Brussels · August
Where to go from Brussels in August
208 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. 5 of them are at least 4° warmer than Brussels.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Amsterdam 2h 35 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Chelmsford 3h 53 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 4h 07 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 4h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Portsmouth 4h 57 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
- Bristol 4h 58 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
On in August
- Maanrock in Mechelen 22 min
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 1h 46
- Delft Jazz in Delft 2h 01
- Westerpop in Delft 2h 01
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 2h 17
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 2h 35
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 2h 35
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 2h 37
- Mela in Reading 3h 42
- Reading Festival in Reading 3h 42
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 3h 53
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 4h 07
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 4h 11
- Mela in Swindon 4h 11
- Shuffle in Swindon 4h 11
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 4h 11
- Festival de Musique Sacrée in Saint-Malo 4h 38
- La Route du Rock in Saint-Malo 4h 38
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 4h 49
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 4h 57
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 4h 58
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 5h 12
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 5h 13
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 5h 17
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Brussels, August has 14 h 35 of daylight and averages 14–23°.
- Kraainem · Belgium 18 min 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Mechelen · Belgium 22 min — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Leuven · Belgium 28 min — 14 h 35
- Lille · France 40 min 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Ghent · Belgium 41 min — 14 h 36
- Antwerp · Belgium 41 min 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Lier · Belgium 51 min · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Aalst · Belgium 52 min — 14 h 36
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 03 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Charleroi · Belgium 1h 04 — 14 h 33
- Liège · Belgium 1h 04 — 14 h 34
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 06 — 14 h 37
- Namur · Belgium 1h 21 — 14 h 33
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 39
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 22 — 14 h 37
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 29 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Ath · Belgium 1h 30 · 1 ch — 14 h 34
- Paris · France 1h 37 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Maastricht · Netherlands 1h 39 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 — 14 h 35 Alcatraz Metal Festival
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 46 · 2 ch 13–23° 92 mm 14 h 41
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 59 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 01 · 2 ch — 14 h 42 Delft Jazz, Westerpop
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 03 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 2h 05 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 32
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 08 · 2 ch 13–22° 84 mm 14 h 42
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 10 — 14 h 25
- Amiens · France 2h 12 · 1 ch — 14 h 30
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 16 · 3 ch — 14 h 41
- Heerlen · Netherlands 2h 17 · 1 ch — 14 h 36 Cultura Nova
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch 12–24° 73 mm 14 h 39
- Spa · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch — 14 h 33
- Versailles · France 2h 26 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 27 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 2h 31 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 35 · 4 ch 13–22° 99 mm 14 h 44 Pride Amsterdam, Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 37 · 3 ch — 14 h 42 Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht
Journeys from Brussels'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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