Reims · May
Where to go from Reims in May
205 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.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lyon 3h 28 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 6h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Zurich 4h 57 Switzerland Highs of 19°, often wet, and Videoex.
- Brighton 6h United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 6h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
- Sheffield 6h 50 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
On in May
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 3h 27
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 3h 28
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 4h 06
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 4h 21
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 4h 42
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 4h 49
- Videoex in Zurich 4h 57
- Solothurner Literaturtage in Solothurn 5h
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 5h 03
- Skate parade in Utrecht 5h 10
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 5h 40
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 5h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 5h 45
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 5h 45
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 5h 45
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 6h
- The Great Escape in Brighton 6h
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 6h 05
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 6h 05
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 6h 08
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 6h 13
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 6h 19
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 6h 23
- Upfest in Bristol 6h 23
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Reims, May has 15 h 18 of daylight.
- Paris · France 1h 03 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Saint-Cloud · France 1h 30 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Metz · France 1h 46 · 1 ch — 15 h 17
- Versailles · France 1h 47 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Disneyland Paris · France 1h 54 · 2 ch — 15 h 16
- Strasbourg · France 2h 01 · 1 ch — 15 h 13
- Le Mans · France 2h 36 · 2 ch — 15 h 10
- Amiens · France 2h 44 · 1 ch — 15 h 23
- Lille · France 2h 45 · 2 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 49 · 1 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Nancy · France 2h 51 · 1 ch — 15 h 14
- Colmar · France 2h 53 · 2 ch — 15 h 10
- Fontainebleau · France 2h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 12
- Kraainem · Belgium 3h 14 · 3 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Aalst · Belgium 3h 21 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Antwerp · Belgium 3h 25 · 2 ch 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Rennes · France 3h 27 · 2 ch — 15 h 10 Rock'n Solex
- Leuven · Belgium 3h 28 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Lyon · France 3h 28 · 2 ch 11–22° 81 mm 14 h 55 Nuits sonores
- Chartres · France 3h 28 · 2 ch — 15 h 13
- Mechelen · Belgium 3h 31 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Ghent · Belgium 3h 40 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Basel · Switzerland 3h 40 · 2 ch 10–20° 98 mm 15 h 06
- Rouen · France 3h 44 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
- Kortrijk · Belgium 3h 47 · 3 ch — 15 h 30
- Lier · Belgium 3h 51 · 3 ch — 15 h 33
- Nantes · France 3h 56 · 2 ch 10–20° 61 mm 15 h 04
- Ath · Belgium 4h · 3 ch — 15 h 29
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 4h 03 · 2 ch — 15 h 33
- Liège · Belgium 4h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Charleroi · Belgium 4h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 27
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 4h 04 · 1 ch 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Caen · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 18
- Bruges · Belgium 4h 06 · 2 ch — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- Schiedam · Netherlands 4h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Bordeaux · France 4h 16 · 2 ch 11–22° 71 mm 14 h 49
- Delft · Netherlands 4h 19 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- Breda · Netherlands 4h 21 · 2 ch — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Namur · Belgium 4h 21 · 2 ch — 15 h 27
- Ostend · Belgium 4h 22 · 2 ch — 15 h 34
Journeys from Reims'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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