Bordeaux · December
Where to go from Bordeaux in December
107 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. 1 of them are at least 4° warmer than Bordeaux.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Strasbourg 6h 32 France Christmas Markets.
- Lille 5h 50 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Leuven 6h Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Schiedam 7h 13 Netherlands Winterlicht.
- Basel 7h 28 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Cambridge 7h 45 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
On in December
- Christmas Market in Lille 5h 50
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 6h
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 6h 32
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 7h 13
- Art | Basel in Basel 7h 28
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 7h 28
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 7h 45
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 7h 52
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Bordeaux, December has 8 h 49 of daylight and averages 4–11°.
- Toulouse · France 2h 39 4–11° 52 mm 8 h 58
- Paris · France 3h 05 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Bayonne · France 3h 07 — 8 h 58
- Biarritz · France 3h 19 — 8 h 58
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 30 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- La Rochelle · France 3h 36 — 8 h 39
- Versailles · France 3h 47 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Disneyland Paris · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Béziers · France 4h 22 · 1 ch — 8 h 59
- Fontainebleau · France 4h 28 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- San Sebastián · Spain 4h 35 · 1 ch — 9 h
- Perpignan · France 4h 50 · 1 ch 5–13° 55 mm 9 h 04
- Montpellier · France 4h 55 — 8 h 58
- Rouen · France 4h 56 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- Brussels · Belgium 5h 19 · 2 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Le Mans · France 5h 19 · 2 ch — 8 h 24
- Reims · France 5h 19 · 1 ch — 8 h 13
- Nantes · France 5h 21 · 1 ch 4–10° 101 mm 8 h 31
- Lourdes · France 5h 23 · 1 ch — 9 h 01
- Chartres · France 5h 29 · 1 ch — 8 h 20
- Figueres · Spain 5h 32 · 1 ch — 9 h 07
- Le Havre · France 5h 42 · 2 ch — 8 h 11
- Kraainem · Belgium 5h 44 · 4 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Girona · Spain 5h 49 · 1 ch 2–14° 51 mm 9 h 09
- Lille · France 5h 50 · 2 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Aalst · Belgium 5h 52 · 3 ch — 7 h 58
- Arles · France 5h 52 — 8 h 57
- Lyon · France 5h 58 · 2 ch 2–8° 54 mm 8 h 42
- Dijon · France 5h 59 · 2 ch — 8 h 30
- Leuven · Belgium 6h · 3 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Ghent · Belgium 6h 02 · 3 ch — 7 h 57
- Caen · France 6h 04 · 2 ch — 8 h 14
- Mechelen · Belgium 6h 07 · 3 ch — 7 h 57
- Liège · Belgium 6h 11 · 2 ch — 8 h 01
- Amiens · France 6h 12 · 3 ch — 8 h 08
- Antwerp · Belgium 6h 25 · 3 ch 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Lier · Belgium 6h 25 · 3 ch — 7 h 56
- Avignon · France 6h 25 · 1 ch — 8 h 55
- Rennes · France 6h 27 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Ath · Belgium 6h 30 · 4 ch — 8 h 01
Journeys from Bordeaux'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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