Metz · August
Where to go from Metz in August
185 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.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Brussels 4h 08 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Geneva 5h 27 Switzerland Highs of 26°, and Fêtes de la Batie.
- 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
- Swiss National Day fireworks in Solothurn 3h 27
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 3h 28
- Street Parade in Zurich 3h 28
- Swiss national day in Zurich 3h 28
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 4h 08
- Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne in Lausanne 4h 45
- Maanrock in Mechelen 4h 52
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 5h 10
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 5h 27
- Blues to Bop Festival in Lugano 5h 30
- Locarno Film Festival in Locarno 5h 43
- poolbar-Festival in Feldkirch 5h 44
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 5h 46
- 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
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 6h 19
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 6h 23
- Mendelssohn Musikwoche Wengen in Wengen BE 6h 28
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Metz, August has 14 h 26 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Nancy · France 42 min — 14 h 24
- Strasbourg · France 59 min — 14 h 23
- Colmar · France 1h 44 · 1 ch — 14 h 21
- Paris · France 2h 26 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Basel · Switzerland 2h 28 · 1 ch 15–25° 88 mm 14 h 18
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 59 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Versailles · France 3h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Dijon · France 3h 13 — 14 h 17
- Aarau · Switzerland 3h 16 · 3 ch — 14 h 17
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 1 ch — 14 h 27
- Namur · Belgium 3h 17 · 1 ch — 14 h 33
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 24 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Solothurn · Switzerland 3h 27 · 3 ch — 14 h 17 Swiss National Day fireworks
- Zurich · Switzerland 3h 28 · 1 ch 14–24° 119 mm 14 h 17 Züri Fäscht, Street Parade +1
- Bern · Switzerland 3h 28 · 2 ch — 14 h 15
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 28 · 2 ch — 14 h 22
- Baden · Switzerland 3h 31 · 2 ch — 14 h 18
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 1 ch — 14 h 30
- Dinant · Belgium 3h 42 · 2 ch — 14 h 32
- Lucerne · Switzerland 3h 49 · 3 ch 14–24° 170 mm 14 h 16
- Thun · Switzerland 3h 55 · 2 ch — 14 h 14
- Fribourg · Switzerland 3h 58 · 3 ch — 14 h 15
- Liège · Belgium 4h · 1 ch — 14 h 34
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 14 h 28
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 08 · 1 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 23
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 4h 09 · 2 ch — 14 h 17
- Charleroi · Belgium 4h 15 · 2 ch — 14 h 33
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 4h 15 · 2 ch — 14 h 19
- Lille · France 4h 17 · 1 ch 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Rennes · France 4h 27 · 2 ch — 14 h 21
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 29 · 2 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 4h 32 · 2 ch — 14 h 18
- Leuven · Belgium 4h 36 · 2 ch — 14 h 35
- Maastricht · Netherlands 4h 39 · 2 ch — 14 h 35
- Interlaken · Switzerland 4h 45 · 3 ch — 14 h 14
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 45 · 3 ch — 14 h 13 Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Mechelen · Belgium 4h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Le Havre · France 4h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 28
Journeys from Metz'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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