Ypres · March
Where to go from Ypres in March
161 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what March is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for March
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Ghent 1h 29 Belgium Festival Anima.
- Aalst 2h 15 Belgium Aalst Carnival.
- Kraainem 2h 41 Belgium Highs of 10°, and Carnival.
- Leuven 2h 56 Belgium DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival.
- London 4h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 12°, and BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.
- Basel 7h 28 Switzerland Highs of 12°, and BaselWorld.
On in March
- Festival Anima in Ghent 1h 29
- Aalst Carnival in Aalst 2h 15
- Carnival in Kraainem 2h 41
- DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival in Leuven 2h 56
- Festival Anima in Charleroi 3h 04
- Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 3h 04
- Carnaval in Breda 3h 21
- Festival Anima in Liège 3h 36
- Carnival in Eindhoven 4h 19
- Carnaval in Nijmegen 4h 45
- BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in London 4h 59
- Caen Student Carnival in Caen 6h 04
- Guildford International Music Festival in Guildford 6h 04
- Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 6h 08
- Film Festival in Swindon 6h 10
- Cambridge Science Festival in Cambridge 6h 11
- Mythos Festival in Rennes 6h 27
- Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 6h 30
- Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 6h 46
- St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 6h 59
- York Literature Festival in York 7h 05
- St David's Day Parade in Cardiff 7h 10
- Warminster Carnival in Warminster 7h 12
- BaselWorld in Basel 7h 28
Most happen every year in March; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Ypres, March has 11 h 49 of daylight.
- Kortrijk · Belgium 55 min — 11 h 49
- Ghent · Belgium 1h 29 — 11 h 49 Festival Anima
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 49 · 1 ch — 11 h 49
- Lille · France 1h 53 · 1 ch 4–11° 52 mm 11 h 49
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 2h 03 — 11 h 49
- Ostend · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 11 h 49
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 14 · 1 ch 4–11° 59 mm 11 h 49
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 15 · 1 ch — 11 h 49 Aalst Carnival
- Antwerp · Belgium 2h 28 3–11° 54 mm 11 h 49
- Lier · Belgium 2h 38 · 1 ch — 11 h 49
- Ath · Belgium 2h 38 · 1 ch — 11 h 49
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 39 · 1 ch — 11 h 49
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 41 · 2 ch 3–10° 73 mm 11 h 49 Carnival
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 56 · 1 ch — 11 h 49 DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival
- Charleroi · Belgium 3h 04 · 2 ch — 11 h 49 Festival Anima
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 · 1 ch 2–10° 57 mm 11 h 48 Summer Carnival
- Amiens · France 3h 12 · 2 ch — 11 h 49
- Schiedam · Netherlands 3h 13 · 2 ch — 11 h 48
- Paris · France 3h 18 · 2 ch 6–13° 45 mm 11 h 50
- Delft · Netherlands 3h 19 · 2 ch — 11 h 48
- Breda · Netherlands 3h 21 · 1 ch — 11 h 49 Carnaval
- Hasselt · Belgium 3h 24 · 1 ch — 11 h 49
- Namur · Belgium 3h 32 · 3 ch — 11 h 49
- The Hague · Netherlands 3h 32 · 2 ch 3–10° 53 mm 11 h 48
- Liège · Belgium 3h 36 · 1 ch — 11 h 49 Festival Anima
- Tilburg · Netherlands 3h 42 · 2 ch — 11 h 49
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 44 · 4 ch — 11 h 50
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 3h 46 · 3 ch — 11 h 48
- Leiden · Netherlands 3h 47 · 2 ch — 11 h 48
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 3h 52 · 1 ch 3–10° 52 mm 11 h 48
- Versailles · France 3h 56 · 4 ch — 11 h 50
- Gouda · Netherlands 3h 58 · 3 ch — 11 h 48
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 4h 03 · 2 ch — 11 h 48
- Zaandam · Netherlands 4h 06 · 2 ch — 11 h 48
- Haarlem · Netherlands 4h 07 · 3 ch — 11 h 48
- Weesp · Netherlands 4h 07 · 2 ch — 11 h 48
- Dinant · Belgium 4h 08 · 3 ch — 11 h 49
- Hilversum · Netherlands 4h 08 · 2 ch — 11 h 48
- Utrecht · Netherlands 4h 10 · 2 ch — 11 h 48
- Disneyland Paris · France 4h 11 · 2 ch — 11 h 50
Journeys from Ypres'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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