationals of Brittany, especially the N165 which goes back from Nantes to Quimper, but also on A11 and A81 between Paris and Rennes, and A13
On Paris, traffic will be very dense from 9am, especially on the N10 between Saint Quentin en Yvelines and Rambouillet, on the N118 between Velisy and the A10, on A10 between A6B and the toll of Saint Arnoult en Yvelines. On A13 and A6 the traffic will be very heavy, but the slowdowns will be bearable. On A1 and A4, traffic will be smooth
->Forecasts traffic Friday, May 15 : calm traffic, to be monitored however and in case of good weather, access to beaches and amusement parks. The large shopping centres will be very busy
->Forecast road traffic Saturday, May 16 : calm traffic, to watch however some weekend, and holiday returns (for those who have taken the full week). Some slowdowns are expected in the late afternoon in the Ile de France region on A6 dice Evry, on the N118 in Velisy, on A10 in Palaiseau. On the main roads the circulation will be fluid
->Forecast traffic Sunday, May 17 : afternoon and RED evening in Ile de France for the returns of this weekend of the Ascension, afternoon and evening RED for the return of the Mediterranean, both on A61 to Toulouse, as on A75 to Clermont Ferrand, or on A7 to Lyon (plugs expected particularly difficult dice Orange and until Valencia). The returns of Brittany will be difficult with a late afternoon RED on A81 and A11 between Rennes and Paris, on the N165 between Lorient and Nantes, on the N12 between Saint Brieuc and Rennes. On A13, traffic will evolve in accordion between Caen and Rouen, then in the late afternoon other traffic jams will form in the approach of Mantes la Jolie (be careful this highway no longer has a toll, but it is necessary to pay a payment on the site of Sanef)
On Paris, the returns will be very dense from noon with long slowdowns on A10 between the toll of Saint Arnoult and Paris, on the N118 dice A10 and up to Vélisy, on the N10 with the traditional traffic jam of Rambouillet, on A6 with slowdowns in the forest of Fontainebleau (accordion circulation). On A13, A14, A4, A1 and A15, the slowdowns will be at the level of a Sunday evening
Our advice: it is advisable to avoid Wednesday from noon until the evening, the axes that bypass the capital (devices, A86 and A104) and the highways at the exits of Paris. Thursday morning, leave either very early (6am) or after lunch. Sunday, it is better to arrive in large cities before 3pm or after 10pm. The returns of Brittany and the Mediterranean via A7 will be very complicated (after each weekend of the Ascension is similar, many of you have already experienced these important slowdowns
To know your traffic conditions in real time, please consult the map Google Maps traffic, an ORANGE route, indicates a slow traffic, a red route a heavy slow traffic.