Calais · August
Where to go from Calais in August
160 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.
- Brussels 3h 03 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Amsterdam 5h 22 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Chelmsford 5h 53 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 6h 08 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 6h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Portsmouth 6h 57 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
On in August
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 2h 47
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 3h 03
- Maanrock in Mechelen 3h 52
- Delft Jazz in Delft 4h 49
- Westerpop in Delft 4h 49
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 5h 10
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 5h 22
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 5h 22
- Mela in Reading 5h 39
- Reading Festival in Reading 5h 39
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 5h 48
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 5h 53
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 6h 08
- Mela in Swindon 6h 10
- Shuffle in Swindon 6h 10
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 6h 10
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 6h 11
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 6h 49
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 6h 57
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 6h 59
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 7h 10
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 7h 12
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 7h 17
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 7h 35
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Calais, August has 14 h 36 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Lille · France 1h 39 · 1 ch 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Kortrijk · Belgium 2h 47 · 1 ch — 14 h 35 Alcatraz Metal Festival
- Brussels · Belgium 3h 03 · 1 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Amiens · France 3h 08 — 14 h 30
- Ath · Belgium 3h 10 · 2 ch — 14 h 34
- Paris · France 3h 18 · 1 ch 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Kraainem · Belgium 3h 29 · 3 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Ghent · Belgium 3h 29 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Aalst · Belgium 3h 36 · 3 ch — 14 h 36
- Leuven · Belgium 3h 43 · 2 ch — 14 h 35
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 44 · 3 ch — 14 h 25
- Bruges · Belgium 3h 49 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Ypres · Belgium 3h 49 · 2 ch — 14 h 35
- Mechelen · Belgium 3h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Charleroi · Belgium 3h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 33
- Versailles · France 3h 56 · 3 ch — 14 h 24
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 4h 03 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Ostend · Belgium 4h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 11 · 2 ch 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Liège · Belgium 4h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 34
- Disneyland Paris · France 4h 11 · 1 ch — 14 h 25
- Namur · Belgium 4h 21 · 4 ch — 14 h 33
- Lier · Belgium 4h 25 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Fontainebleau · France 4h 28 · 3 ch — 14 h 22
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 4h 34 · 2 ch 13–23° 92 mm 14 h 41
- Hasselt · Belgium 4h 37 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Schiedam · Netherlands 4h 43 · 3 ch — 14 h 41
- Delft · Netherlands 4h 49 · 3 ch — 14 h 42 Delft Jazz, Westerpop
- Rouen · France 4h 56 · 3 ch — 14 h 28
- London · United Kingdom 4h 59 · 1 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 5h 01 · 3 ch — 14 h 35
- The Hague · Netherlands 5h 02 · 3 ch 13–22° 84 mm 14 h 42
- Dinant · Belgium 5h 08 · 3 ch — 14 h 32
- Breda · Netherlands 5h 09 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Heerlen · Netherlands 5h 10 · 3 ch — 14 h 36 Cultura Nova
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 5h 16 · 4 ch — 14 h 41
- Leiden · Netherlands 5h 17 · 3 ch — 14 h 43
- Reims · France 5h 19 · 3 ch — 14 h 27
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 5h 22 · 2 ch 13–22° 99 mm 14 h 44 Pride Amsterdam, Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival
- Tilburg · Netherlands 5h 25 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
Journeys from Calais'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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