Charleroi · December
Where to go from Charleroi in December
161 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leuven 1h 40 Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Lille 1h 54 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Schiedam 3h 13 Netherlands Winterlicht.
- Amsterdam 3h 52 Netherlands Highs of 7°, and Museumplein.
- Utrecht 4h 10 Netherlands Skate parade.
- Cambridge 6h 11 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
On in December
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 1h 40
- Christmas Market in Lille 1h 54
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 3h 13
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 3h 52
- Skate parade in Utrecht 4h 10
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 6h 30
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 6h 32
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 7h 06
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 7h 10
- Art | Basel in Basel 7h 28
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 7h 28
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Charleroi, December has 8 h 03 of daylight.
- Namur · Belgium 55 min — 8 h 02
- Ath · Belgium 1h 30 · 2 ch — 8 h 01
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 35 · 1 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Leuven · Belgium 1h 40 — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Liège · Belgium 1h 40 — 8 h 01
- Lille · France 1h 54 · 1 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h · 2 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 07 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 8 h 04
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 09 · 3 ch — 7 h 58
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 11 · 2 ch — 7 h 57
- Antwerp · Belgium 2h 25 · 2 ch 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Lier · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Kortrijk · Belgium 2h 27 · 1 ch — 7 h 59
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Bruges · Belgium 2h 40 · 3 ch — 7 h 55
- Hasselt · Belgium 2h 54 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Ostend · Belgium 2h 56 · 3 ch — 7 h 55
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 3h 01 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 3h 03 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 · 1 ch 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 3h 05 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Heerlen · Netherlands 3h 10 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Schiedam · Netherlands 3h 13 · 2 ch — 7 h 48 Winterlicht
- Paris · France 3h 18 · 2 ch 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Delft · Netherlands 3h 19 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Breda · Netherlands 3h 21 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Spa · Belgium 3h 25 · 2 ch — 8 h 02
- The Hague · Netherlands 3h 32 · 2 ch 2–7° 76 mm 7 h 46
- Tilburg · Netherlands 3h 42 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 44 · 4 ch — 8 h 17
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 3h 46 · 3 ch — 7 h 49
- Leiden · Netherlands 3h 47 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Ypres · Belgium 3h 49 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 3h 52 · 1 ch 2–7° 82 mm 7 h 43 Museumplein
- Versailles · France 3h 56 · 4 ch — 8 h 17
- Gouda · Netherlands 3h 58 · 3 ch — 7 h 47
- Venlo · Netherlands 3h 59 · 3 ch — 7 h 53
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 4h 03 · 2 ch — 7 h 50
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 4h 05 · 2 ch 1–7° 75 mm 7 h 53
Journeys from Charleroi'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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