Le Mans · December
Where to go from Le Mans in December
189 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.
- Lille 3h 09 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Strasbourg 3h 56 France Christmas Markets.
- Leuven 4h 44 Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Schiedam 5h 43 Netherlands Winterlicht.
- Cambridge 5h 45 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Basel 5h 47 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
On in December
- Christmas Market in Lille 3h 09
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 3h 56
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 4h 44
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 5h 43
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 5h 45
- Art | Basel in Basel 5h 47
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 5h 47
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 6h 22
- York Christmas Festival in York 6h 29
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 6h 30
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 6h 38
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 6h 50
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 6h 56
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 6h 56
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 6h 56
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 7h
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 7h 28
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 7h 38
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Le Mans, December has 8 h 24 of daylight.
- Rennes · France 1h 27 — 8 h 23
- Paris · France 1h 43 · 1 ch 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Versailles · France 1h 52 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Nantes · France 1h 56 · 1 ch 4–10° 101 mm 8 h 31
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 04 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Caen · France 2h 26 — 8 h 14
- Saint-Malo · France 2h 31 · 1 ch — 8 h 19
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 36 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Chartres · France 2h 45 — 8 h 20
- Bayeux · France 2h 58 · 1 ch — 8 h 13
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- Lille · France 3h 09 · 2 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 2 ch — 8 h 13
- Lyon · France 3h 32 2–8° 54 mm 8 h 42
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 2 ch — 8 h 08
- Rouen · France 3h 44 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · France 3h 54 · 1 ch — 8 h 10
- Strasbourg · France 3h 56 · 2 ch — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Metz · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 8 h 15
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 07 · 3 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Bordeaux · France 4h 16 · 1 ch 4–11° 106 mm 8 h 49
- London · United Kingdom 4h 32 · 2 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 36 · 5 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Nancy · France 4h 38 · 2 ch — 8 h 18
- Leuven · Belgium 4h 44 · 4 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Kortrijk · Belgium 4h 47 · 3 ch — 7 h 59
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 3 ch — 7 h 58
- Mechelen · Belgium 4h 52 · 3 ch — 7 h 57
- Le Havre · France 4h 52 · 2 ch — 8 h 11
- Colmar · France 4h 55 · 3 ch — 8 h 23
- St Albans · United Kingdom 4h 56 · 3 ch — 7 h 49
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 58 · 2 ch 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Dieppe · France 4h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 07
- La Rochelle · France 5h · 1 ch — 8 h 39
- Ghent · Belgium 5h 02 · 3 ch — 7 h 57
- Charleroi · Belgium 5h 04 · 4 ch — 8 h 03
- Ath · Belgium 5h 10 · 4 ch — 8 h 01
- Reading · United Kingdom 5h 13 · 4 ch — 7 h 53
- Grenoble · France 5h 15 · 2 ch — 8 h 46
- Marseille · France 5h 16 · 3 ch 4–12° 41 mm 9 h
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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