Paris · August
Where to go from Paris in August
215 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. 1 of them are at least 4° warmer than Paris.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Brussels 1h 49 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Amsterdam 3h 52 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Chelmsford 3h 53 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 4h 07 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 4h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Portsmouth 4h 57 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
On in August
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 1h 49
- Maanrock in Mechelen 2h 31
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 2h 47
- Delft Jazz in Delft 3h 19
- Westerpop in Delft 3h 19
- Mela in Reading 3h 42
- Reading Festival in Reading 3h 42
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 3h 52
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 3h 52
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 3h 53
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 4h 07
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 4h 10
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 4h 11
- Mela in Swindon 4h 11
- Shuffle in Swindon 4h 11
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 4h 11
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 4h 17
- Festival de Musique Sacrée in Saint-Malo 4h 38
- La Route du Rock in Saint-Malo 4h 38
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 4h 49
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 4h 57
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 4h 58
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 5h 12
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 5h 13
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Paris, August has 14 h 25 of daylight and averages 16–26°.
- Versailles · France 17 min — 14 h 24
- Saint-Cloud · France 18 min · 1 ch — 14 h 25
- Disneyland Paris · France 45 min — 14 h 25
- Fontainebleau · France 58 min — 14 h 22
- Reims · France 1h 09 · 1 ch — 14 h 27
- Lille · France 1h 21 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Chartres · France 1h 23 — 14 h 23
- Le Mans · France 1h 31 · 1 ch — 14 h 20
- Metz · France 1h 46 — 14 h 26
- Rouen · France 1h 47 — 14 h 28
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 49 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 18 · 2 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Bordeaux · France 2h 20 16–28° 57 mm 14 h 06
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Antwerp · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Rennes · France 2h 27 — 14 h 21
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 31 · 1 ch — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Caen · France 2h 39 — 14 h 26
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 40 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Amiens · France 2h 44 — 14 h 30
- Kortrijk · Belgium 2h 47 · 1 ch — 14 h 35 Alcatraz Metal Festival
- Le Havre · France 2h 50 — 14 h 28
- Lier · Belgium 2h 51 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Nancy · France 2h 51 — 14 h 24
- Lyon · France 2h 58 17–28° 66 mm 14 h 10
- Bayeux · France 2h 58 — 14 h 27
- Dieppe · France 2h 59 · 1 ch — 14 h 30
- London · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 1 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Ath · Belgium 3h · 2 ch — 14 h 34
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 3h 03 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Liège · Belgium 3h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 34
- Charleroi · Belgium 3h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 33
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 13–23° 92 mm 14 h 41
- Bruges · Belgium 3h 06 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Strasbourg · France 3h 07 · 1 ch — 14 h 23
- Schiedam · Netherlands 3h 13 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Delft · Netherlands 3h 19 · 1 ch — 14 h 42 Delft Jazz, Westerpop
- Breda · Netherlands 3h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 39
- Namur · Belgium 3h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 33
Journeys from Paris'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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