Lyon · December
Where to go from Lyon in December
196 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. 6 of them are at least 4° warmer than Lyon.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lille 3h 37 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Strasbourg 4h 26 France Christmas Markets.
- Milan 5h 52 Italy Highs of 7°, and Courmayeur Noir Film Festival.
- Basel 4h 10 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Turin 4h 25 Italy Highs of 8°, and Torino Film Festival.
- Fribourg 4h 34 Switzerland St Nicholas Day.
On in December
- Christmas Market in Lille 3h 37
- Art | Basel in Basel 4h 10
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 4h 10
- Torino Film Festival in Turin 4h 25
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 4h 26
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 4h 34
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 5h
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 5h 01
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 5h 19
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 5h 43
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Milan 5h 52
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 45
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Como 7h 10
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 28
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 7h 29
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 7h 39
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 7h 51
- Spengler Cup in Davos 7h 59
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Lyon, December has 8 h 42 of daylight and averages 2–8°.
- Saint-Étienne · France 58 min — 8 h 44
- Chambéry · France 1h 38 · 1 ch — 8 h 43
- Grenoble · France 1h 41 — 8 h 46
- Avignon · France 1h 47 · 1 ch — 8 h 55
- Dijon · France 1h 59 — 8 h 30
- Marseille · France 2h 06 4–12° 41 mm 9 h
- Annecy · France 2h 09 — 8 h 41
- Arles · France 2h 09 · 2 ch — 8 h 57
- Paris · France 2h 10 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Montpellier · France 2h 13 · 1 ch — 8 h 58
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 19 — 8 h 17
- Aix-en-Provence · France 2h 23 · 1 ch — 8 h 58
- Orange · France 2h 29 · 2 ch — 8 h 54
- Geneva · Switzerland 2h 42 0–6° 90 mm 8 h 39
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 44 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Versailles · France 2h 56 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 1 ch — 8 h 21
- Béziers · France 3h 07 · 1 ch — 8 h 59
- Toulon · France 3h 09 — 9 h 01
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 2 ch — 8 h 13
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 2 ch — 8 h 08
- Lille · France 3h 37 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Lausanne · Switzerland 3h 39 · 1 ch — 8 h 36
- Colmar · France 3h 51 — 8 h 23
- Perpignan · France 3h 59 · 1 ch 5–13° 55 mm 9 h 04
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- Vevey · Switzerland 4h 04 · 1 ch — 8 h 37
- Metz · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 8 h 15
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 2 ch — 8 h 20
- Basel · Switzerland 4h 10 · 1 ch 1–6° 65 mm 8 h 28 Art | Basel, Basler Weihnachtsmarkt
- Montreux · Switzerland 4h 11 · 1 ch — 8 h 37
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 17 · 2 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 22 · 1 ch — 8 h 42
- Turin · Italy 4h 25 · 2 ch -1–8° 45 mm 8 h 47 Torino Film Festival
- Strasbourg · France 4h 26 — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Rennes · France 4h 27 · 2 ch — 8 h 23
- Cannes · France 4h 29 — 8 h 58
- Fribourg · Switzerland 4h 34 · 1 ch — 8 h 34 St Nicholas Day
- Nancy · France 4h 38 · 2 ch — 8 h 18
- Antibes · France 4h 42 — 8 h 58
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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