The Hague · August
Where to go from The Hague in August
158 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what August is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 4 of them are at least 4° warmer than The Hague.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Amsterdam 49 min Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
- Brussels 2h 08 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Chelmsford 5h 53 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 6h 08 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 6h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Portsmouth 6h 57 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
On in August
- Delft Jazz in Delft 12 min
- Westerpop in Delft 12 min
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in Utrecht 48 min
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 49 min
- Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam 49 min
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 2h 08
- Maanrock in Mechelen 2h 13
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 3h 06
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 3h 10
- Mela in Reading 5h 39
- Reading Festival in Reading 5h 39
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 5h 53
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 6h 08
- Mela in Swindon 6h 10
- Shuffle in Swindon 6h 10
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 6h 10
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 6h 11
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 6h 49
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 6h 57
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 6h 59
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 7h 10
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 7h 12
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 7h 17
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 7h 35
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In The Hague, August has 14 h 42 of daylight and averages 13–22°.
- Delft · Netherlands 12 min — 14 h 42 Delft Jazz, Westerpop
- Leiden · Netherlands 17 min — 14 h 43
- Schiedam · Netherlands 21 min — 14 h 41
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 25 min 13–23° 92 mm 14 h 41
- Gouda · Netherlands 28 min — 14 h 42
- Haarlem · Netherlands 38 min — 14 h 44
- Utrecht · Netherlands 48 min — 14 h 42 Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 49 min · 2 ch 13–22° 99 mm 14 h 44 Pride Amsterdam, Prinsengrachtconcert and Grachtenfestival
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 1h 01 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Zaandam · Netherlands 1h 06 · 1 ch — 14 h 45
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 1h 06 — 14 h 43
- Weesp · Netherlands 1h 07 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Hilversum · Netherlands 1h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 09 — 14 h 39
- Almere · Netherlands 1h 19 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Bussum · Netherlands 1h 19 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 1h 23 · 1 ch — 14 h 40
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 25 — 14 h 39
- Antwerp · Belgium 1h 28 · 1 ch 14–24° 84 mm 14 h 37
- Alkmaar · Netherlands 1h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 46
- Apeldoorn · Netherlands 1h 34 · 1 ch — 14 h 43
- Zwolle · Netherlands 1h 43 — 14 h 45
- Deventer · Netherlands 1h 46 · 1 ch — 14 h 43
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 1h 47 · 1 ch 12–24° 73 mm 14 h 39
- Geldrop · Netherlands 1h 54 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 1h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Zutphen · Netherlands 1h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 2h 03 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Lier · Belgium 2h 07 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Arnhem · Netherlands 2h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 13 · 2 ch — 14 h 36 Maanrock
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 26 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Venlo · Netherlands 2h 27 · 1 ch — 14 h 38
- Assen · Netherlands 2h 27 — 14 h 48
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 35 · 3 ch 13–23° 64 mm 14 h 35
- Vlissingen · Netherlands 2h 38 — 14 h 39
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 40 · 2 ch — 14 h 35
- Groningen · Netherlands 2h 44 12–23° 78 mm 14 h 49
- Enschede · Netherlands 2h 46 — 14 h 43
Journeys from The Hague'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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