Dijon · August
Where to go from Dijon in August
179 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 4h 19 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Geneva 5h 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.
- Eastbourne 7h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
On in August
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 4h 19
- Swiss National Day fireworks in Solothurn 4h 35
- Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne in Lausanne 4h 58
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 5h 02
- Street Parade in Zurich 5h 02
- Swiss national day in Zurich 5h 02
- Maanrock in Mechelen 5h 07
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 5h 27
- 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
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 6h 40
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 6h 45
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 6h 47
- Blues to Bop Festival in Lugano 7h
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 7h 10
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Dijon, August has 14 h 17 of daylight.
- Paris · France 2h 44 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Lyon · France 2h 46 17–28° 66 mm 14 h 10
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 14 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 24 · 1 ch — 14 h 25
- Versailles · France 3h 26 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 22
- Basel · Switzerland 3h 47 · 2 ch 15–25° 88 mm 14 h 18
- Colmar · France 3h 51 — 14 h 21
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 19 · 3 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Saint-Étienne · France 4h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 08
- Amiens · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 14 h 30
- Strasbourg · France 4h 26 — 14 h 23
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 30 · 1 ch — 14 h 10
- Nancy · France 4h 30 · 1 ch — 14 h 24
- Solothurn · Switzerland 4h 35 · 3 ch — 14 h 17 Swiss National Day fireworks
- Grenoble · France 4h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 07
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 44 · 5 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Aarau · Switzerland 4h 47 · 4 ch — 14 h 17
- Bern · Switzerland 4h 50 · 3 ch — 14 h 15
- Rouen · France 4h 50 · 2 ch — 14 h 28
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 4 ch — 14 h 36
- Montpellier · France 4h 54 — 14 h 01
- Caen · France 4h 54 · 2 ch — 14 h 26
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 58 · 3 ch 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 13 Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne
- Leuven · Belgium 5h · 4 ch — 14 h 35
- Zurich · Switzerland 5h 02 · 3 ch 14–24° 119 mm 14 h 17 Züri Fäscht, Street Parade +1
- Ghent · Belgium 5h 02 · 4 ch — 14 h 36
- Mechelen · Belgium 5h 07 · 4 ch — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Lucerne · Switzerland 5h 07 · 3 ch 14–24° 170 mm 14 h 16
- Baden · Switzerland 5h 09 · 3 ch — 14 h 18
- Fribourg · Switzerland 5h 09 · 2 ch — 14 h 15
- Bayeux · France 5h 12 · 2 ch — 14 h 27
- Bordeaux · France 5h 16 · 2 ch 16–28° 57 mm 14 h 06
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 17 · 3 ch — 14 h 13
- Chambéry · France 5h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 09
- Avignon · France 5h 19 · 2 ch — 14 h 02
- Reims · France 5h 19 · 3 ch — 14 h 27
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 23 · 3 ch — 14 h 13
- Lier · Belgium 5h 25 · 4 ch — 14 h 37
Journeys from Dijon'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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