Brussels · January
Where to go from Brussels in January
208 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what January 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 Brussels.
Good for January
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Rotterdam 1h 46 Netherlands Highs of 6°, and International Film Festival Rotterdam and 1 more on.
- Leiden 2h 27 Netherlands Leidsche blues- en jazzweek.
- Bristol 4h 58 United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and Slapstick Silent Film Festival.
- Cardiff 5h 12 United Kingdom Winter Wonderland.
- Solothurn 7h Switzerland Solothurn Film Festival.
On in January
- International Film Festival Rotterdam in Rotterdam 1h 46
- Six Days of Rotterdam in Rotterdam 1h 46
- Leidsche blues- en jazzweek in Leiden 2h 27
- Slapstick Silent Film Festival in Bristol 4h 58
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 5h 12
- Solothurn Film Festival in Solothurn 7h
Most happen every year in January; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Brussels, January has 8 h 26 of daylight and averages 1–6°.
- Kraainem · Belgium 18 min 1–6° 71 mm 8 h 26
- Mechelen · Belgium 22 min — 8 h 24
- Leuven · Belgium 28 min — 8 h 25
- Lille · France 40 min 2–7° 58 mm 8 h 28
- Ghent · Belgium 41 min — 8 h 24
- Antwerp · Belgium 41 min 1–7° 70 mm 8 h 23
- Lier · Belgium 51 min · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Aalst · Belgium 52 min — 8 h 25
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 03 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Charleroi · Belgium 1h 04 — 8 h 30
- Liège · Belgium 1h 04 — 8 h 28
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 06 — 8 h 23
- Namur · Belgium 1h 21 — 8 h 29
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 · 1 ch — 8 h 19
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 22 — 8 h 23
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 29 · 1 ch — 8 h 25
- Ath · Belgium 1h 30 · 1 ch — 8 h 28
- Paris · France 1h 37 3–8° 48 mm 8 h 42
- Maastricht · Netherlands 1h 39 · 1 ch — 8 h 26
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 2 ch — 8 h 20
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 — 8 h 26
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 46 · 2 ch 1–6° 71 mm 8 h 16 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Six Days of Rotterdam
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 59 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 01 · 2 ch — 8 h 16
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 03 · 2 ch — 8 h 42
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 2 ch — 8 h 19
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 2h 05 · 1 ch — 8 h 26
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 8 h 31
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 08 · 2 ch 2–6° 70 mm 8 h 15
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 10 — 8 h 42
- Amiens · France 2h 12 · 1 ch — 8 h 34
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 16 · 3 ch — 8 h 18
- Heerlen · Netherlands 2h 17 · 1 ch — 8 h 25
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch 0–6° 65 mm 8 h 21
- Spa · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch — 8 h 29
- Versailles · France 2h 26 · 2 ch — 8 h 42
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 27 · 2 ch — 8 h 14 Leidsche blues- en jazzweek
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 2h 31 · 1 ch — 8 h 26
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 35 · 4 ch 1–6° 66 mm 8 h 12
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 37 · 3 ch — 8 h 15
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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