Antwerp · August
Where to go from Antwerp in August
175 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what August is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 4 of them are at least 4° warmer than Antwerp.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Brussels 59 min Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Amsterdam 1h 52 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Chelmsford 5h 53 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 6h 08 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 6h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Portsmouth 6h 57 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
On in August
- Maanrock in Mechelen 30 min
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 59 min
- Delft Jazz in Delft 1h 19
- Westerpop in Delft 1h 19
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 1h 46
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 1h 52
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 1h 52
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 2h 10
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 3h 10
- Mela in Reading 5h 39
- Reading Festival in Reading 5h 39
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 5h 53
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 6h 08
- Mela in Swindon 6h 10
- Shuffle in Swindon 6h 10
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 6h 10
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 6h 11
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 6h 49
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 6h 57
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 6h 59
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 7h 10
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 7h 12
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 7h 17
- Swiss National Day fireworks in Solothurn 7h 27
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Antwerp, August has 14 h 37 of daylight and averages 14–24°.
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 20 min — 14 h 37
- Lier · Belgium 30 min — 14 h 37
- Mechelen · Belgium 30 min — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Ghent · Belgium 44 min — 14 h 36
- Brussels · Belgium 59 min 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 04 13–23° 92 mm 14 h 41
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 13 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Kraainem · Belgium 1h 17 · 1 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Leuven · Belgium 1h 19 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Delft · Netherlands 1h 19 · 1 ch — 14 h 42 Delft Jazz, Westerpop
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 — 14 h 39
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 24 — 14 h 36
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 31 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- The Hague · Netherlands 1h 32 · 1 ch 13–22° 84 mm 14 h 42
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 1 ch — 14 h 39
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 1h 46 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 · 1 ch — 14 h 35 Alcatraz Metal Festival
- Leiden · Netherlands 1h 47 · 1 ch — 14 h 43
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 47 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 1h 52 13–22° 99 mm 14 h 44 Pride Amsterdam, Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 56 — 14 h 37
- Gouda · Netherlands 1h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 1 ch — 14 h 40
- Liège · Belgium 2h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 34
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 — 14 h 33
- Zaandam · Netherlands 2h 06 · 1 ch — 14 h 45
- Haarlem · Netherlands 2h 07 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
- Weesp · Netherlands 2h 07 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Hilversum · Netherlands 2h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 43
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 10 · 1 ch — 14 h 42 Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht
- Almere · Netherlands 2h 19 — 14 h 44
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 1 ch 12–24° 73 mm 14 h 39
- Bussum · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 2h 20 · 1 ch — 14 h 43
- Namur · Belgium 2h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 33
- Ath · Belgium 2h 30 · 2 ch — 14 h 34
- Alkmaar · Netherlands 2h 35 · 1 ch — 14 h 46
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 2 ch — 14 h 35
- Paris · France 2h 40 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 2h 45 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
Journeys from Antwerp's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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