Rennes · May
Where to go from Rennes in May
160 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 4h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 7h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Brighton 6h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 7h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
- Zurich 7h 28 Switzerland Highs of 19°, often wet, and Videoex.
- Lincoln 7h 37 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Lincoln Festival of History.
On in May
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 4h 58
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 5h 31
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 6h 09
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 6h 25
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 6h 39
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 6h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 6h 45
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 6h 49
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 6h 52
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 6h 59
- The Great Escape in Brighton 6h 59
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 7h 05
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 7h 06
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 7h 08
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 7h 19
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 7h 26
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 7h 26
- Solothurner Literaturtage in Solothurn 7h 27
- Videoex in Zurich 7h 28
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 7h 29
- Upfest in Bristol 7h 29
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 7h 37
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 7h 40
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Rennes, May has 15 h 10 of daylight.
- Saint-Malo · France 1h 31 — 15 h 14
- Le Mans · France 1h 34 — 15 h 10
- Nantes · France 1h 54 10–20° 61 mm 15 h 04
- Paris · France 2h 12 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 33 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Chartres · France 2h 45 — 15 h 13
- Versailles · France 2h 47 · 1 ch — 15 h 15
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 16 · 2 ch — 15 h 16
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 28 · 2 ch — 15 h 12
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
- Metz · France 4h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 17
- Reims · France 4h 08 · 4 ch — 15 h 18
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 17 · 2 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Lille · France 4h 17 · 2 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Amiens · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 15 h 23
- Nancy · France 4h 38 · 2 ch — 15 h 14
- Strasbourg · France 4h 40 · 2 ch — 15 h 13
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 44 · 4 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 3 ch — 15 h 31
- Mechelen · Belgium 4h 52 · 3 ch — 15 h 32
- Le Havre · France 4h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 20
- Caen · France 4h 54 · 2 ch — 15 h 18
- Antwerp · Belgium 4h 58 · 2 ch 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Lyon · France 4h 58 · 2 ch 11–22° 81 mm 14 h 55 Nuits sonores
- Dieppe · France 4h 58 · 3 ch — 15 h 23
- Leuven · Belgium 5h · 3 ch — 15 h 31
- Ghent · Belgium 5h 02 · 3 ch — 15 h 32
- Bayeux · France 5h 12 · 2 ch — 15 h 19
- Bordeaux · France 5h 16 · 1 ch 11–22° 71 mm 14 h 49
- Colmar · France 5h 23 · 3 ch — 15 h 10
- Lier · Belgium 5h 25 · 3 ch — 15 h 33
- Ath · Belgium 5h 30 · 4 ch — 15 h 29
- Bruges · Belgium 5h 31 · 3 ch — 15 h 33 Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
- Namur · Belgium 5h 32 · 5 ch — 15 h 27
- London · United Kingdom 5h 32 · 2 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 5h 34 · 2 ch 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Liège · Belgium 5h 36 · 3 ch — 15 h 29
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 5h 38 · 3 ch — 15 h 33
- Calais · France 5h 40 · 3 ch — 15 h 31
- Schiedam · Netherlands 5h 43 · 3 ch — 15 h 39
Journeys from Rennes'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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