Colmar · August
Where to go from Colmar in August
191 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.
- Zurich 2h 31 Switzerland Highs of 24°, often wet, and Züri Fäscht and 2 more on.
- Brussels 4h 17 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Geneva 4h 27 Switzerland Highs of 26°, and Fêtes de la Batie.
- Amsterdam 6h 22 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Chelmsford 6h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 6h 47 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
On in August
- Swiss National Day fireworks in Solothurn 2h 27
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 2h 31
- Street Parade in Zurich 2h 31
- Swiss national day in Zurich 2h 31
- Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne in Lausanne 3h 45
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 4h 17
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 4h 27
- Blues to Bop Festival in Lugano 4h 30
- Locarno Film Festival in Locarno 4h 43
- poolbar-Festival in Feldkirch 4h 48
- Maanrock in Mechelen 4h 52
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 5h 19
- Mendelssohn Musikwoche Wengen in Wengen BE 5h 28
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 5h 46
- Delft Jazz in Delft 5h 49
- Westerpop in Delft 5h 49
- Mela in Reading 6h 13
- Reading Festival in Reading 6h 13
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 6h 23
- Mela in Swindon 6h 39
- Shuffle in Swindon 6h 39
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 6h 39
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Colmar, August has 14 h 21 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Strasbourg · France 41 min — 14 h 23
- Basel · Switzerland 1h 10 15–25° 88 mm 14 h 18
- Aarau · Switzerland 2h 16 · 2 ch — 14 h 17
- Metz · France 2h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 26
- Bern · Switzerland 2h 26 · 2 ch — 14 h 15
- Solothurn · Switzerland 2h 27 · 2 ch — 14 h 17 Swiss National Day fireworks
- Zurich · Switzerland 2h 31 · 1 ch 14–24° 119 mm 14 h 17 Züri Fäscht, Street Parade +1
- Baden · Switzerland 2h 31 · 1 ch — 14 h 18
- Lucerne · Switzerland 2h 32 · 1 ch 14–24° 170 mm 14 h 16
- Paris · France 2h 38 · 1 ch 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Thun · Switzerland 2h 55 · 1 ch — 14 h 14
- Fribourg · Switzerland 2h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 15
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 3h 09 · 2 ch — 14 h 17
- Nancy · France 3h 12 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Dijon · France 3h 13 · 1 ch — 14 h 17
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 13 · 3 ch — 14 h 25
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 3h 15 · 2 ch — 14 h 19
- Versailles · France 3h 19 · 3 ch — 14 h 24
- Interlaken · Switzerland 3h 24 · 1 ch — 14 h 14
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 3h 34 · 3 ch — 14 h 18
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 36 · 3 ch — 14 h 25
- Lausanne · Switzerland 3h 45 · 2 ch — 14 h 13 Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne
- Reims · France 3h 46 · 2 ch — 14 h 27
- Chur · Switzerland 3h 54 · 2 ch — 14 h 15
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 58 · 3 ch — 14 h 22
- Vevey · Switzerland 4h 04 · 3 ch — 14 h 13
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 3 ch — 14 h 23
- Montreux · Switzerland 4h 11 · 3 ch — 14 h 13
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 17 · 2 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Lille · France 4h 17 · 2 ch 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Amiens · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 14 h 30
- Geneva · Switzerland 4h 27 · 2 ch 14–26° 81 mm 14 h 12 Fêtes de la Batie
- Lugano · Switzerland 4h 30 · 2 ch — 14 h 11 Blues to Bop Festival
- Bregenz · Austria 4h 39 · 4 ch — 14 h 18
- Sion · Switzerland 4h 40 · 3 ch — 14 h 12
- Locarno · Switzerland 4h 43 · 3 ch — 14 h 12 Locarno Film Festival
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 44 · 4 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Feldkirch · Austria 4h 48 · 3 ch — 14 h 17 poolbar-Festival
- Leysin · Switzerland 4h 48 · 4 ch — 14 h 13
- Rouen · France 4h 50 · 3 ch — 14 h 28
Journeys from Colmar'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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