Basel · July
Where to go from Basel in July
152 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what July is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 5 of them are at least 4° warmer than Basel.
Good for July
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Geneva 2h 57 Switzerland Highs of 27°, and Fêtes de la Batie.
- Zurich 1h 05 Switzerland Highs of 24°, often wet, and Caliente Festival and 1 more on.
- Lucerne 1h 07 Switzerland Highs of 25°, often wet, and Luzerner Fest and 1 more on.
- Nantes 6h 22 France Highs of 25°, and La Nuit de l'Erdre.
- Antwerp 6h 25 Belgium Highs of 24°, and TomorrowLand.
- London 6h 32 United Kingdom Highs of 24°, and Watch tennis at Wimbledon and 1 more on.
On in July
- Caliente Festival in Zurich 1h 05
- Züri Fäscht in Zurich 1h 05
- Luzerner Fest in Lucerne 1h 07
- Luzer Live in Lucerne 1h 07
- Gurtenfestival in Bern 1h 23
- Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux 2h 53
- Fêtes de la Batie in Geneva 2h 57
- Moon and Stars Music Festival in Locarno 3h 13
- poolbar-Festival in Feldkirch 3h 44
- Eiger Ultra in Wengen BE 3h 58
- Eiger Ultra Trail in Grindelwald 4h 02
- July in Annecy 4h 12
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 4h 19
- Gentse Feesten in Ghent 6h 02
- Ghent Festivities in Ghent 6h 02
- Kappa FuturFestival in Turin 6h 10
- La Nuit de l'Erdre in Nantes 6h 22
- TomorrowLand in Antwerp 6h 25
- Watch tennis at Wimbledon in London 6h 32
- London Trans+ Pride in London 6h 32
- Sherwood Festival in Padua 6h 46
- Festival d'Avignon in Avignon 6h 50
- Metropolis Festival in Rotterdam 7h 04
- Marseille Festival of Documentary Film in Marseille 7h 06
Most happen every year in July; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Basel, July has 15 h 37 of daylight and averages 15–26°.
- Aarau · Switzerland 47 min · 1 ch — 15 h 35
- Solothurn · Switzerland 1h · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Zurich · Switzerland 1h 05 14–24° 126 mm 15 h 35 Caliente Festival, Züri Fäscht
- Colmar · France 1h 06 — 15 h 41
- Lucerne · Switzerland 1h 07 15–25° 166 mm 15 h 33 Luzerner Fest, Luzer Live
- Baden · Switzerland 1h 09 — 15 h 36
- Bern · Switzerland 1h 23 · 1 ch — 15 h 32 Gurtenfestival
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 1h 41 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Strasbourg · France 1h 41 — 15 h 45
- Thun · Switzerland 1h 55 — 15 h 30
- Fribourg · Switzerland 1h 58 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 1h 59 · 1 ch — 15 h 38
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 2h 24 · 1 ch — 15 h 35
- Chur · Switzerland 2h 24 — 15 h 31
- Lausanne · Switzerland 2h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 28
- Interlaken · Switzerland 2h 45 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Vevey · Switzerland 2h 47 · 2 ch — 15 h 28
- Montreux · Switzerland 2h 53 · 2 ch — 15 h 28 Montreux Jazz Festival
- Geneva · Switzerland 2h 57 · 2 ch 15–27° 79 mm 15 h 26 Fêtes de la Batie
- Lugano · Switzerland 3h · 1 ch — 15 h 25
- Sion · Switzerland 3h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 26
- Bregenz · Austria 3h 05 · 1 ch — 15 h 36
- Dijon · France 3h 13 · 1 ch — 15 h 35
- Locarno · Switzerland 3h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 26 Moon and Stars Music Festival
- Dornbirn · Austria 3h 22 · 2 ch — 15 h 35
- Davos · Switzerland 3h 24 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Paris · France 3h 40 16–26° 59 mm 15 h 47
- Como · Italy 3h 40 · 2 ch — 15 h 23
- Feldkirch · Austria 3h 44 · 1 ch — 15 h 34 poolbar-Festival
- Reims · France 3h 46 · 2 ch — 15 h 51
- Leysin · Switzerland 3h 48 · 3 ch — 15 h 27
- Nancy · France 3h 49 · 1 ch — 15 h 46
- Varese · Italy 3h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 23
- Lauterbrunnen · Switzerland 3h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Wengen BE · Switzerland 3h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 29 Eiger Ultra
- Grindelwald · Switzerland 4h 02 · 2 ch — 15 h 29 Eiger Ultra Trail
- Saint-Cloud · France 4h 03 · 2 ch — 15 h 47
- St. Moritz · Switzerland 4h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h 28
- Annecy · France 4h 12 · 4 ch — 15 h 24 July
- Metz · France 4h 18 · 1 ch — 15 h 50
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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