Avignon · May
Where to go from Avignon in May
148 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 1h 22 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Zurich 6h 28 Switzerland Highs of 19°, often wet, and Videoex.
- Brighton 7h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Marseille 1h 26 France Highs of 24°.
- Cannes 4h 04 France Cannes Film Festival and 2 more on.
- Solothurn 6h 01 Switzerland Solothurner Literaturtage.
On in May
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 1h 22
- Cannes Film Festival in Cannes 4h 04
- Critics' Week in Cannes 4h 04
- Directors' Fortnight in Cannes 4h 04
- Solothurner Literaturtage in Solothurn 6h 01
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 6h 06
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 6h 21
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 6h 27
- Videoex in Zurich 6h 28
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 6h 42
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 7h 03
- Skate parade in Utrecht 7h 20
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 7h 39
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 7h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 7h 45
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 7h 45
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 7h 45
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 7h 49
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 7h 59
- The Great Escape in Brighton 7h 59
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Avignon, May has 14 h 44 of daylight.
- Orange · France 27 min — 14 h 45
- Arles · France 1h 10 — 14 h 42
- Lyon · France 1h 22 11–22° 81 mm 14 h 55 Nuits sonores
- Marseille · France 1h 26 13–24° 38 mm 14 h 40
- Montpellier · France 1h 31 — 14 h 42
- Grenoble · France 2h 02 · 1 ch — 14 h 51
- Saint-Étienne · France 2h 12 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Aix-en-Provence · France 2h 23 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Béziers · France 2h 40 — 14 h 40
- Toulon · France 2h 44 · 1 ch — 14 h 39
- Paris · France 3h 06 · 1 ch 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Perpignan · France 3h 10 13–22° 46 mm 14 h 37
- Chambéry · France 3h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 54
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 33 · 3 ch — 15 h 15
- Figueres · Spain 3h 36 — 14 h 34
- Geneva · Switzerland 3h 42 · 1 ch 9–20° 78 mm 14 h 58
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 44 · 2 ch — 15 h 16
- Girona · Spain 3h 53 10–23° 65 mm 14 h 33
- Versailles · France 3h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 12
- Annecy · France 4h 01 · 1 ch — 14 h 56
- Cannes · France 4h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 42 Cannes Film Festival, Critics' Week +1
- Dijon · France 4h 09 · 1 ch — 15 h 05
- Antibes · France 4h 16 · 1 ch — 14 h 42
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 14 h 55
- Barcelona · Spain 4h 38 16–22° 47 mm 14 h 30
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 39 · 2 ch — 15 h
- Nice · France 4h 40 · 1 ch 14–21° 40 mm 14 h 42
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 49 · 4 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Toulouse · France 4h 55 · 1 ch 12–21° 75 mm 14 h 42
- Rouen · France 4h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 04 · 2 ch — 14 h 59
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 59
- Kraainem · Belgium 5h 14 · 6 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Reims · France 5h 19 · 2 ch — 15 h 18
- Aalst · Belgium 5h 21 · 5 ch — 15 h 31
- Blanes · Spain 5h 23 · 2 ch 11–21° 68 mm 14 h 31
- Basel · Switzerland 5h 25 · 1 ch 10–20° 98 mm 15 h 06
- Antwerp · Belgium 5h 25 · 5 ch 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Leuven · Belgium 5h 28 · 5 ch — 15 h 31
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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