Antwerp · May
Where to go from Antwerp in May
175 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what May is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 1 of them are at least 4° warmer than Antwerp.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lyon 4h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 6h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Breda 1h 21 Netherlands Breda Jazz Festival.
- Ypres 2h 49 Belgium Kattenstoet.
- Bruges 1h 31 Belgium Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges.
- Tilburg 1h 42 Netherlands Gipsyfestival.
On in May
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 1h 21
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 1h 31
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 1h 42
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 2h 03
- Skate parade in Utrecht 2h 10
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 2h 45
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 2h 45
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 2h 49
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 3h 13
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 4h 58
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 6h 08
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 6h 10
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 6h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 6h 11
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 6h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 6h 20
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 6h 27
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 6h 28
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 6h 39
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 6h 49
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 6h 59
- Upfest in Bristol 6h 59
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 7h 06
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 7h 12
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Antwerp, May has 15 h 33 of daylight and averages 9–19°.
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 20 min — 15 h 33
- Lier · Belgium 30 min — 15 h 33
- Mechelen · Belgium 30 min — 15 h 32
- Ghent · Belgium 44 min — 15 h 32
- Brussels · Belgium 59 min 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 04 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 13 · 1 ch — 15 h 39
- Kraainem · Belgium 1h 17 · 1 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Leuven · Belgium 1h 19 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Delft · Netherlands 1h 19 · 1 ch — 15 h 40
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 24 — 15 h 31
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 31 · 1 ch — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- The Hague · Netherlands 1h 32 · 1 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 40
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 1 ch — 15 h 36 Gipsyfestival
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 1h 46 · 2 ch — 15 h 38
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Leiden · Netherlands 1h 47 · 1 ch — 15 h 41
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 47 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 1h 52 9–18° 54 mm 15 h 43
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 56 — 15 h 34
- Gouda · Netherlands 1h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 37 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair
- Liège · Belgium 2h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 29
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 — 15 h 27
- Zaandam · Netherlands 2h 06 · 1 ch — 15 h 43
- Haarlem · Netherlands 2h 07 · 2 ch — 15 h 43
- Weesp · Netherlands 2h 07 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- Hilversum · Netherlands 2h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 10 · 1 ch — 15 h 41 Skate parade
- Almere · Netherlands 2h 19 — 15 h 43
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 1 ch 8–19° 56 mm 15 h 35
- Bussum · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch — 15 h 42
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 2h 20 · 1 ch — 15 h 41
- Namur · Belgium 2h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 27
- Ath · Belgium 2h 30 · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Alkmaar · Netherlands 2h 35 · 1 ch — 15 h 45
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 2 ch — 15 h 30
- Paris · France 2h 40 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 2h 45 · 1 ch — 15 h 38 Dag van het Levenslied, Roze Meifeesten
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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