Brussels · May
Where to go from Brussels in May
208 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. 4 of them are at least 4° warmer than Brussels.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lyon 3h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 4h 58 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Bruges 1h 06 Belgium Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges.
- Breda 1h 21 Netherlands Breda Jazz Festival.
- Tilburg 1h 42 Netherlands Gipsyfestival.
- 's-Hertogenbosch 2h 03 Netherlands 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair.
On in May
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 1h 06
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 1h 21
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 1h 42
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 2h 03
- Skate parade in Utrecht 2h 37
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 2h 45
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 2h 45
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 2h 49
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 3h 27
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 3h 43
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 3h 58
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 4h 08
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 4h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 4h 11
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 4h 11
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 4h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 4h 20
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 4h 28
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 4h 39
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 4h 49
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 4h 58
- Upfest in Bristol 4h 58
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 5h 07
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 5h 13
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Brussels, May has 15 h 30 of daylight and averages 9–18°.
- Kraainem · Belgium 18 min 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Mechelen · Belgium 22 min — 15 h 32
- Leuven · Belgium 28 min — 15 h 31
- Lille · France 40 min 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Ghent · Belgium 41 min — 15 h 32
- Antwerp · Belgium 41 min 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Lier · Belgium 51 min · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Aalst · Belgium 52 min — 15 h 31
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Charleroi · Belgium 1h 04 — 15 h 27
- Liège · Belgium 1h 04 — 15 h 29
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 06 — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- Namur · Belgium 1h 21 — 15 h 27
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 22 — 15 h 34
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 29 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Ath · Belgium 1h 30 · 1 ch — 15 h 29
- Paris · France 1h 37 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Maastricht · Netherlands 1h 39 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 2 ch — 15 h 36 Gipsyfestival
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 — 15 h 30
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 46 · 2 ch 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 59 · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 01 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 03 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 2 ch — 15 h 37 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 2h 05 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h 26
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 08 · 2 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 40
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 10 — 15 h 16
- Amiens · France 2h 12 · 1 ch — 15 h 23
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 16 · 3 ch — 15 h 38
- Heerlen · Netherlands 2h 17 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch 8–19° 56 mm 15 h 35
- Spa · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch — 15 h 28
- Versailles · France 2h 26 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 27 · 2 ch — 15 h 41
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 2h 31 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 35 · 4 ch 9–18° 54 mm 15 h 43
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 37 · 3 ch — 15 h 41 Skate parade
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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