Grenoble · August
Where to go from Grenoble in August
111 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.
- Geneva 4h Switzerland Highs of 26°, and Fêtes de la Batie.
- Brussels 5h 46 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Amsterdam 7h 52 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Zurich 6h 28 Switzerland Highs of 24°, often wet, and Züri Fäscht and 2 more on.
- Toulouse 7h 17 France Highs of 29°, and La Kermesse.
- Lausanne 5h 12 Switzerland Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne.
On in August
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 4h
- Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne in Lausanne 5h 12
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 5h 46
- Maanrock in Mechelen 6h 22
- Swiss National Day fireworks in Solothurn 6h 27
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 6h 28
- Street Parade in Zurich 6h 28
- Swiss national day in Zurich 6h 28
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 6h 47
- La Kermesse in Toulouse 7h 17
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 7h 19
- Delft Jazz in Delft 7h 19
- Westerpop in Delft 7h 19
- Festival de Musique Sacrée in Saint-Malo 7h 42
- La Route du Rock in Saint-Malo 7h 42
- Ferrara Buskers Festival in Ferrara 7h 43
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 7h 52
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 7h 52
- Blues to Bop Festival in Lugano 7h 56
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Grenoble, August has 14 h 07 of daylight.
- Chambéry · France 1h 05 — 14 h 09
- Lyon · France 1h 47 17–28° 66 mm 14 h 10
- Annecy · France 2h 31 · 1 ch — 14 h 11
- Saint-Étienne · France 2h 42 · 1 ch — 14 h 08
- Geneva · Switzerland 4h · 2 ch 14–26° 81 mm 14 h 12 Fêtes de la Batie
- Paris · France 4h 06 · 1 ch 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Dijon · France 4h 09 · 2 ch — 14 h 17
- Turin · Italy 4h 25 · 1 ch 17–29° 76 mm 14 h 07
- Marseille · France 4h 27 · 1 ch 19–30° 26 mm 13 h 59
- Orange · France 4h 30 · 1 ch — 14 h 03
- Saint-Cloud · France 4h 33 · 3 ch — 14 h 25
- Disneyland Paris · France 4h 44 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Avignon · France 4h 50 · 2 ch — 14 h 02
- Montpellier · France 4h 54 · 1 ch — 14 h 01
- Versailles · France 4h 56 · 3 ch — 14 h 24
- Fontainebleau · France 4h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 22
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · France 5h 05 · 4 ch 9–23° 126 mm 14 h 11
- Arles · France 5h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 01
- Lausanne · Switzerland 5h 12 · 3 ch — 14 h 13 Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne
- Toulon · France 5h 12 · 2 ch — 13 h 59
- Basel · Switzerland 5h 25 · 2 ch 15–25° 88 mm 14 h 18
- Le Mans · France 5h 29 · 1 ch — 14 h 20
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 30 · 3 ch — 14 h 13
- Colmar · France 5h 36 · 2 ch — 14 h 21
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 38 · 3 ch — 14 h 13
- Strasbourg · France 5h 45 · 1 ch — 14 h 23
- Brussels · Belgium 5h 46 · 4 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Reims · France 5h 49 · 4 ch — 14 h 27
- Lille · France 5h 50 · 3 ch 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Milan · Italy 5h 52 · 1 ch 20–32° 45 mm 14 h 09
- Aix-en-Provence · France 5h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h
- Rouen · France 6h · 3 ch — 14 h 28
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 6h 01 · 1 ch — 14 h 10
- Fribourg · Switzerland 6h 04 · 3 ch — 14 h 15
- Béziers · France 6h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h
- Chartres · France 6h 09 · 3 ch — 14 h 23
- Leysin · Switzerland 6h 10 · 4 ch — 14 h 13
- Amiens · France 6h 12 · 4 ch — 14 h 30
- Kraainem · Belgium 6h 14 · 6 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Aarau · Switzerland 6h 16 · 4 ch — 14 h 17
Journeys from Grenoble'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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