Metz · May
Where to go from Metz in May
185 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.
- Lyon 4h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 7h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Zurich 3h 28 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
- Solothurner Literaturtage in Solothurn 3h 27
- Videoex in Zurich 3h 28
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 4h 27
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 4h 58
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 5h 31
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 6h 09
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 6h 25
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 6h 28
- 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
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 6h 49
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 6h 49
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 6h 49
- 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
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 7h 29
- Upfest in Bristol 7h 29
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 7h 37
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Metz, May has 15 h 17 of daylight.
- Nancy · France 42 min — 15 h 14
- Strasbourg · France 59 min — 15 h 13
- Colmar · France 1h 44 · 1 ch — 15 h 10
- Paris · France 2h 26 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Basel · Switzerland 2h 28 · 1 ch 10–20° 98 mm 15 h 06
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 59 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Versailles · France 3h 11 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Dijon · France 3h 13 — 15 h 05
- Aarau · Switzerland 3h 16 · 3 ch — 15 h 05
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 1 ch — 15 h 18
- Namur · Belgium 3h 17 · 1 ch — 15 h 27
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 24 · 2 ch — 15 h 16
- Solothurn · Switzerland 3h 27 · 3 ch — 15 h 04 Solothurner Literaturtage
- Zurich · Switzerland 3h 28 · 1 ch 9–19° 128 mm 15 h 05 Videoex
- Bern · Switzerland 3h 28 · 2 ch — 15 h 02
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 28 · 2 ch — 15 h 12
- Baden · Switzerland 3h 31 · 2 ch — 15 h 06
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 1 ch — 15 h 23
- Dinant · Belgium 3h 42 · 2 ch — 15 h 26
- Lucerne · Switzerland 3h 49 · 3 ch 9–19° 149 mm 15 h 03
- Thun · Switzerland 3h 55 · 2 ch — 15 h 01
- Fribourg · Switzerland 3h 58 · 3 ch — 15 h 01
- Liège · Belgium 4h · 1 ch — 15 h 29
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 08 · 1 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 13
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 4h 09 · 2 ch — 15 h 04
- Charleroi · Belgium 4h 15 · 2 ch — 15 h 27
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 4h 15 · 2 ch — 15 h 07
- Lille · France 4h 17 · 1 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Rennes · France 4h 27 · 2 ch — 15 h 10 Rock'n Solex
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 29 · 2 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 4h 32 · 2 ch — 15 h 05
- Leuven · Belgium 4h 36 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Maastricht · Netherlands 4h 39 · 2 ch — 15 h 30
- Interlaken · Switzerland 4h 45 · 3 ch — 15 h 01
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 45 · 3 ch — 15 h
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Mechelen · Belgium 4h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Le Havre · France 4h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
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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