Nancy · December
Where to go from Nancy in December
206 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.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Strasbourg 1h 42 France Christmas Markets.
- Lille 3h 09 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Basel 3h 10 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Solothurn 4h 27 Switzerland Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret.
- Leuven 4h 44 Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Fribourg 4h 58 Switzerland St Nicholas Day.
On in December
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 1h 42
- Christmas Market in Lille 3h 09
- Art | Basel in Basel 3h 10
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 3h 10
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 4h 27
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 4h 44
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 4h 58
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 5h 43
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 5h 45
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 6h 22
- York Christmas Festival in York 6h 29
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 6h 30
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 6h 38
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 6h 50
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 6h 56
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 6h 56
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 6h 56
- Spengler Cup in Davos 6h 59
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Como 7h 10
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 7h 19
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 7h 38
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Milan 7h 52
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Nancy, December has 8 h 18 of daylight.
- Metz · France 1h 03 — 8 h 15
- Strasbourg · France 1h 42 — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Paris · France 1h 48 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 14 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Colmar · France 2h 23 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Versailles · France 2h 26 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 44 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- Lille · France 3h 09 · 1 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Basel · Switzerland 3h 10 · 1 ch 1–6° 65 mm 8 h 28 Art | Basel, Basler Weihnachtsmarkt
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 1 ch — 8 h 13
- Le Mans · France 3h 22 · 2 ch — 8 h 24
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 1 ch — 8 h 08
- Rouen · France 3h 44 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- Caen · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 8 h 14
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 07 · 2 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 2 ch — 8 h 20
- Aarau · Switzerland 4h 16 · 3 ch — 8 h 29
- Bordeaux · France 4h 16 · 2 ch 4–11° 106 mm 8 h 49
- Rennes · France 4h 21 · 2 ch — 8 h 23
- Bern · Switzerland 4h 26 · 3 ch — 8 h 33
- Solothurn · Switzerland 4h 27 · 3 ch — 8 h 31 Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret
- Zurich · Switzerland 4h 28 · 2 ch 0–4° 83 mm 8 h 29
- Bayeux · France 4h 30 · 3 ch — 8 h 13
- Baden · Switzerland 4h 31 · 2 ch — 8 h 29
- London · United Kingdom 4h 32 · 1 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Lucerne · Switzerland 4h 32 · 2 ch -1–4° 78 mm 8 h 32
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 36 · 4 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Leuven · Belgium 4h 44 · 3 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Kortrijk · Belgium 4h 47 · 2 ch — 7 h 59
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Mechelen · Belgium 4h 52 · 2 ch — 7 h 57
- Le Havre · France 4h 52 · 2 ch — 8 h 11
- Thun · Switzerland 4h 55 · 2 ch — 8 h 34
- Nantes · France 4h 56 · 2 ch 4–10° 101 mm 8 h 31
- St Albans · United Kingdom 4h 56 · 2 ch — 7 h 49
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 58 · 1 ch 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Lyon · France 4h 58 · 2 ch 2–8° 54 mm 8 h 42
- Fribourg · Switzerland 4h 58 · 3 ch — 8 h 34 St Nicholas Day
- Dieppe · France 4h 58 · 3 ch — 8 h 07
Journeys from Nancy'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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