Dijon · December
Where to go from Dijon in December
179 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 4h 26 France Christmas Markets.
- Basel 3h 47 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Solothurn 4h 35 Switzerland Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret.
- Leuven 5h Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Fribourg 5h 09 Switzerland St Nicholas Day.
- Lille 5h 32 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
On in December
- Art | Basel in Basel 3h 47
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 3h 47
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 4h 26
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 4h 35
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 5h
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 5h 09
- Christmas Market in Lille 5h 32
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 5h 43
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 45
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 7h 19
- Spengler Cup in Davos 7h 24
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 28
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 7h 29
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Como 7h 37
- 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
- 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 Dijon, December has 8 h 30 of daylight.
- Paris · France 2h 44 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Lyon · France 2h 46 2–8° 54 mm 8 h 42
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 14 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 24 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Versailles · France 3h 26 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 28 · 1 ch — 8 h 21
- Basel · Switzerland 3h 47 · 2 ch 1–6° 65 mm 8 h 28 Art | Basel, Basler Weihnachtsmarkt
- Colmar · France 3h 51 — 8 h 23
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 19 · 3 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Saint-Étienne · France 4h 21 · 1 ch — 8 h 44
- Amiens · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 8 h 08
- Strasbourg · France 4h 26 — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 30 · 1 ch — 8 h 42
- Nancy · France 4h 30 · 1 ch — 8 h 18
- Solothurn · Switzerland 4h 35 · 3 ch — 8 h 31 Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret
- Grenoble · France 4h 41 · 1 ch — 8 h 46
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 44 · 5 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Aarau · Switzerland 4h 47 · 4 ch — 8 h 29
- Bern · Switzerland 4h 50 · 3 ch — 8 h 33
- Rouen · France 4h 50 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 4 ch — 7 h 58
- Montpellier · France 4h 54 — 8 h 58
- Caen · France 4h 54 · 2 ch — 8 h 14
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 58 · 3 ch 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 36
- Leuven · Belgium 5h · 4 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Zurich · Switzerland 5h 02 · 3 ch 0–4° 83 mm 8 h 29
- Ghent · Belgium 5h 02 · 4 ch — 7 h 57
- Mechelen · Belgium 5h 07 · 4 ch — 7 h 57
- Lucerne · Switzerland 5h 07 · 3 ch -1–4° 78 mm 8 h 32
- Baden · Switzerland 5h 09 · 3 ch — 8 h 29
- Fribourg · Switzerland 5h 09 · 2 ch — 8 h 34 St Nicholas Day
- Bayeux · France 5h 12 · 2 ch — 8 h 13
- Bordeaux · France 5h 16 · 2 ch 4–11° 106 mm 8 h 49
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 17 · 3 ch — 8 h 37
- Chambéry · France 5h 18 · 1 ch — 8 h 43
- Avignon · France 5h 19 · 2 ch — 8 h 55
- Reims · France 5h 19 · 3 ch — 8 h 13
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 23 · 3 ch — 8 h 37
- Lier · Belgium 5h 25 · 4 ch — 7 h 56
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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