Avignon · August
Where to go from Avignon in August
148 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what August is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Geneva 3h 42 Switzerland Highs of 26°, and Fêtes de la Batie.
- Brussels 4h 49 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Amsterdam 7h 05 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Chelmsford 7h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 7h 48 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Barcelona 4h 38 Spain Highs of 29°, and Festes de Gràcia and 1 more on.
On in August
- Festival Acústica in Figueres 3h 36
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 3h 42
- Festes de Gràcia in Barcelona 4h 38
- Festes de Sants in Barcelona 4h 38
- Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne in Lausanne 4h 39
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 4h 49
- La Kermesse in Toulouse 4h 55
- Maanrock in Mechelen 5h 31
- Swiss National Day fireworks in Solothurn 6h 01
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 6h 19
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 6h 20
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 6h 28
- Street Parade in Zurich 6h 28
- Swiss national day in Zurich 6h 28
- Delft Jazz in Delft 6h 31
- Westerpop in Delft 6h 31
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 7h 05
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 7h 05
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 7h 10
- Mela in Reading 7h 13
- Reading Festival in Reading 7h 13
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 7h 20
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 7h 23
- Mela in Swindon 7h 39
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Avignon, August has 14 h 02 of daylight.
- Orange · France 27 min — 14 h 03
- Arles · France 1h 10 — 14 h 01
- Lyon · France 1h 22 17–28° 66 mm 14 h 10
- Marseille · France 1h 26 19–30° 26 mm 13 h 59
- Montpellier · France 1h 31 — 14 h 01
- Grenoble · France 2h 02 · 1 ch — 14 h 07
- Saint-Étienne · France 2h 12 · 1 ch — 14 h 08
- Aix-en-Provence · France 2h 23 · 1 ch — 14 h
- Béziers · France 2h 40 — 14 h
- Toulon · France 2h 44 · 1 ch — 13 h 59
- Paris · France 3h 06 · 1 ch 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Perpignan · France 3h 10 20–29° 23 mm 13 h 57
- Chambéry · France 3h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 09
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 33 · 3 ch — 14 h 25
- Figueres · Spain 3h 36 — 13 h 55 Festival Acústica
- Geneva · Switzerland 3h 42 · 1 ch 14–26° 81 mm 14 h 12 Fêtes de la Batie
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 44 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Girona · Spain 3h 53 17–31° 49 mm 13 h 54
- Versailles · France 3h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 22
- Annecy · France 4h 01 · 1 ch — 14 h 11
- Cannes · France 4h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h
- Dijon · France 4h 09 · 1 ch — 14 h 17
- Antibes · France 4h 16 · 1 ch — 14 h
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 14 h 10
- Barcelona · Spain 4h 38 23–29° 41 mm 13 h 52 Festes de Gràcia, Festes de Sants
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 39 · 2 ch — 14 h 13 Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne
- Nice · France 4h 40 · 1 ch 21–28° 17 mm 14 h 01
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 49 · 4 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Toulouse · France 4h 55 · 1 ch 17–29° 43 mm 14 h 01 La Kermesse
- Rouen · France 4h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 28
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 04 · 2 ch — 14 h 13
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 13
- Kraainem · Belgium 5h 14 · 6 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Reims · France 5h 19 · 2 ch — 14 h 27
- Aalst · Belgium 5h 21 · 5 ch — 14 h 36
- Blanes · Spain 5h 23 · 2 ch 18–28° 57 mm 13 h 53
- Basel · Switzerland 5h 25 · 1 ch 15–25° 88 mm 14 h 18
- Antwerp · Belgium 5h 25 · 5 ch 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Leuven · Belgium 5h 28 · 5 ch — 14 h 35
Journeys from Avignon'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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