Grenoble · December
Where to go from Grenoble in December
111 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.
- Turin 4h 25 Italy Highs of 8°, and Torino Film Festival.
- Basel 5h 25 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Strasbourg 5h 45 France Christmas Markets.
- Lille 5h 50 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Milan 5h 52 Italy Highs of 7°, and Courmayeur Noir Film Festival.
- Fribourg 6h 04 Switzerland St Nicholas Day.
On in December
- Torino Film Festival in Turin 4h 25
- Art | Basel in Basel 5h 25
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 5h 25
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 5h 45
- Christmas Market in Lille 5h 50
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Milan 5h 52
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 6h 04
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 6h 27
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 6h 28
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Como 7h 10
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 7h 13
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 7h 19
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 7h 52
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Grenoble, December has 8 h 46 of daylight.
- Chambéry · France 1h 05 — 8 h 43
- Lyon · France 1h 47 2–8° 54 mm 8 h 42
- Annecy · France 2h 31 · 1 ch — 8 h 41
- Saint-Étienne · France 2h 42 · 1 ch — 8 h 44
- Geneva · Switzerland 4h · 2 ch 0–6° 90 mm 8 h 39
- Paris · France 4h 06 · 1 ch 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Dijon · France 4h 09 · 2 ch — 8 h 30
- Turin · Italy 4h 25 · 1 ch -1–8° 45 mm 8 h 47 Torino Film Festival
- Marseille · France 4h 27 · 1 ch 4–12° 41 mm 9 h
- Orange · France 4h 30 · 1 ch — 8 h 54
- Saint-Cloud · France 4h 33 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- Disneyland Paris · France 4h 44 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Avignon · France 4h 50 · 2 ch — 8 h 55
- Montpellier · France 4h 54 · 1 ch — 8 h 58
- Versailles · France 4h 56 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- Fontainebleau · France 4h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · France 5h 05 · 4 ch -6–3° 110 mm 8 h 41
- Arles · France 5h 11 · 2 ch — 8 h 57
- Lausanne · Switzerland 5h 12 · 3 ch — 8 h 36
- Toulon · France 5h 12 · 2 ch — 9 h 01
- Basel · Switzerland 5h 25 · 2 ch 1–6° 65 mm 8 h 28 Art | Basel, Basler Weihnachtsmarkt
- Le Mans · France 5h 29 · 1 ch — 8 h 24
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 30 · 3 ch — 8 h 37
- Colmar · France 5h 36 · 2 ch — 8 h 23
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 38 · 3 ch — 8 h 37
- Strasbourg · France 5h 45 · 1 ch — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Brussels · Belgium 5h 46 · 4 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Reims · France 5h 49 · 4 ch — 8 h 13
- Lille · France 5h 50 · 3 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Milan · Italy 5h 52 · 1 ch 1–7° 46 mm 8 h 44 Courmayeur Noir Film Festival
- Aix-en-Provence · France 5h 52 · 2 ch — 8 h 58
- Rouen · France 6h · 3 ch — 8 h 12
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 6h 01 · 1 ch — 8 h 42
- Fribourg · Switzerland 6h 04 · 3 ch — 8 h 34 St Nicholas Day
- Béziers · France 6h 08 · 1 ch — 8 h 59
- Chartres · France 6h 09 · 3 ch — 8 h 20
- Leysin · Switzerland 6h 10 · 4 ch — 8 h 38
- Amiens · France 6h 12 · 4 ch — 8 h 08
- Kraainem · Belgium 6h 14 · 6 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Aarau · Switzerland 6h 16 · 4 ch — 8 h 29
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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