Le Mans · August
Where to go from Le Mans in August
189 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 07 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Chelmsford 5h 25 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 5h 47 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 6h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Amsterdam 6h 22 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Bristol 6h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
On in August
- Festival de Musique Sacrée in Saint-Malo 2h 31
- La Route du Rock in Saint-Malo 2h 31
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 4h 07
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 4h 47
- Maanrock in Mechelen 4h 52
- Mela in Reading 5h 13
- Reading Festival in Reading 5h 13
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 5h 25
- Mela in Swindon 5h 40
- Shuffle in Swindon 5h 40
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 5h 40
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 5h 45
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 5h 47
- Delft Jazz in Delft 5h 49
- Westerpop in Delft 5h 49
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 6h 19
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 6h 23
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 6h 28
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 6h 38
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 6h 40
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 6h 40
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 6h 43
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Le Mans, August has 14 h 20 of daylight.
- Rennes · France 1h 27 — 14 h 21
- Paris · France 1h 43 · 1 ch 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Versailles · France 1h 52 · 1 ch — 14 h 24
- Nantes · France 1h 56 · 1 ch 14–25° 50 mm 14 h 17
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 25
- Caen · France 2h 26 — 14 h 26
- Saint-Malo · France 2h 31 · 1 ch — 14 h 24 Festival de Musique Sacrée, La Route du Rock
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 36 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Chartres · France 2h 45 — 14 h 23
- Bayeux · France 2h 58 · 1 ch — 14 h 27
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 22
- Lille · France 3h 09 · 2 ch 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 2 ch — 14 h 27
- Lyon · France 3h 32 17–28° 66 mm 14 h 10
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 2 ch — 14 h 30
- Rouen · France 3h 44 · 2 ch — 14 h 28
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · France 3h 54 · 1 ch — 14 h 29
- Strasbourg · France 3h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 23
- Metz · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 14 h 26
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 07 · 3 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Bordeaux · France 4h 16 · 1 ch 16–28° 57 mm 14 h 06
- London · United Kingdom 4h 32 · 2 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 36 · 5 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Nancy · France 4h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Leuven · Belgium 4h 44 · 4 ch — 14 h 35
- Kortrijk · Belgium 4h 47 · 3 ch — 14 h 35 Alcatraz Metal Festival
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 3 ch — 14 h 36
- Mechelen · Belgium 4h 52 · 3 ch — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Le Havre · France 4h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 28
- Colmar · France 4h 55 · 3 ch — 14 h 21
- St Albans · United Kingdom 4h 56 · 3 ch — 14 h 40
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 58 · 2 ch 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Dieppe · France 4h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 30
- La Rochelle · France 5h · 1 ch — 14 h 12
- Ghent · Belgium 5h 02 · 3 ch — 14 h 36
- Charleroi · Belgium 5h 04 · 4 ch — 14 h 33
- Ath · Belgium 5h 10 · 4 ch — 14 h 34
- Reading · United Kingdom 5h 13 · 4 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Grenoble · France 5h 15 · 2 ch — 14 h 07
- Marseille · France 5h 16 · 3 ch 19–30° 26 mm 13 h 59
Journeys from Le Mans'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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