Paris · December
Where to go from Paris in December
215 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. 3 of them are at least 4° warmer than Paris.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
On in December
- Christmas Market in Lille 1h 21
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 2h 28
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 3h 07
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 3h 13
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 3h 52
- Skate parade in Utrecht 4h 10
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 4h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 4h 29
- Art | Basel in Basel 4h 46
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 4h 46
- York Christmas Festival in York 5h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 5h 07
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 5h 12
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 6h 02
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 6h 27
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 6h 58
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Paris, December has 8 h 17 of daylight and averages 4–8°.
- Versailles · France 17 min — 8 h 17
- Saint-Cloud · France 18 min · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Disneyland Paris · France 45 min — 8 h 17
- Fontainebleau · France 58 min — 8 h 21
- Reims · France 1h 09 · 1 ch — 8 h 13
- Lille · France 1h 21 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Chartres · France 1h 23 — 8 h 20
- Le Mans · France 1h 31 · 1 ch — 8 h 24
- Metz · France 1h 46 — 8 h 15
- Rouen · France 1h 47 — 8 h 12
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 49 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 18 · 2 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Bordeaux · France 2h 20 4–11° 106 mm 8 h 49
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 21 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Antwerp · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Rennes · France 2h 27 — 8 h 23
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 28 · 1 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 31 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Caen · France 2h 39 — 8 h 14
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 40 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Amiens · France 2h 44 — 8 h 08
- Kortrijk · Belgium 2h 47 · 1 ch — 7 h 59
- Le Havre · France 2h 50 — 8 h 11
- Lier · Belgium 2h 51 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Nancy · France 2h 51 — 8 h 18
- Lyon · France 2h 58 2–8° 54 mm 8 h 42
- Bayeux · France 2h 58 — 8 h 13
- Dieppe · France 2h 59 · 1 ch — 8 h 07
- London · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 1 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Ath · Belgium 3h · 2 ch — 8 h 01
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 3h 03 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Liège · Belgium 3h 04 · 1 ch — 8 h 01
- Charleroi · Belgium 3h 04 · 1 ch — 8 h 03
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- Bruges · Belgium 3h 06 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Strasbourg · France 3h 07 · 1 ch — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Schiedam · Netherlands 3h 13 · 1 ch — 7 h 48 Winterlicht
- Delft · Netherlands 3h 19 · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Breda · Netherlands 3h 21 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Namur · Belgium 3h 21 · 1 ch — 8 h 02
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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