Paris · May
Where to go from Paris in May
215 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. 1 of them are at least 4° warmer than Paris.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lyon 2h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 4h 58 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Rennes 2h 27 France Rock'n Solex.
- Zurich 6h 28 Switzerland Highs of 19°, often wet, and Videoex.
- Brighton 4h 20 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 4h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
On in May
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 2h 27
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 2h 58
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 3h 06
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 3h 21
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 3h 42
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 3h 49
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 4h 03
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 4h 08
- Skate parade in Utrecht 4h 10
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 4h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 4h 11
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 4h 11
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 4h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 4h 20
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 4h 28
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 4h 39
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 4h 45
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 4h 45
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 4h 49
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 4h 58
- Upfest in Bristol 4h 58
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 5h 07
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 5h 13
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 5h 13
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Paris, May has 15 h 15 of daylight and averages 11–20°.
- Versailles · France 17 min — 15 h 15
- Saint-Cloud · France 18 min · 1 ch — 15 h 15
- Disneyland Paris · France 45 min — 15 h 16
- Fontainebleau · France 58 min — 15 h 12
- Reims · France 1h 09 · 1 ch — 15 h 18
- Lille · France 1h 21 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Chartres · France 1h 23 — 15 h 13
- Le Mans · France 1h 31 · 1 ch — 15 h 10
- Metz · France 1h 46 — 15 h 17
- Rouen · France 1h 47 — 15 h 20
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 49 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 18 · 2 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Bordeaux · France 2h 20 11–22° 71 mm 14 h 49
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Antwerp · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Rennes · France 2h 27 — 15 h 10 Rock'n Solex
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 31 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Caen · France 2h 39 — 15 h 18
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 40 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Amiens · France 2h 44 — 15 h 23
- Kortrijk · Belgium 2h 47 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Le Havre · France 2h 50 — 15 h 20
- Lier · Belgium 2h 51 · 2 ch — 15 h 33
- Nancy · France 2h 51 — 15 h 14
- Lyon · France 2h 58 11–22° 81 mm 14 h 55 Nuits sonores
- Bayeux · France 2h 58 — 15 h 19
- Dieppe · France 2h 59 · 1 ch — 15 h 23
- London · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 1 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Ath · Belgium 3h · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 3h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Liège · Belgium 3h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 29
- Charleroi · Belgium 3h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 27
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Bruges · Belgium 3h 06 · 1 ch — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- Strasbourg · France 3h 07 · 1 ch — 15 h 13
- Schiedam · Netherlands 3h 13 · 1 ch — 15 h 39
- Delft · Netherlands 3h 19 · 1 ch — 15 h 40
- Breda · Netherlands 3h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Namur · Belgium 3h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 27
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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