Basel · October
Where to go from Basel in October
152 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what October 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 October
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Zurich 1h 05 Switzerland Highs of 14°, and Zurich Film Festival.
- Bordeaux 6h 16 France Highs of 20°, and Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival.
- Marseille 7h 06 France Highs of 21°, and La Fiesta Des Suds.
- Paris 3h 40 France Highs of 16°, and Festival de Films Gays, Lesbiens, Bi, Trans & +++ de Paris and 1 more on.
- Lausanne 2h 28 Switzerland Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival.
- Innsbruck 5h 45 Austria Highs of 16°, and Innsbruck Nature Film Festival.
On in October
- Zurich Film Festival in Zurich 1h 05
- Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival in Lausanne 2h 28
- Festival de Films Gays, Lesbiens, Bi, Trans & +++ de Paris in Paris 3h 40
- Salon d'Automne in Paris 3h 40
- Lichtstadt Feldkirch in Feldkirch 3h 44
- Nancy Jazz Pulsations in Nancy 3h 49
- Annecy Italian Film Festival in Annecy 4h 12
- October in Annecy 4h 12
- Chartres Arts and Crafts Fair in Chartres 5h 29
- Innsbruck Nature Film Festival in Innsbruck 5h 45
- Film Fest Gent in Ghent 6h 02
- VIEW Conference in Turin 6h 10
- Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival in Bordeaux 6h 16
- Fest Noz in Rennes 6h 27
- BFI London Film Festival in London 6h 32
- Jenever Festival in Hasselt 6h 54
- La Fiesta Des Suds in Marseille 7h 06
- Opera in Parma 7h 09
- La Rochelle Jazz Festival in La Rochelle 7h 21
- Guildford Book Festival in Guildford 7h 34
- Pier Fireworks in Southend-on-Sea 7h 37
- Cambridge Film Festival in Cambridge 7h 45
- Festival of Ideas in Cambridge 7h 45
- 3 October celebrations in Leiden 7h 47
Most happen every year in October; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Basel, October has 10 h 55 of daylight and averages 8–16°.
- Aarau · Switzerland 47 min · 1 ch — 10 h 56
- Solothurn · Switzerland 1h · 1 ch — 10 h 56
- Zurich · Switzerland 1h 05 7–14° 85 mm 10 h 56 Zurich Film Festival
- Colmar · France 1h 06 — 10 h 54
- Lucerne · Switzerland 1h 07 7–14° 88 mm 10 h 57
- Baden · Switzerland 1h 09 — 10 h 56
- Bern · Switzerland 1h 23 · 1 ch — 10 h 57
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 1h 41 · 1 ch — 10 h 56
- Strasbourg · France 1h 41 — 10 h 53
- Thun · Switzerland 1h 55 — 10 h 57
- Fribourg · Switzerland 1h 58 · 1 ch — 10 h 57
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 1h 59 · 1 ch — 10 h 55
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 2h 24 · 1 ch — 10 h 56
- Chur · Switzerland 2h 24 — 10 h 57
- Lausanne · Switzerland 2h 28 · 1 ch — 10 h 58 Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival
- Interlaken · Switzerland 2h 45 · 1 ch — 10 h 57
- Vevey · Switzerland 2h 47 · 2 ch — 10 h 58
- Montreux · Switzerland 2h 53 · 2 ch — 10 h 58
- Geneva · Switzerland 2h 57 · 2 ch 7–16° 96 mm 10 h 59
- Lugano · Switzerland 3h · 1 ch — 10 h 59
- Sion · Switzerland 3h 03 · 1 ch — 10 h 58
- Bregenz · Austria 3h 05 · 1 ch — 10 h 55
- Dijon · France 3h 13 · 1 ch — 10 h 56
- Locarno · Switzerland 3h 13 · 2 ch — 10 h 59
- Dornbirn · Austria 3h 22 · 2 ch — 10 h 56
- Davos · Switzerland 3h 24 · 1 ch — 10 h 57
- Paris · France 3h 40 10–16° 55 mm 10 h 52 Festival de Films Gays, Lesbiens, Bi, Trans & +++ de Paris, Salon d'Automne
- Como · Italy 3h 40 · 2 ch — 10 h 59
- Feldkirch · Austria 3h 44 · 1 ch — 10 h 56 Lichtstadt Feldkirch
- Reims · France 3h 46 · 2 ch — 10 h 51
- Leysin · Switzerland 3h 48 · 3 ch — 10 h 58
- Nancy · France 3h 49 · 1 ch — 10 h 53 Nancy Jazz Pulsations
- Varese · Italy 3h 56 · 2 ch — 10 h 59
- Lauterbrunnen · Switzerland 3h 58 · 2 ch — 10 h 58
- Wengen BE · Switzerland 3h 58 · 2 ch — 10 h 58
- Grindelwald · Switzerland 4h 02 · 2 ch — 10 h 58
- Saint-Cloud · France 4h 03 · 2 ch — 10 h 52
- St. Moritz · Switzerland 4h 08 · 1 ch — 10 h 58
- Annecy · France 4h 12 · 4 ch — 10 h 59 Annecy Italian Film Festival, October
- Metz · France 4h 18 · 1 ch — 10 h 51
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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