Avignon · December
Where to go from Avignon in December
148 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Strasbourg 5h 45 France Christmas Markets.
- Basel 5h 25 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Leuven 5h 28 Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Lille 5h 32 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Fribourg 5h 34 Switzerland St Nicholas Day.
- Solothurn 6h 01 Switzerland Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret.
On in December
- Art | Basel in Basel 5h 25
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 5h 25
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 5h 28
- Christmas Market in Lille 5h 32
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 5h 34
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 5h 45
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 6h 01
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 6h 19
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 6h 29
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 7h 05
- Skate parade in Utrecht 7h 20
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 7h 45
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Avignon, December has 8 h 55 of daylight.
- Orange · France 27 min — 8 h 54
- Arles · France 1h 10 — 8 h 57
- Lyon · France 1h 22 2–8° 54 mm 8 h 42
- Marseille · France 1h 26 4–12° 41 mm 9 h
- Montpellier · France 1h 31 — 8 h 58
- Grenoble · France 2h 02 · 1 ch — 8 h 46
- Saint-Étienne · France 2h 12 · 1 ch — 8 h 44
- Aix-en-Provence · France 2h 23 · 1 ch — 8 h 58
- Béziers · France 2h 40 — 8 h 59
- Toulon · France 2h 44 · 1 ch — 9 h 01
- Paris · France 3h 06 · 1 ch 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Perpignan · France 3h 10 5–13° 55 mm 9 h 04
- Chambéry · France 3h 18 · 1 ch — 8 h 43
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 33 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- Figueres · Spain 3h 36 — 9 h 07
- Geneva · Switzerland 3h 42 · 1 ch 0–6° 90 mm 8 h 39
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 44 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Girona · Spain 3h 53 2–14° 51 mm 9 h 09
- Versailles · France 3h 56 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- Annecy · France 4h 01 · 1 ch — 8 h 41
- Cannes · France 4h 04 · 1 ch — 8 h 58
- Dijon · France 4h 09 · 1 ch — 8 h 30
- Antibes · France 4h 16 · 1 ch — 8 h 58
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 8 h 42
- Barcelona · Spain 4h 38 10–15° 47 mm 9 h 12
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 39 · 2 ch — 8 h 36
- Nice · France 4h 40 · 1 ch 7–14° 90 mm 8 h 57
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 49 · 4 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Toulouse · France 4h 55 · 1 ch 4–11° 52 mm 8 h 58
- Rouen · France 4h 56 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 04 · 2 ch — 8 h 37
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 11 · 2 ch — 8 h 37
- Kraainem · Belgium 5h 14 · 6 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Reims · France 5h 19 · 2 ch — 8 h 13
- Aalst · Belgium 5h 21 · 5 ch — 7 h 58
- Blanes · Spain 5h 23 · 2 ch 4–14° 58 mm 9 h 11
- Basel · Switzerland 5h 25 · 1 ch 1–6° 65 mm 8 h 28 Art | Basel, Basler Weihnachtsmarkt
- Antwerp · Belgium 5h 25 · 5 ch 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Leuven · Belgium 5h 28 · 5 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
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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