Charleroi · May
Where to go from Charleroi in May
161 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.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lyon 5h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 6h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Bruges 2h 40 Belgium Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges.
- Brighton 6h 20 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 6h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
- Sheffield 7h 06 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
On in May
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 2h 40
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 3h 21
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 3h 42
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 3h 49
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 4h 03
- Skate parade in Utrecht 4h 10
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 4h 45
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 4h 45
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 5h 13
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 5h 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 Charleroi, May has 15 h 27 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Namur · Belgium 55 min — 15 h 27
- Ath · Belgium 1h 30 · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 35 · 1 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Leuven · Belgium 1h 40 — 15 h 31
- Liège · Belgium 1h 40 — 15 h 29
- Lille · France 1h 54 · 1 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h · 2 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 07 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h 26
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 09 · 3 ch — 15 h 31
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 11 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Antwerp · Belgium 2h 25 · 2 ch 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Lier · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Kortrijk · Belgium 2h 27 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Bruges · Belgium 2h 40 · 3 ch — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- Hasselt · Belgium 2h 54 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Ostend · Belgium 2h 56 · 3 ch — 15 h 34
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 3h 01 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 3h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 · 1 ch 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 3h 05 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Heerlen · Netherlands 3h 10 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Schiedam · Netherlands 3h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Paris · France 3h 18 · 2 ch 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Delft · Netherlands 3h 19 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- Breda · Netherlands 3h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Spa · Belgium 3h 25 · 2 ch — 15 h 28
- The Hague · Netherlands 3h 32 · 2 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 40
- Tilburg · Netherlands 3h 42 · 2 ch — 15 h 36 Gipsyfestival
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 44 · 4 ch — 15 h 15
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 3h 46 · 3 ch — 15 h 38
- Leiden · Netherlands 3h 47 · 2 ch — 15 h 41
- Ypres · Belgium 3h 49 · 2 ch — 15 h 30 Kattenstoet
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 3h 52 · 1 ch 9–18° 54 mm 15 h 43
- Versailles · France 3h 56 · 4 ch — 15 h 15
- Gouda · Netherlands 3h 58 · 3 ch — 15 h 40
- Venlo · Netherlands 3h 59 · 3 ch — 15 h 35
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 4h 03 · 2 ch — 15 h 37 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 4h 05 · 2 ch 8–19° 56 mm 15 h 35
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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