Mechelen · February
Where to go from Mechelen in February
197 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what February is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for February
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
On in February
- Carnival in Kraainem 51 min
- Festival Anima in Ghent 1h 09
- Aalst Carnival in Aalst 1h 15
- Carnaval in Breda 1h 21
- Festival Anima in Liège 1h 36
- Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk in Kortrijk 1h 46
- IFFR in Rotterdam 1h 46
- Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 1h 46
- World tennis Tournament in Rotterdam 1h 46
- Festival Anima in Charleroi 2h 04
- Carnival in Eindhoven 2h 19
- Carnaval in Nijmegen 2h 45
- Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 4h 07
- Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 4h 29
- Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 4h 46
- Caen Student Carnival in Caen 4h 54
- St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 4h 58
- Jorvik Viking Festival in York 5h 05
- Rhubarb in Wakefield 5h 06
- Warminster Carnival in Warminster 5h 13
- Travelling in Rennes 6h 27
- Fasnacht in Lucerne 7h 32
Most happen every year in February; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Mechelen, February has 10 h 02 of daylight.
- Lier · Belgium 26 min — 10 h 01
- Leuven · Belgium 33 min — 10 h 02
- Brussels · Belgium 34 min 2–7° 65 mm 10 h 02
- Antwerp · Belgium 41 min 1–8° 63 mm 10 h 01
- Kraainem · Belgium 51 min · 1 ch 1–7° 53 mm 10 h 02 Carnival
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 03 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Ghent · Belgium 1h 09 — 10 h 01 Festival Anima
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 15 · 1 ch — 10 h 02 Aalst Carnival
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 — 9 h 59 Carnaval
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 24 · 1 ch — 10 h 02
- Lille · France 1h 28 · 1 ch 2–8° 51 mm 10 h 03
- Liège · Belgium 1h 36 · 1 ch — 10 h 03 Festival Anima
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 40 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 1 ch — 9 h 59
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 · 1 ch — 10 h 02 Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 46 · 1 ch 1–7° 66 mm 9 h 57 IFFR, Summer Carnival +1
- Namur · Belgium 1h 48 · 1 ch — 10 h 04
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 56 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 59 · 1 ch — 9 h 57
- Ath · Belgium 2h · 2 ch — 10 h 03
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 01 · 1 ch — 9 h 57
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 1 ch — 9 h 59
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 — 10 h 04 Festival Anima
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 08 · 1 ch 1–7° 59 mm 9 h 57
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 16 · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 1 ch 0–7° 60 mm 10 h Carnival
- Spa · Belgium 2h 25 · 2 ch — 10 h 04
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 27 · 2 ch — 10 h 05
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 27 · 1 ch — 9 h 56
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 35 · 3 ch 1–7° 55 mm 9 h 55
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 37 · 2 ch — 9 h 57
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 2 ch — 10 h 02
- Paris · France 2h 40 · 1 ch 3–9° 42 mm 10 h 11
- Gouda · Netherlands 2h 43 · 1 ch — 9 h 57
- Zaandam · Netherlands 2h 44 · 4 ch — 9 h 55
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 2h 45 · 1 ch — 9 h 58 Carnaval
- Ypres · Belgium 2h 49 · 1 ch — 10 h 02
- Almere · Netherlands 2h 49 · 2 ch — 9 h 55
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 2h 52 · 3 ch — 9 h 56
- Vlissingen · Netherlands 2h 52 · 2 ch — 10 h
Journeys from Mechelen'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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