Rotterdam · May
Where to go from Rotterdam in May
158 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. 3 of them are at least 4° warmer than Rotterdam.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lyon 6h 02 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 6h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Breda 36 min Netherlands Breda Jazz Festival.
- Tilburg 55 min Netherlands Gipsyfestival.
- Utrecht 1h 01 Netherlands Skate parade.
- 's-Hertogenbosch 1h 22 Netherlands 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair.
On in May
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 36 min
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 55 min
- Skate parade in Utrecht 1h 01
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 1h 22
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 1h 56
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 1h 56
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 2h 13
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 3h 06
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 3h 49
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 6h 02
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 6h 08
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 6h 10
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 6h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 6h 11
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 6h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 6h 20
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 6h 27
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 6h 28
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 6h 39
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 6h 49
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 6h 59
- Upfest in Bristol 6h 59
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 7h 06
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 7h 12
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Rotterdam, May has 15 h 39 of daylight and averages 8–18°.
- Schiedam · Netherlands 9 min — 15 h 39
- Delft · Netherlands 17 min — 15 h 40
- The Hague · Netherlands 23 min 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 40
- Breda · Netherlands 36 min — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Leiden · Netherlands 39 min · 1 ch — 15 h 41
- Gouda · Netherlands 43 min — 15 h 40
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 46 min · 1 ch — 15 h 38
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 54 min · 1 ch 9–18° 54 mm 15 h 43
- Tilburg · Netherlands 55 min — 15 h 36 Gipsyfestival
- Utrecht · Netherlands 1h 01 — 15 h 41 Skate parade
- Zaandam · Netherlands 1h 06 · 1 ch — 15 h 43
- Haarlem · Netherlands 1h 07 · 2 ch — 15 h 43
- Weesp · Netherlands 1h 07 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- Hilversum · Netherlands 1h 08 — 15 h 42
- Antwerp · Belgium 1h 18 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Almere · Netherlands 1h 19 — 15 h 43
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 1h 19 8–19° 56 mm 15 h 35
- Bussum · Netherlands 1h 19 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 1h 20 — 15 h 41
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 1h 22 · 1 ch — 15 h 37 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair
- Alkmaar · Netherlands 1h 35 · 2 ch — 15 h 45
- Mechelen · Belgium 1h 39 — 15 h 32
- Lier · Belgium 1h 47 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Apeldoorn · Netherlands 1h 48 — 15 h 41
- Vlissingen · Netherlands 1h 52 — 15 h 35
- Geldrop · Netherlands 1h 54 · 1 ch — 15 h 35
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 1h 56 · 1 ch — 15 h 38 Dag van het Levenslied, Roze Meifeesten
- Venlo · Netherlands 1h 57 · 1 ch — 15 h 35
- Deventer · Netherlands 1h 59 — 15 h 42
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 2h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 05 · 1 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Arnhem · Netherlands 2h 11 · 1 ch — 15 h 40
- Zwolle · Netherlands 2h 13 · 1 ch — 15 h 44 Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 19 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 26 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Zutphen · Netherlands 2h 26 · 1 ch — 15 h 41
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 27 · 1 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 32 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Heerlen · Netherlands 2h 40 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Enschede · Netherlands 2h 46 — 15 h 42
Journeys from Rotterdam'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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