Dijon · May
Where to go from Dijon in May
179 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 2h 46 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 7h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Zurich 5h 02 Switzerland Highs of 19°, often wet, and Videoex.
- Brighton 6h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 7h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
- Lincoln 7h 37 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Lincoln Festival of History.
On in May
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 2h 46
- Solothurner Literaturtage in Solothurn 4h 35
- Videoex in Zurich 5h 02
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 5h 31
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 6h 09
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 6h 25
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 6h 27
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 6h 39
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 6h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 6h 45
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 6h 49
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 6h 52
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 6h 59
- The Great Escape in Brighton 6h 59
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 7h 05
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 7h 06
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 7h 08
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 7h 19
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 7h 26
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 7h 26
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 7h 29
- Upfest in Bristol 7h 29
- Cannes Film Festival in Cannes 7h 34
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Dijon, May has 15 h 05 of daylight.
- Paris · France 2h 44 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Lyon · France 2h 46 11–22° 81 mm 14 h 55 Nuits sonores
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 14 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 24 · 1 ch — 15 h 16
- Versailles · France 3h 26 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 12
- Basel · Switzerland 3h 47 · 2 ch 10–20° 98 mm 15 h 06
- Colmar · France 3h 51 — 15 h 10
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 19 · 3 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Saint-Étienne · France 4h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Amiens · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 15 h 23
- Strasbourg · France 4h 26 — 15 h 13
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 30 · 1 ch — 14 h 55
- Nancy · France 4h 30 · 1 ch — 15 h 14
- Solothurn · Switzerland 4h 35 · 3 ch — 15 h 04 Solothurner Literaturtage
- Grenoble · France 4h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 51
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 44 · 5 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Aarau · Switzerland 4h 47 · 4 ch — 15 h 05
- Bern · Switzerland 4h 50 · 3 ch — 15 h 02
- Rouen · France 4h 50 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 4 ch — 15 h 31
- Montpellier · France 4h 54 — 14 h 42
- Caen · France 4h 54 · 2 ch — 15 h 18
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 58 · 3 ch 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h
- Leuven · Belgium 5h · 4 ch — 15 h 31
- Zurich · Switzerland 5h 02 · 3 ch 9–19° 128 mm 15 h 05 Videoex
- Ghent · Belgium 5h 02 · 4 ch — 15 h 32
- Mechelen · Belgium 5h 07 · 4 ch — 15 h 32
- Lucerne · Switzerland 5h 07 · 3 ch 9–19° 149 mm 15 h 03
- Baden · Switzerland 5h 09 · 3 ch — 15 h 06
- Fribourg · Switzerland 5h 09 · 2 ch — 15 h 01
- Bayeux · France 5h 12 · 2 ch — 15 h 19
- Bordeaux · France 5h 16 · 2 ch 11–22° 71 mm 14 h 49
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 17 · 3 ch — 14 h 59
- Chambéry · France 5h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 54
- Avignon · France 5h 19 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
- Reims · France 5h 19 · 3 ch — 15 h 18
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 23 · 3 ch — 14 h 59
- Lier · Belgium 5h 25 · 4 ch — 15 h 33
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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