Ghent · August
Where to go from Ghent in August
202 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.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Brussels 37 min Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Amsterdam 2h 52 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.
On in August
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 37 min
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 46 min
- Maanrock in Mechelen 1h 11
- Delft Jazz in Delft 2h 19
- Westerpop in Delft 2h 19
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 2h 52
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 2h 52
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 3h 10
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 3h 10
- 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
- Mela in Swindon 4h 11
- Shuffle in Swindon 4h 11
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 4h 11
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 4h 11
- 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
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 5h 35
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Ghent, August has 14 h 36 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 29 min — 14 h 37
- Brussels · Belgium 37 min 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Bruges · Belgium 40 min — 14 h 37
- Kortrijk · Belgium 46 min — 14 h 35 Alcatraz Metal Festival
- Aalst · Belgium 46 min — 14 h 36
- Antwerp · Belgium 47 min 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Ostend · Belgium 56 min — 14 h 37
- Kraainem · Belgium 1h · 1 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Leuven · Belgium 1h 09 — 14 h 35
- Mechelen · Belgium 1h 11 · 1 ch — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Lier · Belgium 1h 22 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Lille · France 1h 28 · 1 ch 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Ypres · Belgium 1h 49 — 14 h 35
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 54 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Ath · Belgium 2h · 2 ch — 14 h 34
- Liège · Belgium 2h 04 — 14 h 34
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 33
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 2h 04 · 1 ch 13–23° 92 mm 14 h 41
- Paris · France 2h 07 · 1 ch 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Schiedam · Netherlands 2h 13 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch — 14 h 42 Delft Jazz, Westerpop
- Breda · Netherlands 2h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 39
- Namur · Belgium 2h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 33
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 32 · 2 ch 13–22° 84 mm 14 h 42
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 33 · 3 ch — 14 h 25
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Tilburg · Netherlands 2h 42 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 46 · 3 ch — 14 h 41
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 47 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 52 · 1 ch 13–22° 99 mm 14 h 44 Pride Amsterdam, Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival
- Versailles · France 2h 56 · 3 ch — 14 h 24
- Gouda · Netherlands 2h 58 · 3 ch — 14 h 42
- London · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 1 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 3h 01 · 2 ch — 14 h 35
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 3h 03 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 3h 05 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 05 · 3 ch — 14 h 25
- Zaandam · Netherlands 3h 06 · 2 ch — 14 h 45
- Haarlem · Netherlands 3h 07 · 3 ch — 14 h 44
- Weesp · Netherlands 3h 07 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
Journeys from Ghent'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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