Lille · December
Where to go from Lille in December
216 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. 4 of them are at least 4° warmer than Lille.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leuven 2h 28 Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Cambridge 3h 11 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Strasbourg 3h 13 France Christmas Markets.
- Schiedam 3h 13 Netherlands Winterlicht.
- Derby 3h 32 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
- Amsterdam 3h 52 Netherlands Highs of 7°, and Museumplein.
On in December
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 2h 28
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 3h 11
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 3h 13
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 3h 13
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 3h 32
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 3h 52
- York Christmas Festival in York 4h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 4h 07
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 4h 09
- Skate parade in Utrecht 4h 10
- Art | Basel in Basel 4h 46
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 4h 46
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 59
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 59
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 59
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 02
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 6h 27
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 6h 58
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Lille, December has 8 h 01 of daylight and averages 2–7°.
- Kortrijk · Belgium 47 min — 7 h 59
- Ath · Belgium 1h 10 · 1 ch — 8 h 01
- Paris · France 1h 19 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Ghent · Belgium 1h 29 — 7 h 57
- Calais · France 1h 33 — 7 h 58
- Saint-Cloud · France 1h 46 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 49 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Ypres · Belgium 1h 49 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Charleroi · Belgium 1h 52 — 8 h 03
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 53 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- London · United Kingdom 1h 59 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Versailles · France 1h 59 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 2h 03 — 7 h 55
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 06 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Ostend · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Amiens · France 2h 12 — 8 h 08
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 15 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 18 · 2 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 1 ch — 7 h 49
- Namur · Belgium 2h 27 — 8 h 02
- Antwerp · Belgium 2h 28 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 28 · 1 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 30 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 31 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Le Mans · France 2h 36 · 3 ch — 8 h 24
- Lier · Belgium 2h 38 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Reading · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 7 h 53
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 1 ch — 7 h 41
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch 2–8° 52 mm 7 h 50
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Liège · Belgium 3h 04 · 1 ch — 8 h 01
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 · 1 ch 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- Guildford · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 3 ch — 7 h 55
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 06 · 2 ch 2–8° 61 mm 7 h 43
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 3 ch — 7 h 52
- Dinant · Belgium 3h 08 · 1 ch — 8 h 04
- Stamford · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 2 ch — 7 h 40
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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