Birmingham · August
Where to go from Birmingham in August
163 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. 3 of them are at least 4° warmer than Birmingham.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leicester 1h 15 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Bristol 1h 33 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Lincoln 2h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
- Chelmsford 2h 36 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Bournemouth 3h 17 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bournenmouth Air Festival.
- Edinburgh 4h 15 United Kingdom Highs of 19°, and Edinburgh Art Festival and 4 more on.
On in August
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 52 min
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 1h 04
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 1h 15
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 1h 33
- Mela in Reading 1h 44
- Reading Festival in Reading 1h 44
- Mela in Swindon 2h 05
- Shuffle in Swindon 2h 05
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 2h 05
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 2h 10
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 2h 14
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 2h 29
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 2h 36
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 2h 45
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 3h 08
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 3h 17
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 3h 26
- Tonfanau Road Races in Tywyn 3h 26
- Race The Train in Tywyn 3h 26
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 3h 30
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 3h 43
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 3h 49
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 4h 15
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh 4h 15
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Birmingham, August has 14 h 45 of daylight and averages 12–21°.
- Coventry · United Kingdom 25 min 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 52 min — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Derby · United Kingdom 56 min — 14 h 47
- Worcester · United Kingdom 1h 04 — 14 h 43 CAMRA Real Ale Festival
- Northampton · United Kingdom 1h 09 — 14 h 43
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 13 · 1 ch — 14 h 42
- Leicester · United Kingdom 1h 15 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 1h 15 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 17 — 14 h 40
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 1h 18 — 14 h 42
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 1h 23 — 14 h 46
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 1h 24 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Warrington · United Kingdom 1h 28 — 14 h 50
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 1h 30 13–21° 65 mm 14 h 50
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 1h 32 — 14 h 43
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 33 13–21° 75 mm 14 h 39 Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 37 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Wigan · United Kingdom 1h 39 — 14 h 51
- London · United Kingdom 1h 43 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 44 — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Manchester · United Kingdom 1h 46 · 1 ch 13–21° 73 mm 14 h 51
- Chester · United Kingdom 1h 46 · 1 ch — 14 h 49
- Preston · United Kingdom 1h 53 — 14 h 53
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 1h 57 — 14 h 51
- Salford · United Kingdom 1h 57 · 2 ch — 14 h 51
- Stamford · United Kingdom 1h 58 — 14 h 46
- Bath · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 14 h 38
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 2h 02 · 1 ch — 14 h 48
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 40
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 1 ch 14–20° 72 mm 14 h 50
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Bolton · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 2 ch — 14 h 52 Bolton Food & Drink Festival
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 12 — 14 h 45
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 2h 14 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Cardiff Big Weekend
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 20 · 1 ch — 14 h 38
- York · United Kingdom 2h 22 12–21° 65 mm 14 h 54
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 2h 22 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 1 ch — 14 h 52
Journeys from Birmingham'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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