Calais · May
Where to go from Calais in May
160 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 5h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 6h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Brighton 6h 20 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 6h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
- Sheffield 7h 06 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
- Lincoln 7h 37 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Lincoln Festival of History.
On in May
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 3h 49
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 3h 49
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 5h 09
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 5h 25
- Skate parade in Utrecht 5h 48
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 5h 52
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 5h 58
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 6h 08
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 6h 10
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 6h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 6h 11
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 6h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 6h 20
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 6h 26
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 6h 26
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 6h 27
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 6h 28
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 6h 39
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 6h 43
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 6h 49
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 6h 59
- Upfest in Bristol 6h 59
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 7h 06
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 7h 12
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Calais, May has 15 h 31 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Lille · France 1h 39 · 1 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Kortrijk · Belgium 2h 47 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Brussels · Belgium 3h 03 · 1 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Amiens · France 3h 08 — 15 h 23
- Ath · Belgium 3h 10 · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Paris · France 3h 18 · 1 ch 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Kraainem · Belgium 3h 29 · 3 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Ghent · Belgium 3h 29 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Aalst · Belgium 3h 36 · 3 ch — 15 h 31
- Leuven · Belgium 3h 43 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 44 · 3 ch — 15 h 15
- Bruges · Belgium 3h 49 · 2 ch — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- Ypres · Belgium 3h 49 · 2 ch — 15 h 30 Kattenstoet
- Mechelen · Belgium 3h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Charleroi · Belgium 3h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 27
- Versailles · France 3h 56 · 3 ch — 15 h 15
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 4h 03 · 2 ch — 15 h 33
- Ostend · Belgium 4h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 34
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 11 · 2 ch 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Liège · Belgium 4h 11 · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Disneyland Paris · France 4h 11 · 1 ch — 15 h 16
- Namur · Belgium 4h 21 · 4 ch — 15 h 27
- Lier · Belgium 4h 25 · 2 ch — 15 h 33
- Fontainebleau · France 4h 28 · 3 ch — 15 h 12
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 4h 34 · 2 ch 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Hasselt · Belgium 4h 37 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Schiedam · Netherlands 4h 43 · 3 ch — 15 h 39
- Delft · Netherlands 4h 49 · 3 ch — 15 h 40
- Rouen · France 4h 56 · 3 ch — 15 h 20
- London · United Kingdom 4h 59 · 1 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 5h 01 · 3 ch — 15 h 31
- The Hague · Netherlands 5h 02 · 3 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 40
- Dinant · Belgium 5h 08 · 3 ch — 15 h 26
- Breda · Netherlands 5h 09 · 3 ch — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Heerlen · Netherlands 5h 10 · 3 ch — 15 h 31
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 5h 16 · 4 ch — 15 h 38
- Leiden · Netherlands 5h 17 · 3 ch — 15 h 41
- Reims · France 5h 19 · 3 ch — 15 h 18
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 5h 22 · 2 ch 9–18° 54 mm 15 h 43
- Tilburg · Netherlands 5h 25 · 3 ch — 15 h 36 Gipsyfestival
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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