Mechelen · January
Where to go from Mechelen in January
197 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what January is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for January
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Rotterdam 1h 46 Netherlands Highs of 6°, and International Film Festival Rotterdam and 1 more on.
- Leiden 2h 27 Netherlands Leidsche blues- en jazzweek.
- Bristol 4h 58 United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and Slapstick Silent Film Festival.
- Cardiff 5h 12 United Kingdom Winter Wonderland.
- Solothurn 7h 27 Switzerland Solothurn Film Festival.
On in January
- International Film Festival Rotterdam in Rotterdam 1h 46
- Six Days of Rotterdam in Rotterdam 1h 46
- Leidsche blues- en jazzweek in Leiden 2h 27
- Slapstick Silent Film Festival in Bristol 4h 58
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 5h 12
- Solothurn Film Festival in Solothurn 7h 27
Most happen every year in January; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Mechelen, January has 8 h 24 of daylight.
- Lier · Belgium 26 min — 8 h 23
- Leuven · Belgium 33 min — 8 h 25
- Brussels · Belgium 34 min 1–6° 76 mm 8 h 26
- Antwerp · Belgium 41 min 1–7° 70 mm 8 h 23
- Kraainem · Belgium 51 min · 1 ch 1–6° 71 mm 8 h 26
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 03 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Ghent · Belgium 1h 09 — 8 h 24
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 15 · 1 ch — 8 h 25
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 — 8 h 19
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 24 · 1 ch — 8 h 25
- Lille · France 1h 28 · 1 ch 2–7° 58 mm 8 h 28
- Liège · Belgium 1h 36 · 1 ch — 8 h 28
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 40 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 1 ch — 8 h 20
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 · 1 ch — 8 h 26
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 46 · 1 ch 1–6° 71 mm 8 h 16 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Six Days of Rotterdam
- Namur · Belgium 1h 48 · 1 ch — 8 h 29
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 56 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 59 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Ath · Belgium 2h · 2 ch — 8 h 28
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 01 · 1 ch — 8 h 16
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 1 ch — 8 h 19
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 — 8 h 30
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 08 · 1 ch 2–6° 70 mm 8 h 15
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 16 · 2 ch — 8 h 18
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 1 ch 0–6° 65 mm 8 h 21
- Spa · Belgium 2h 25 · 2 ch — 8 h 29
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 27 · 2 ch — 8 h 31
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 27 · 1 ch — 8 h 14 Leidsche blues- en jazzweek
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 35 · 3 ch 1–6° 66 mm 8 h 12
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 37 · 2 ch — 8 h 15
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 2 ch — 8 h 26
- Paris · France 2h 40 · 1 ch 3–8° 48 mm 8 h 42
- Gouda · Netherlands 2h 43 · 1 ch — 8 h 16
- Zaandam · Netherlands 2h 44 · 4 ch — 8 h 12
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 2h 45 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Ypres · Belgium 2h 49 · 1 ch — 8 h 26
- Almere · Netherlands 2h 49 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 2h 52 · 3 ch — 8 h 14
- Vlissingen · Netherlands 2h 52 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
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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