Nantes · August
Where to go from Nantes in August
159 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. 2 of them are at least 4° warmer than Nantes.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Brussels 4h 17 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- 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.
- Geneva 6h 28 Switzerland Highs of 26°, and Fêtes de la Batie.
- 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
- Festival de Musique Sacrée in Saint-Malo 2h 31
- La Route du Rock in Saint-Malo 2h 31
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 4h 17
- Maanrock in Mechelen 4h 52
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 5h 46
- Delft Jazz in Delft 5h 49
- Westerpop in Delft 5h 49
- Mela in Reading 6h 13
- Reading Festival in Reading 6h 13
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 6h 23
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 6h 28
- Mela in Swindon 6h 39
- Shuffle in Swindon 6h 39
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 6h 39
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 6h 40
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 6h 45
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 6h 47
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 7h 10
- Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne in Lausanne 7h 16
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 7h 19
- Swiss National Day fireworks in Solothurn 7h 27
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 7h 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 Nantes, August has 14 h 17 of daylight and averages 14–25°.
- Rennes · France 1h 23 — 14 h 21
- Le Mans · France 1h 25 — 14 h 20
- Paris · France 2h 24 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Saint-Malo · France 2h 31 · 1 ch — 14 h 24 Festival de Musique Sacrée, La Route du Rock
- Chartres · France 2h 45 · 1 ch — 14 h 23
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 49 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 56 — 14 h 25
- Versailles · France 3h 03 · 1 ch — 14 h 24
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 28 · 2 ch — 14 h 22
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 14 h 28
- Reims · France 4h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 27
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 17 · 3 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Lille · France 4h 17 · 2 ch 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Amiens · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 14 h 30
- Nancy · France 4h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 24
- Strasbourg · France 4h 40 · 2 ch — 14 h 23
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 44 · 4 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 3 ch — 14 h 36
- Mechelen · Belgium 4h 52 · 4 ch — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Le Havre · France 4h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 28
- Caen · France 4h 54 · 2 ch — 14 h 26
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 58 · 2 ch 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Lyon · France 4h 58 · 2 ch 17–28° 66 mm 14 h 10
- Dieppe · France 4h 58 · 3 ch — 14 h 30
- Leuven · Belgium 5h · 3 ch — 14 h 35
- Ghent · Belgium 5h 02 · 3 ch — 14 h 36
- Bayeux · France 5h 12 · 2 ch — 14 h 27
- Bordeaux · France 5h 16 · 1 ch 16–28° 57 mm 14 h 06
- Colmar · France 5h 23 · 3 ch — 14 h 21
- Lier · Belgium 5h 25 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Metz · France 5h 29 · 3 ch — 14 h 26
- Ath · Belgium 5h 30 · 4 ch — 14 h 34
- Bruges · Belgium 5h 31 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Namur · Belgium 5h 32 · 6 ch — 14 h 33
- London · United Kingdom 5h 32 · 2 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 5h 34 · 2 ch 13–23° 92 mm 14 h 41
- Liège · Belgium 5h 36 · 3 ch — 14 h 34
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 5h 38 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Calais · France 5h 40 · 3 ch — 14 h 36
- Schiedam · Netherlands 5h 43 · 3 ch — 14 h 41
Journeys from Nantes'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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