Lille · August
Where to go from Lille in August
216 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. 5 of them are at least 4° warmer than Lille.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Brussels 1h 53 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Chelmsford 2h 53 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 3h 11 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 3h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Amsterdam 3h 52 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Portsmouth 3h 57 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
On in August
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 47 min
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 1h 53
- Maanrock in Mechelen 2h 31
- Mela in Reading 2h 43
- Reading Festival in Reading 2h 43
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 2h 53
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 3h 11
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 3h 11
- Mela in Swindon 3h 11
- Shuffle in Swindon 3h 11
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 3h 11
- Delft Jazz in Delft 3h 19
- Westerpop in Delft 3h 19
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 3h 49
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 3h 52
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 3h 52
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 3h 57
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 4h 01
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 4h 09
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 4h 10
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 4h 12
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 4h 17
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 4h 17
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 4h 35
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Lille, August has 14 h 34 of daylight and averages 14–24°.
- Kortrijk · Belgium 47 min — 14 h 35 Alcatraz Metal Festival
- Ath · Belgium 1h 10 · 1 ch — 14 h 34
- Paris · France 1h 19 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Ghent · Belgium 1h 29 — 14 h 36
- Calais · France 1h 33 — 14 h 36
- Saint-Cloud · France 1h 46 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 49 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Ypres · Belgium 1h 49 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Charleroi · Belgium 1h 52 — 14 h 33
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 53 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- London · United Kingdom 1h 59 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Versailles · France 1h 59 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 2h 03 — 14 h 37
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 06 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Ostend · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Amiens · France 2h 12 — 14 h 30
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 15 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 18 · 2 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 1 ch — 14 h 40
- Namur · Belgium 2h 27 — 14 h 33
- Antwerp · Belgium 2h 28 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 30 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 31 · 1 ch — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Le Mans · France 2h 36 · 3 ch — 14 h 20
- Lier · Belgium 2h 38 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Reading · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 1 ch — 14 h 45
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 22
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Liège · Belgium 3h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 34
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 · 1 ch 13–23° 92 mm 14 h 41
- Guildford · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 06 · 2 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Dinant · Belgium 3h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 32
- Stamford · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 46
Journeys from Lille'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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