Saint-Étienne · December
Where to go from Saint-Étienne in December
118 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.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lille 4h 25 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Strasbourg 5h 14 France Christmas Markets.
- Basel 5h 25 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Fribourg 5h 34 Switzerland St Nicholas Day.
- Solothurn 6h 01 Switzerland Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret.
- Verbier 6h 19 Switzerland Verbier Festival.
On in December
- Christmas Market in Lille 4h 25
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 5h 14
- Art | Basel in Basel 5h 25
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 5h 25
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 5h 34
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 6h 01
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 6h 19
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 6h 28
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 7h 13
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 7h 45
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 7h 52
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Saint-Étienne, December has 8 h 44 of daylight.
- Lyon · France 1h 01 2–8° 54 mm 8 h 42
- Grenoble · France 2h 41 · 1 ch — 8 h 46
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 06 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Annecy · France 3h 09 · 1 ch — 8 h 41
- Chambéry · France 3h 18 · 1 ch — 8 h 43
- Dijon · France 3h 19 · 1 ch — 8 h 30
- Orange · France 3h 28 · 1 ch — 8 h 54
- Avignon · France 3h 32 · 2 ch — 8 h 55
- Geneva · Switzerland 3h 42 · 1 ch 0–6° 90 mm 8 h 39
- Paris · France 3h 50 · 2 ch 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Versailles · France 3h 57 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Reims · France 4h 08 · 3 ch — 8 h 13
- Arles · France 4h 11 · 2 ch — 8 h 57
- Saint-Cloud · France 4h 12 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 8 h 42
- Lille · France 4h 25 · 1 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Marseille · France 4h 27 · 1 ch 4–12° 41 mm 9 h
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 39 · 2 ch — 8 h 36
- Montpellier · France 4h 49 · 2 ch — 8 h 58
- Fontainebleau · France 4h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 04 · 2 ch — 8 h 37
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 11 · 2 ch — 8 h 37
- Toulon · France 5h 12 · 2 ch — 9 h 01
- Strasbourg · France 5h 14 · 2 ch — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Rouen · France 5h 17 · 1 ch — 8 h 12
- Basel · Switzerland 5h 25 · 2 ch 1–6° 65 mm 8 h 28 Art | Basel, Basler Weihnachtsmarkt
- Le Mans · France 5h 29 · 1 ch — 8 h 24
- Chartres · France 5h 29 · 2 ch — 8 h 20
- Fribourg · Switzerland 5h 34 · 2 ch — 8 h 34 St Nicholas Day
- Colmar · France 5h 36 · 2 ch — 8 h 23
- Béziers · France 5h 39 · 2 ch — 8 h 59
- Brussels · Belgium 5h 46 · 3 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Kortrijk · Belgium 5h 47 · 2 ch — 7 h 59
- Leysin · Switzerland 5h 48 · 3 ch — 8 h 38
- Aix-en-Provence · France 5h 52 · 2 ch — 8 h 58
- Bern · Switzerland 5h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 33
- Sion · Switzerland 5h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 38
- Solothurn · Switzerland 6h 01 · 3 ch — 8 h 31 Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret
- Caen · France 6h 04 · 2 ch — 8 h 14
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · France 6h 05 · 3 ch -6–3° 110 mm 8 h 41
Journeys from Saint-Étienne'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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