Basel · August
Where to go from Basel in August
152 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. 6 of them are at least 4° warmer than Basel.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Geneva 2h 57 Switzerland Highs of 26°, and Fêtes de la Batie.
- Zurich 1h 05 Switzerland Highs of 24°, often wet, and Züri Fäscht and 2 more on.
- Brussels 5h 19 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Chelmsford 7h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 7h 48 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Amsterdam 7h 52 Netherlands Highs of 22°, and Pride Amsterdam and 1 more on.
On in August
- Swiss National Day fireworks in Solothurn 1h
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 1h 05
- Street Parade in Zurich 1h 05
- Swiss national day in Zurich 1h 05
- Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne in Lausanne 2h 28
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 2h 57
- Blues to Bop Festival in Lugano 3h
- Locarno Film Festival in Locarno 3h 13
- poolbar-Festival in Feldkirch 3h 44
- Mendelssohn Musikwoche Wengen in Wengen BE 3h 58
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 4h 19
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 5h 19
- Innsbruck Festival of Early Music in Innsbruck 5h 45
- Maanrock in Mechelen 6h 07
- Ferrara Buskers Festival in Ferrara 6h 40
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 6h 46
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 7h 10
- Mela in Reading 7h 13
- Reading Festival in Reading 7h 13
- Venice Days in Venice 7h 16
- Venice Film Festival in Venice 7h 16
- Delft Jazz in Delft 7h 19
- Westerpop in Delft 7h 19
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 7h 23
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Basel, August has 14 h 18 of daylight and averages 15–25°.
- Aarau · Switzerland 47 min · 1 ch — 14 h 17
- Solothurn · Switzerland 1h · 1 ch — 14 h 17 Swiss National Day fireworks
- Zurich · Switzerland 1h 05 14–24° 119 mm 14 h 17 Züri Fäscht, Street Parade +1
- Colmar · France 1h 06 — 14 h 21
- Lucerne · Switzerland 1h 07 14–24° 170 mm 14 h 16
- Baden · Switzerland 1h 09 — 14 h 18
- Bern · Switzerland 1h 23 · 1 ch — 14 h 15
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 1h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 17
- Strasbourg · France 1h 41 — 14 h 23
- Thun · Switzerland 1h 55 — 14 h 14
- Fribourg · Switzerland 1h 58 · 1 ch — 14 h 15
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 1h 59 · 1 ch — 14 h 19
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 2h 24 · 1 ch — 14 h 18
- Chur · Switzerland 2h 24 — 14 h 15
- Lausanne · Switzerland 2h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 13 Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne
- Interlaken · Switzerland 2h 45 · 1 ch — 14 h 14
- Vevey · Switzerland 2h 47 · 2 ch — 14 h 13
- Montreux · Switzerland 2h 53 · 2 ch — 14 h 13
- Geneva · Switzerland 2h 57 · 2 ch 14–26° 81 mm 14 h 12 Fêtes de la Batie
- Lugano · Switzerland 3h · 1 ch — 14 h 11 Blues to Bop Festival
- Sion · Switzerland 3h 03 · 1 ch — 14 h 12
- Bregenz · Austria 3h 05 · 1 ch — 14 h 18
- Dijon · France 3h 13 · 1 ch — 14 h 17
- Locarno · Switzerland 3h 13 · 2 ch — 14 h 12 Locarno Film Festival
- Dornbirn · Austria 3h 22 · 2 ch — 14 h 18
- Davos · Switzerland 3h 24 · 1 ch — 14 h 15
- Paris · France 3h 40 16–26° 58 mm 14 h 25
- Como · Italy 3h 40 · 2 ch — 14 h 10
- Feldkirch · Austria 3h 44 · 1 ch — 14 h 17 poolbar-Festival
- Reims · France 3h 46 · 2 ch — 14 h 27
- Leysin · Switzerland 3h 48 · 3 ch — 14 h 13
- Nancy · France 3h 49 · 1 ch — 14 h 24
- Varese · Italy 3h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 10
- Lauterbrunnen · Switzerland 3h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 14
- Wengen BE · Switzerland 3h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 14 Mendelssohn Musikwoche Wengen
- Grindelwald · Switzerland 4h 02 · 2 ch — 14 h 14
- Saint-Cloud · France 4h 03 · 2 ch — 14 h 25
- St. Moritz · Switzerland 4h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 13
- Annecy · France 4h 12 · 4 ch — 14 h 11
- Metz · France 4h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 26
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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