Amsterdam · December
Where to go from Amsterdam in December
158 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. 2 of them are at least 4° warmer than Amsterdam.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Utrecht 23 min Netherlands Skate parade.
- Schiedam 48 min Netherlands Winterlicht.
- Leuven 2h 40 Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Lille 2h 49 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Cambridge 6h 11 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Derby 6h 30 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
On in December
- Skate parade in Utrecht 23 min
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 48 min
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 2h 40
- Christmas Market in Lille 2h 49
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 6h 30
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 6h 32
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 7h 06
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 7h 10
- Art | Basel in Basel 7h 28
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 7h 28
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Amsterdam, December has 7 h 43 of daylight and averages 2–7°.
- Weesp · Netherlands 22 min — 7 h 44
- Haarlem · Netherlands 23 min — 7 h 43
- Utrecht · Netherlands 23 min — 7 h 46 Skate parade
- Zaandam · Netherlands 24 min — 7 h 42
- Almere · Netherlands 30 min — 7 h 43
- Leiden · Netherlands 34 min — 7 h 45
- Bussum · Netherlands 37 min — 7 h 44
- Hilversum · Netherlands 38 min — 7 h 45
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 41 min 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- The Hague · Netherlands 45 min 2–7° 76 mm 7 h 46
- Alkmaar · Netherlands 48 min — 7 h 40
- Gouda · Netherlands 48 min · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Schiedam · Netherlands 48 min · 1 ch — 7 h 48 Winterlicht
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 50 min — 7 h 45
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 53 min · 1 ch — 7 h 50
- Delft · Netherlands 55 min · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 09 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Zwolle · Netherlands 1h 16 — 7 h 42
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 1h 16 · 2 ch — 7 h 49
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 1h 17 · 1 ch 1–7° 75 mm 7 h 53
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 17 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Apeldoorn · Netherlands 1h 18 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Geldrop · Netherlands 1h 24 · 2 ch — 7 h 53
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 1h 26 · 2 ch — 7 h 49
- Antwerp · Belgium 1h 28 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Deventer · Netherlands 1h 29 · 1 ch — 7 h 44
- Arnhem · Netherlands 1h 41 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Zutphen · Netherlands 1h 56 · 1 ch — 7 h 46
- Assen · Netherlands 1h 57 — 7 h 36
- Venlo · Netherlands 1h 57 · 1 ch — 7 h 53
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 2h 03 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Lier · Belgium 2h 07 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 08 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 13 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Groningen · Netherlands 2h 14 1–6° 79 mm 7 h 34
- Leeuwarden · Netherlands 2h 16 · 1 ch — 7 h 34
- Enschede · Netherlands 2h 16 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 26 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 32 — 7 h 58
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 35 · 2 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
Journeys from Amsterdam'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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