Lyon · August
Where to go from Lyon in August
196 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. 1 of them are at least 4° warmer than Lyon.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Geneva 2h 42 Switzerland Highs of 26°, and Fêtes de la Batie.
- Brussels 4h 17 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Amsterdam 6h 22 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Chelmsford 6h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 6h 47 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 7h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
On in August
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 2h 42
- Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne in Lausanne 3h 39
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 4h 17
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 4h 47
- Maanrock in Mechelen 4h 52
- Swiss National Day fireworks in Solothurn 5h 01
- La Kermesse in Toulouse 5h 15
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 5h 19
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 5h 31
- Street Parade in Zurich 5h 31
- Swiss national day in Zurich 5h 31
- Festival Acústica in Figueres 5h 32
- Delft Jazz in Delft 5h 49
- Westerpop in Delft 5h 49
- Festival de Musique Sacrée in Saint-Malo 5h 57
- La Route du Rock in Saint-Malo 5h 57
- Mela in Reading 6h 13
- Reading Festival in Reading 6h 13
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 6h 23
- Festes de Gràcia in Barcelona 6h 34
- Festes de Sants in Barcelona 6h 34
- Mela in Swindon 6h 39
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Lyon, August has 14 h 10 of daylight and averages 17–28°.
- Saint-Étienne · France 58 min — 14 h 08
- Chambéry · France 1h 38 · 1 ch — 14 h 09
- Grenoble · France 1h 41 — 14 h 07
- Avignon · France 1h 47 · 1 ch — 14 h 02
- Dijon · France 1h 59 — 14 h 17
- Marseille · France 2h 06 19–30° 26 mm 13 h 59
- Annecy · France 2h 09 — 14 h 11
- Arles · France 2h 09 · 2 ch — 14 h 01
- Paris · France 2h 10 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Montpellier · France 2h 13 · 1 ch — 14 h 01
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 19 — 14 h 25
- Aix-en-Provence · France 2h 23 · 1 ch — 14 h
- Orange · France 2h 29 · 2 ch — 14 h 03
- Geneva · Switzerland 2h 42 14–26° 81 mm 14 h 12 Fêtes de la Batie
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 44 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Versailles · France 2h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 1 ch — 14 h 22
- Béziers · France 3h 07 · 1 ch — 14 h
- Toulon · France 3h 09 — 13 h 59
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 2 ch — 14 h 27
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 2 ch — 14 h 30
- Lille · France 3h 37 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Lausanne · Switzerland 3h 39 · 1 ch — 14 h 13 Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne
- Colmar · France 3h 51 — 14 h 21
- Perpignan · France 3h 59 · 1 ch 20–29° 23 mm 13 h 57
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 14 h 28
- Vevey · Switzerland 4h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 13
- Metz · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 14 h 26
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 23
- Basel · Switzerland 4h 10 · 1 ch 15–25° 88 mm 14 h 18
- Montreux · Switzerland 4h 11 · 1 ch — 14 h 13
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 17 · 2 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 22 · 1 ch — 14 h 10
- Turin · Italy 4h 25 · 2 ch 17–29° 76 mm 14 h 07
- Strasbourg · France 4h 26 — 14 h 23
- Rennes · France 4h 27 · 2 ch — 14 h 21
- Cannes · France 4h 29 — 14 h
- Fribourg · Switzerland 4h 34 · 1 ch — 14 h 15
- Nancy · France 4h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Antibes · France 4h 42 — 14 h
Journeys from Lyon'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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