Colmar · December
Where to go from Colmar in December
191 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.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Strasbourg 41 min France Christmas Markets.
- Basel 1h 10 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Solothurn 2h 27 Switzerland Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret.
- Fribourg 2h 58 Switzerland St Nicholas Day.
- Lille 4h 17 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Davos 4h 59 Switzerland Spengler Cup.
On in December
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 41 min
- Art | Basel in Basel 1h 10
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 1h 10
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 2h 27
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 2h 58
- Christmas Market in Lille 4h 17
- Spengler Cup in Davos 4h 59
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 5h
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Como 5h 10
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 5h 19
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 5h 43
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Milan 6h 15
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 45
- Torino Film Festival in Turin 7h 10
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 28
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 7h 29
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 7h 39
- Four Hills Tournament in Innsbruck 7h 45
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 7h 51
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Colmar, December has 8 h 23 of daylight.
- Strasbourg · France 41 min — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Basel · Switzerland 1h 10 1–6° 65 mm 8 h 28 Art | Basel, Basler Weihnachtsmarkt
- Aarau · Switzerland 2h 16 · 2 ch — 8 h 29
- Metz · France 2h 18 · 1 ch — 8 h 15
- Bern · Switzerland 2h 26 · 2 ch — 8 h 33
- Solothurn · Switzerland 2h 27 · 2 ch — 8 h 31 Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret
- Zurich · Switzerland 2h 31 · 1 ch 0–4° 83 mm 8 h 29
- Baden · Switzerland 2h 31 · 1 ch — 8 h 29
- Lucerne · Switzerland 2h 32 · 1 ch -1–4° 78 mm 8 h 32
- Paris · France 2h 38 · 1 ch 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Thun · Switzerland 2h 55 · 1 ch — 8 h 34
- Fribourg · Switzerland 2h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 34 St Nicholas Day
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 3h 09 · 2 ch — 8 h 31
- Nancy · France 3h 12 · 2 ch — 8 h 18
- Dijon · France 3h 13 · 1 ch — 8 h 30
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 13 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 3h 15 · 2 ch — 8 h 27
- Versailles · France 3h 19 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- Interlaken · Switzerland 3h 24 · 1 ch — 8 h 35
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 3h 34 · 3 ch — 8 h 29
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 36 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- Lausanne · Switzerland 3h 45 · 2 ch — 8 h 36
- Reims · France 3h 46 · 2 ch — 8 h 13
- Chur · Switzerland 3h 54 · 2 ch — 8 h 34
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 58 · 3 ch — 8 h 21
- Vevey · Switzerland 4h 04 · 3 ch — 8 h 37
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 3 ch — 8 h 20
- Montreux · Switzerland 4h 11 · 3 ch — 8 h 37
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 17 · 2 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Lille · France 4h 17 · 2 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Amiens · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 8 h 08
- Geneva · Switzerland 4h 27 · 2 ch 0–6° 90 mm 8 h 39
- Lugano · Switzerland 4h 30 · 2 ch — 8 h 40
- Bregenz · Austria 4h 39 · 4 ch — 8 h 28
- Sion · Switzerland 4h 40 · 3 ch — 8 h 38
- Locarno · Switzerland 4h 43 · 3 ch — 8 h 39
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 44 · 4 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Feldkirch · Austria 4h 48 · 3 ch — 8 h 30
- Leysin · Switzerland 4h 48 · 4 ch — 8 h 38
- Rouen · France 4h 50 · 3 ch — 8 h 12
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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