Lyon · July
Where to go from Lyon in July
196 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what July 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 July
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Geneva 2h 42 Switzerland Highs of 27°, and Fêtes de la Batie.
- Marseille 2h 06 France Highs of 31°, mostly dry, and Marseille Festival of Documentary Film.
- Nantes 4h 56 France Highs of 25°, and La Nuit de l'Erdre.
- Antwerp 4h 58 Belgium Highs of 24°, and TomorrowLand.
- London 5h 32 United Kingdom Highs of 24°, and Watch tennis at Wimbledon and 1 more on.
- Rotterdam 5h 34 Netherlands Highs of 23°, and Metropolis Festival.
On in July
- Festival d'Avignon in Avignon 1h 47
- Marseille Festival of Documentary Film in Marseille 2h 06
- July in Annecy 2h 09
- Chorégies d'Orange in Orange 2h 29
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 2h 42
- Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux 4h 11
- Kappa FuturFestival in Turin 4h 25
- La Nuit de l'Erdre in Nantes 4h 56
- TomorrowLand in Antwerp 4h 58
- Gurtenfestival in Bern 4h 58
- Gentse Feesten in Ghent 5h 02
- Ghent Festivities in Ghent 5h 02
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 5h 19
- Caliente Festival in Zurich 5h 31
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 5h 31
- Watch tennis at Wimbledon in London 5h 32
- London Trans+ Pride in London 5h 32
- Luzerner Fest in Lucerne 5h 32
- Luzer Live in Lucerne 5h 32
- Metropolis Festival in Rotterdam 5h 34
- Festival de Musique Sacrée in Saint-Malo 5h 57
- Festival des Folklores du Monde in Saint-Malo 5h 57
- Werfpop in Leiden 6h 17
- Tilburg Funfair in Tilburg 6h 25
Most happen every year in July; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Lyon, July has 15 h 23 of daylight and averages 17–28°.
- Saint-Étienne · France 58 min — 15 h 20
- Chambéry · France 1h 38 · 1 ch — 15 h 21
- Grenoble · France 1h 41 — 15 h 19
- Avignon · France 1h 47 · 1 ch — 15 h 10 Festival d'Avignon
- Dijon · France 1h 59 — 15 h 35
- Marseille · France 2h 06 20–31° 11 mm 15 h 05 Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
- Annecy · France 2h 09 — 15 h 24 July
- Arles · France 2h 09 · 2 ch — 15 h 08
- Paris · France 2h 10 16–26° 59 mm 15 h 47
- Montpellier · France 2h 13 · 1 ch — 15 h 08
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 19 — 15 h 47
- Aix-en-Provence · France 2h 23 · 1 ch — 15 h 07
- Orange · France 2h 29 · 2 ch — 15 h 11 Chorégies d'Orange
- Geneva · Switzerland 2h 42 15–27° 79 mm 15 h 26 Fêtes de la Batie
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 44 · 2 ch — 15 h 47
- Versailles · France 2h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 47
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 1 ch — 15 h 43
- Béziers · France 3h 07 · 1 ch — 15 h 06
- Toulon · France 3h 09 — 15 h 04
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 2 ch — 15 h 51
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 2 ch — 15 h 56
- Lille · France 3h 37 14–24° 68 mm 16 h 03
- Lausanne · Switzerland 3h 39 · 1 ch — 15 h 28
- Colmar · France 3h 51 — 15 h 41
- Perpignan · France 3h 59 · 1 ch 20–30° 15 mm 15 h 01
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 15 h 52
- Vevey · Switzerland 4h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 28
- Metz · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 50
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 44
- Basel · Switzerland 4h 10 · 1 ch 15–26° 89 mm 15 h 37
- Montreux · Switzerland 4h 11 · 1 ch — 15 h 28 Montreux Jazz Festival
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 17 · 2 ch 14–23° 77 mm 16 h 05
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 22 · 1 ch — 15 h 23
- Turin · Italy 4h 25 · 2 ch 17–29° 70 mm 15 h 18 Kappa FuturFestival
- Strasbourg · France 4h 26 — 15 h 45
- Rennes · France 4h 27 · 2 ch — 15 h 41
- Cannes · France 4h 29 — 15 h 07
- Fribourg · Switzerland 4h 34 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Nancy · France 4h 38 · 2 ch — 15 h 46
- Antibes · France 4h 42 — 15 h 07
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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