The Hague · May
Where to go from The Hague 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 The Hague.
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.
- Utrecht 48 min Netherlands Skate parade.
- Breda 1h 09 Netherlands Breda Jazz Festival.
- Tilburg 1h 25 Netherlands Gipsyfestival.
- Zwolle 1h 43 Netherlands Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel.
On in May
- Skate parade in Utrecht 48 min
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 1h 09
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 1h 23
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 1h 25
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 1h 43
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 1h 56
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 1h 56
- 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 The Hague, May has 15 h 40 of daylight and averages 8–17°.
- Delft · Netherlands 12 min — 15 h 40
- Leiden · Netherlands 17 min — 15 h 41
- Schiedam · Netherlands 21 min — 15 h 39
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 25 min 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Gouda · Netherlands 28 min — 15 h 40
- Haarlem · Netherlands 38 min — 15 h 43
- Utrecht · Netherlands 48 min — 15 h 41 Skate parade
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 49 min · 2 ch 9–18° 54 mm 15 h 43
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 1h 01 · 1 ch — 15 h 38
- Zaandam · Netherlands 1h 06 · 1 ch — 15 h 43
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 1h 06 — 15 h 41
- Weesp · Netherlands 1h 07 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- Hilversum · Netherlands 1h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 42
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 09 — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Almere · Netherlands 1h 19 · 1 ch — 15 h 43
- Bussum · Netherlands 1h 19 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 1h 23 · 1 ch — 15 h 37 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 25 — 15 h 36 Gipsyfestival
- Antwerp · Belgium 1h 28 · 1 ch 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Alkmaar · Netherlands 1h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 45
- Apeldoorn · Netherlands 1h 34 · 1 ch — 15 h 41
- Zwolle · Netherlands 1h 43 — 15 h 44 Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel
- Deventer · Netherlands 1h 46 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 1h 47 · 1 ch 8–19° 56 mm 15 h 35
- Geldrop · Netherlands 1h 54 · 2 ch — 15 h 35
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 1h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 38 Dag van het Levenslied, Roze Meifeesten
- Zutphen · Netherlands 1h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 41
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 2h 03 · 2 ch — 15 h 33
- Lier · Belgium 2h 07 · 2 ch — 15 h 33
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Arnhem · Netherlands 2h 11 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 26 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Venlo · Netherlands 2h 27 · 1 ch — 15 h 35
- Assen · Netherlands 2h 27 — 15 h 48
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 35 · 3 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Vlissingen · Netherlands 2h 38 — 15 h 35
- Leuven · Belgium 2h 40 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Groningen · Netherlands 2h 44 7–18° 58 mm 15 h 50
- Enschede · Netherlands 2h 46 — 15 h 42
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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