Mechelen · May
Where to go from Mechelen in May
197 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.
- Breda 1h 21 Netherlands Breda Jazz Festival.
- Bruges 1h 40 Belgium Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges.
- Tilburg 1h 42 Netherlands Gipsyfestival.
- 's-Hertogenbosch 2h 03 Netherlands 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair.
On in May
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 1h 21
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 1h 40
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 1h 42
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 2h 03
- Skate parade in Utrecht 2h 37
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 2h 45
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 2h 45
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 2h 49
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 3h 43
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 4h 08
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 4h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 4h 11
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 4h 11
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 4h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 4h 20
- 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
- Wychwood Festival of Music 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 Mechelen, May has 15 h 32 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Lier · Belgium 26 min — 15 h 33
- Leuven · Belgium 33 min — 15 h 31
- Brussels · Belgium 34 min 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Antwerp · Belgium 41 min 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Kraainem · Belgium 51 min · 1 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Ghent · Belgium 1h 09 — 15 h 32
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 15 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 24 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Lille · France 1h 28 · 1 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Liège · Belgium 1h 36 · 1 ch — 15 h 29
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 40 · 1 ch — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 1 ch — 15 h 36 Gipsyfestival
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 46 · 1 ch 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Namur · Belgium 1h 48 · 1 ch — 15 h 27
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 56 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 59 · 1 ch — 15 h 39
- Ath · Belgium 2h · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 01 · 1 ch — 15 h 40
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 37 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 — 15 h 27
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 08 · 1 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 40
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 16 · 2 ch — 15 h 38
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 1 ch 8–19° 56 mm 15 h 35
- Spa · Belgium 2h 25 · 2 ch — 15 h 28
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 27 · 2 ch — 15 h 26
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 27 · 1 ch — 15 h 41
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 35 · 3 ch 9–18° 54 mm 15 h 43
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 37 · 2 ch — 15 h 41 Skate parade
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 2 ch — 15 h 30
- Paris · France 2h 40 · 1 ch 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Gouda · Netherlands 2h 43 · 1 ch — 15 h 40
- Zaandam · Netherlands 2h 44 · 4 ch — 15 h 43
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 2h 45 · 1 ch — 15 h 38 Dag van het Levenslied, Roze Meifeesten
- Ypres · Belgium 2h 49 · 1 ch — 15 h 30 Kattenstoet
- Almere · Netherlands 2h 49 · 2 ch — 15 h 43
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 2h 52 · 3 ch — 15 h 41
- Vlissingen · Netherlands 2h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 35
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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