Lille · May
Where to go from Lille in May
216 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. 4 of them are at least 4° warmer than Lille.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lyon 3h 28 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 4h 01 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Bruges 1h 49 Belgium Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges.
- Ypres 1h 49 Belgium Kattenstoet.
- Brighton 3h 20 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 3h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
On in May
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 1h 49
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 1h 49
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 3h 08
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 3h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 3h 11
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 3h 11
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 3h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 3h 20
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 3h 21
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 3h 27
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 3h 28
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 3h 28
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 3h 33
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 3h 42
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 3h 49
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 4h 01
- Upfest in Bristol 4h 01
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 4h 03
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 4h 07
- Skate parade in Utrecht 4h 10
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 4h 12
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 4h 12
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 4h 21
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 4h 41
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Lille, May has 15 h 29 of daylight and averages 9–18°.
- Kortrijk · Belgium 47 min — 15 h 30
- Ath · Belgium 1h 10 · 1 ch — 15 h 29
- Paris · France 1h 19 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Ghent · Belgium 1h 29 — 15 h 32
- Calais · France 1h 33 — 15 h 31
- Saint-Cloud · France 1h 46 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 49 · 1 ch — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- Ypres · Belgium 1h 49 · 1 ch — 15 h 30 Kattenstoet
- Charleroi · Belgium 1h 52 — 15 h 27
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 53 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- London · United Kingdom 1h 59 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Versailles · France 1h 59 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 2h 03 — 15 h 33
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 06 · 2 ch — 15 h 16
- Ostend · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Amiens · France 2h 12 — 15 h 23
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 15 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 18 · 2 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 1 ch — 15 h 38
- Namur · Belgium 2h 27 — 15 h 27
- Antwerp · Belgium 2h 28 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 30 · 1 ch — 15 h 39
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 31 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Le Mans · France 2h 36 · 3 ch — 15 h 10
- Lier · Belgium 2h 38 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Reading · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 15 h 35
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 1 ch — 15 h 45
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch 7–17° 49 mm 15 h 38
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 12
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Liège · Belgium 3h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 29
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 · 1 ch 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Guildford · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 3 ch — 15 h 34
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 06 · 2 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 3 ch — 15 h 36
- Dinant · Belgium 3h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h 26
- Stamford · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 45 Burghley Game & Country Fair
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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