Le Mans · May
Where to go from Le Mans in May
189 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 3h 32 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 6h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Rennes 1h 27 France Rock'n Solex.
- Brighton 6h United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 6h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
- Sheffield 6h 50 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
On in May
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 1h 27
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 3h 32
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 5h 31
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 5h 40
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 5h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 5h 45
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 5h 49
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 6h
- The Great Escape in Brighton 6h
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 6h 05
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 6h 05
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 6h 08
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 6h 09
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 6h 19
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 6h 23
- Upfest in Bristol 6h 23
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 6h 25
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 6h 40
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 6h 40
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 6h 48
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 6h 50
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 6h 52
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 6h 56
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Le Mans, May has 15 h 10 of daylight.
- Rennes · France 1h 27 — 15 h 10 Rock'n Solex
- Paris · France 1h 43 · 1 ch 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Versailles · France 1h 52 · 1 ch — 15 h 15
- Nantes · France 1h 56 · 1 ch 10–20° 61 mm 15 h 04
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 15
- Caen · France 2h 26 — 15 h 18
- Saint-Malo · France 2h 31 · 1 ch — 15 h 14
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 36 · 2 ch — 15 h 16
- Chartres · France 2h 45 — 15 h 13
- Bayeux · France 2h 58 · 1 ch — 15 h 19
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 12
- Lille · France 3h 09 · 2 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 2 ch — 15 h 18
- Lyon · France 3h 32 11–22° 81 mm 14 h 55 Nuits sonores
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 2 ch — 15 h 23
- Rouen · France 3h 44 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · France 3h 54 · 1 ch — 15 h 21
- Strasbourg · France 3h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 13
- Metz · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 17
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 07 · 3 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Bordeaux · France 4h 16 · 1 ch 11–22° 71 mm 14 h 49
- London · United Kingdom 4h 32 · 2 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 36 · 5 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Nancy · France 4h 38 · 2 ch — 15 h 14
- Leuven · Belgium 4h 44 · 4 ch — 15 h 31
- Kortrijk · Belgium 4h 47 · 3 ch — 15 h 30
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 3 ch — 15 h 31
- Mechelen · Belgium 4h 52 · 3 ch — 15 h 32
- Le Havre · France 4h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
- Colmar · France 4h 55 · 3 ch — 15 h 10
- St Albans · United Kingdom 4h 56 · 3 ch — 15 h 38
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 58 · 2 ch 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Dieppe · France 4h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 23
- La Rochelle · France 5h · 1 ch — 14 h 57
- Ghent · Belgium 5h 02 · 3 ch — 15 h 32
- Charleroi · Belgium 5h 04 · 4 ch — 15 h 27
- Ath · Belgium 5h 10 · 4 ch — 15 h 29
- Reading · United Kingdom 5h 13 · 4 ch — 15 h 35
- Grenoble · France 5h 15 · 2 ch — 14 h 51
- Marseille · France 5h 16 · 3 ch 13–24° 38 mm 14 h 40
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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