Versailles · December
Where to go from Versailles in December
208 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 1h 50 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Leuven 3h Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Strasbourg 3h 13 France Christmas Markets.
- Schiedam 4h 13 Netherlands Winterlicht.
- Cambridge 4h 45 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Basel 4h 46 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
On in December
- Christmas Market in Lille 1h 50
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 3h
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 3h 13
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 4h 13
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 4h 45
- Art | Basel in Basel 4h 46
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 4h 46
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 4h 52
- Skate parade in Utrecht 5h 10
- York Christmas Festival in York 5h 28
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 5h 30
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 5h 39
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 5h 50
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 6h 27
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 6h 37
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 6h 58
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Versailles, December has 8 h 17 of daylight.
- Saint-Cloud · France 15 min — 8 h 17
- Paris · France 18 min 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Disneyland Paris · France 1h 15 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Chartres · France 1h 23 — 8 h 20
- Fontainebleau · France 1h 29 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- Le Mans · France 1h 31 · 1 ch — 8 h 24
- Lille · France 1h 50 · 2 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Rouen · France 1h 59 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- Reims · France 2h 16 · 3 ch — 8 h 13
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 19 · 2 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Rennes · France 2h 27 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Bordeaux · France 2h 36 · 1 ch 4–11° 106 mm 8 h 49
- Amiens · France 2h 44 · 2 ch — 8 h 08
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 47 · 4 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Kortrijk · Belgium 2h 47 · 3 ch — 7 h 59
- Le Havre · France 2h 50 · 2 ch — 8 h 11
- Nancy · France 2h 51 · 2 ch — 8 h 18
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 52 · 3 ch — 7 h 58
- Lyon · France 2h 58 · 1 ch 2–8° 54 mm 8 h 42
- Dieppe · France 2h 59 · 3 ch — 8 h 07
- Leuven · Belgium 3h · 3 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Ghent · Belgium 3h 02 · 3 ch — 7 h 57
- Mechelen · Belgium 3h 07 · 3 ch — 7 h 57
- Ath · Belgium 3h 10 · 4 ch — 8 h 01
- Strasbourg · France 3h 13 · 2 ch — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Nantes · France 3h 21 · 1 ch 4–10° 101 mm 8 h 31
- Antwerp · Belgium 3h 25 · 3 ch 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Lier · Belgium 3h 25 · 3 ch — 7 h 56
- Bruges · Belgium 3h 31 · 3 ch — 7 h 55
- London · United Kingdom 3h 32 · 2 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Calais · France 3h 32 · 4 ch — 7 h 58
- Liège · Belgium 3h 36 · 3 ch — 8 h 01
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 3h 46 · 4 ch — 7 h 55
- Colmar · France 3h 47 · 2 ch — 8 h 23
- Namur · Belgium 3h 48 · 3 ch — 8 h 02
- Caen · France 3h 49 · 3 ch — 8 h 14
- Ypres · Belgium 3h 49 · 4 ch — 7 h 58
- Charleroi · Belgium 3h 52 · 4 ch — 8 h 03
- Hasselt · Belgium 3h 54 · 3 ch — 7 h 58
- St Albans · United Kingdom 3h 56 · 3 ch — 7 h 49
Journeys from Versailles'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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