Basel · April
Where to go from Basel in April
152 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what April 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 Basel.
Good for April
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Zurich 1h 05 Switzerland Highs of 15°, and Sechseläuten (Sächsilüüte).
- Paris 3h 40 France Highs of 17°, and Paris Marathon.
- Solothurn 1h Switzerland Beer Days.
- Fribourg 1h 58 Switzerland Fribourg International Film Festival.
- Montreux 2h 53 Switzerland Golden Award of Montreux Festival.
- Brussels 5h 19 Belgium Highs of 15°, and Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
On in April
- Beer Days in Solothurn 1h
- Sechseläuten (Sächsilüüte) in Zurich 1h 05
- Fribourg International Film Festival in Fribourg 1h 58
- Golden Award of Montreux Festival in Montreux 2h 53
- Paris Marathon in Paris 3h 40
- April in Annecy 4h 12
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival in Brussels 5h 19
- Zythoos Bierfestival in Leuven 6h
- Lovers Film Festival - Torino LGBTQI Visions in Turin 6h 10
- Torino Jazz Festival in Turin 6h 10
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège in Liège 6h 11
- Mythos Festival in Rennes 6h 27
- London Marathon in London 6h 32
- Avignon Fair in Avignon 6h 50
- Rotterdam Marathon in Rotterdam 7h 04
- Life I Live Festival in The Hague 7h 32
- Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam 7h 52
- King's Day in Amsterdam 7h 52
- Koningsdag in Gouda 7h 58
Most happen every year in April; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Basel, April has 13 h 36 of daylight and averages 6–16°.
- Aarau · Switzerland 47 min · 1 ch — 13 h 36
- Solothurn · Switzerland 1h · 1 ch — 13 h 35 Beer Days
- Zurich · Switzerland 1h 05 5–15° 80 mm 13 h 36 Sechseläuten (Sächsilüüte)
- Colmar · France 1h 06 — 13 h 38
- Lucerne · Switzerland 1h 07 5–15° 96 mm 13 h 35
- Baden · Switzerland 1h 09 — 13 h 36
- Bern · Switzerland 1h 23 · 1 ch — 13 h 34
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 1h 41 · 1 ch — 13 h 35
- Strasbourg · France 1h 41 — 13 h 40
- Thun · Switzerland 1h 55 — 13 h 34
- Fribourg · Switzerland 1h 58 · 1 ch — 13 h 34 Fribourg International Film Festival
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 1h 59 · 1 ch — 13 h 37
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 2h 24 · 1 ch — 13 h 36
- Chur · Switzerland 2h 24 — 13 h 34
- Lausanne · Switzerland 2h 28 · 1 ch — 13 h 33
- Interlaken · Switzerland 2h 45 · 1 ch — 13 h 34
- Vevey · Switzerland 2h 47 · 2 ch — 13 h 33
- Montreux · Switzerland 2h 53 · 2 ch — 13 h 33 Golden Award of Montreux Festival
- Geneva · Switzerland 2h 57 · 2 ch 5–16° 67 mm 13 h 32
- Lugano · Switzerland 3h · 1 ch — 13 h 31
- Sion · Switzerland 3h 03 · 1 ch — 13 h 32
- Bregenz · Austria 3h 05 · 1 ch — 13 h 36
- Dijon · France 3h 13 · 1 ch — 13 h 36
- Locarno · Switzerland 3h 13 · 2 ch — 13 h 32
- Dornbirn · Austria 3h 22 · 2 ch — 13 h 36
- Davos · Switzerland 3h 24 · 1 ch — 13 h 34
- Paris · France 3h 40 8–17° 46 mm 13 h 41 Paris Marathon
- Como · Italy 3h 40 · 2 ch — 13 h 31
- Feldkirch · Austria 3h 44 · 1 ch — 13 h 35
- Reims · France 3h 46 · 2 ch — 13 h 42
- Leysin · Switzerland 3h 48 · 3 ch — 13 h 33
- Nancy · France 3h 49 · 1 ch — 13 h 40
- Varese · Italy 3h 56 · 2 ch — 13 h 31
- Lauterbrunnen · Switzerland 3h 58 · 2 ch — 13 h 33
- Wengen BE · Switzerland 3h 58 · 2 ch — 13 h 33
- Grindelwald · Switzerland 4h 02 · 2 ch — 13 h 33
- Saint-Cloud · France 4h 03 · 2 ch — 13 h 41
- St. Moritz · Switzerland 4h 08 · 1 ch — 13 h 33
- Annecy · France 4h 12 · 4 ch — 13 h 31 April
- Metz · France 4h 18 · 1 ch — 13 h 42
Journeys from Basel'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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