Ghent · May
Where to go from Ghent in May
202 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 4h 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 40 min Belgium Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges.
- Ypres 1h 49 Belgium Kattenstoet.
- Breda 2h 21 Netherlands Breda Jazz Festival.
- Tilburg 2h 42 Netherlands Gipsyfestival.
On in May
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 40 min
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 1h 49
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 2h 21
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 2h 42
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 3h 03
- Skate parade in Utrecht 3h 10
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 3h 45
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 3h 45
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 4h 08
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 4h 11
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 4h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 4h 11
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 4h 13
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 4h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 4h 20
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 4h 27
- 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
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 4h 58
- 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 Ghent, May has 15 h 32 of daylight.
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 29 min — 15 h 33
- Brussels · Belgium 37 min 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Bruges · Belgium 40 min — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- Kortrijk · Belgium 46 min — 15 h 30
- Aalst · Belgium 46 min — 15 h 31
- Antwerp · Belgium 47 min 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Ostend · Belgium 56 min — 15 h 34
- Kraainem · Belgium 1h · 1 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Leuven · Belgium 1h 09 — 15 h 31
- Mechelen · Belgium 1h 11 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Lier · Belgium 1h 22 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Lille · France 1h 28 · 1 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Ypres · Belgium 1h 49 — 15 h 30 Kattenstoet
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 54 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Ath · Belgium 2h · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Liège · Belgium 2h 04 — 15 h 29
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 27
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 2h 04 · 1 ch 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Paris · France 2h 07 · 1 ch 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Schiedam · Netherlands 2h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- Breda · Netherlands 2h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Namur · Belgium 2h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 27
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 32 · 2 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 40
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 33 · 3 ch — 15 h 15
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Tilburg · Netherlands 2h 42 · 2 ch — 15 h 36 Gipsyfestival
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 46 · 3 ch — 15 h 38
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 47 · 2 ch — 15 h 41
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 52 · 1 ch 9–18° 54 mm 15 h 43
- Versailles · France 2h 56 · 3 ch — 15 h 15
- Gouda · Netherlands 2h 58 · 3 ch — 15 h 40
- London · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 1 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 3h 01 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 3h 03 · 2 ch — 15 h 37 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 3h 05 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 05 · 3 ch — 15 h 16
- Zaandam · Netherlands 3h 06 · 2 ch — 15 h 43
- Haarlem · Netherlands 3h 07 · 3 ch — 15 h 43
- Weesp · Netherlands 3h 07 · 2 ch — 15 h 42
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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