Lyon · May
Where to go from Lyon in May
196 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.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Bristol 7h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Turin 4h 25 Italy Highs of 22°, often wet, and Italian Environmental Film Festival and 1 more on.
- Zurich 5h 31 Switzerland Highs of 19°, often wet, and Videoex.
- Brighton 6h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 7h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
- Lincoln 7h 37 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Lincoln Festival of History.
On in May
- Italian Environmental Film Festival in Turin 4h 25
- Turin Book Fair in Turin 4h 25
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 4h 27
- Cannes Film Festival in Cannes 4h 29
- Critics' Week in Cannes 4h 29
- Directors' Fortnight in Cannes 4h 29
- Solothurner Literaturtage in Solothurn 5h 01
- Videoex in Zurich 5h 31
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 5h 31
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 5h 49
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 6h 09
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 6h 25
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 6h 39
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 6h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 6h 45
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 6h 52
- Museo Mille Miglia in Brescia 6h 53
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 6h 59
- The Great Escape in Brighton 6h 59
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 7h 05
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 7h 06
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 7h 08
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 7h 19
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Lyon, May has 14 h 55 of daylight and averages 11–22°.
- Saint-Étienne · France 58 min — 14 h 53
- Chambéry · France 1h 38 · 1 ch — 14 h 54
- Grenoble · France 1h 41 — 14 h 51
- Avignon · France 1h 47 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Dijon · France 1h 59 — 15 h 05
- Marseille · France 2h 06 13–24° 38 mm 14 h 40
- Annecy · France 2h 09 — 14 h 56
- Arles · France 2h 09 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Paris · France 2h 10 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Montpellier · France 2h 13 · 1 ch — 14 h 42
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 19 — 15 h 16
- Aix-en-Provence · France 2h 23 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Orange · France 2h 29 · 2 ch — 14 h 45
- Geneva · Switzerland 2h 42 9–20° 78 mm 14 h 58
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 44 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Versailles · France 2h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 1 ch — 15 h 12
- Béziers · France 3h 07 · 1 ch — 14 h 40
- Toulon · France 3h 09 — 14 h 39
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 2 ch — 15 h 18
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 2 ch — 15 h 23
- Lille · France 3h 37 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Lausanne · Switzerland 3h 39 · 1 ch — 15 h
- Colmar · France 3h 51 — 15 h 10
- Perpignan · France 3h 59 · 1 ch 13–22° 46 mm 14 h 37
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
- Vevey · Switzerland 4h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 59
- Metz · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 17
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 13
- Basel · Switzerland 4h 10 · 1 ch 10–20° 98 mm 15 h 06
- Montreux · Switzerland 4h 11 · 1 ch — 14 h 59
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 17 · 2 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 22 · 1 ch — 14 h 55
- Turin · Italy 4h 25 · 2 ch 12–22° 145 mm 14 h 51 Italian Environmental Film Festival, Turin Book Fair
- Strasbourg · France 4h 26 — 15 h 13
- Rennes · France 4h 27 · 2 ch — 15 h 10 Rock'n Solex
- Cannes · France 4h 29 — 14 h 42 Cannes Film Festival, Critics' Week +1
- Fribourg · Switzerland 4h 34 · 1 ch — 15 h 01
- Nancy · France 4h 38 · 2 ch — 15 h 14
- Antibes · France 4h 42 — 14 h 42
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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