Saint-Étienne · May
Where to go from Saint-Étienne in May
118 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 1h 01 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Zurich 6h 28 Switzerland Highs of 19°, often wet, and Videoex.
- Brighton 7h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Solothurn 6h 01 Switzerland Solothurner Literaturtage.
- Rennes 6h 27 France Rock'n Solex.
- Cannes 6h 34 France Cannes Film Festival and 2 more on.
On in May
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 1h 01
- Solothurner Literaturtage in Solothurn 6h 01
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 6h 27
- Videoex in Zurich 6h 28
- Cannes Film Festival in Cannes 6h 34
- Critics' Week in Cannes 6h 34
- Directors' Fortnight in Cannes 6h 34
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 6h 49
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 6h 49
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 7h 21
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 7h 39
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 7h 42
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 7h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 7h 45
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 7h 59
- The Great Escape in Brighton 7h 59
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Saint-Étienne, May has 14 h 53 of daylight.
- Lyon · France 1h 01 11–22° 81 mm 14 h 55 Nuits sonores
- Grenoble · France 2h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 51
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 06 · 1 ch — 15 h 16
- Annecy · France 3h 09 · 1 ch — 14 h 56
- Chambéry · France 3h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 54
- Dijon · France 3h 19 · 1 ch — 15 h 05
- Orange · France 3h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 45
- Avignon · France 3h 32 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
- Geneva · Switzerland 3h 42 · 1 ch 9–20° 78 mm 14 h 58
- Paris · France 3h 50 · 2 ch 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Versailles · France 3h 57 · 1 ch — 15 h 15
- Reims · France 4h 08 · 3 ch — 15 h 18
- Arles · France 4h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Saint-Cloud · France 4h 12 · 2 ch — 15 h 15
- Clermont-Ferrand · France 4h 22 · 2 ch — 14 h 55
- Lille · France 4h 25 · 1 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Marseille · France 4h 27 · 1 ch 13–24° 38 mm 14 h 40
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 39 · 2 ch — 15 h
- Montpellier · France 4h 49 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Fontainebleau · France 4h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 12
- Vevey · Switzerland 5h 04 · 2 ch — 14 h 59
- Montreux · Switzerland 5h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 59
- Toulon · France 5h 12 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Strasbourg · France 5h 14 · 2 ch — 15 h 13
- Rouen · France 5h 17 · 1 ch — 15 h 20
- Basel · Switzerland 5h 25 · 2 ch 10–20° 98 mm 15 h 06
- Le Mans · France 5h 29 · 1 ch — 15 h 10
- Chartres · France 5h 29 · 2 ch — 15 h 13
- Fribourg · Switzerland 5h 34 · 2 ch — 15 h 01
- Colmar · France 5h 36 · 2 ch — 15 h 10
- Béziers · France 5h 39 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Brussels · Belgium 5h 46 · 3 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Kortrijk · Belgium 5h 47 · 2 ch — 15 h 30
- Leysin · Switzerland 5h 48 · 3 ch — 14 h 58
- Aix-en-Provence · France 5h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Bern · Switzerland 5h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 02
- Sion · Switzerland 5h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 58
- Solothurn · Switzerland 6h 01 · 3 ch — 15 h 04 Solothurner Literaturtage
- Caen · France 6h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 18
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · France 6h 05 · 3 ch 5–18° 121 mm 14 h 56
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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