Cardiff · August
Where to go from Cardiff in August
156 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.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Bristol 1h 09 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Portsmouth 3h 46 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
- Chelmsford 3h 10 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Bournemouth 3h 17 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bournenmouth Air Festival.
- Leicester 3h 32 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 4h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
On in August
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 1h 09
- Mela in Swindon 1h 20
- Shuffle in Swindon 1h 20
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 1h 20
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 1h 28
- Mela in Reading 1h 51
- Reading Festival in Reading 1h 51
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 2h 18
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 3h 10
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 3h 17
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 3h 32
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 3h 45
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 3h 46
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 4h 19
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 4h 23
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 4h 29
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 5h 07
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 5h 08
- Tonfanau Road Races in Tywyn 5h 24
- Race The Train in Tywyn 5h 24
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 26
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 5h 30
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 5h 47
- Maanrock in Mechelen 5h 52
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Cardiff, August has 14 h 39 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 09 · 1 ch 13–21° 75 mm 14 h 39 Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 1h 18 — 14 h 41
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 20 — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 27 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 28 — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Swansea · United Kingdom 1h 34 14–20° 88 mm 14 h 40
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 51 — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 1 ch — 14 h 42
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 14 h 40
- Warminster · United Kingdom 2h 13 — 14 h 37
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 43 CAMRA Real Ale Festival
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 20 · 1 ch — 14 h 38
- London · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 1 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 1 ch 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 26 — 14 h 44
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 35 — 14 h 37
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 36 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 1 ch 14–22° 59 mm 14 h 36
- Exeter · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 2h 55 — 14 h 46
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 2 ch — 14 h 47
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 03 · 2 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 3h 10 · 2 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 3h 15 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 3h 16 · 3 ch — 14 h 42
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 3h 17 · 1 ch 12–22° 60 mm 14 h 35 Bournenmouth Air Festival
- Crawley · United Kingdom 3h 21 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 24 · 3 ch 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 3h 30 · 2 ch 13–21° 65 mm 14 h 50
- Leicester · United Kingdom 3h 32 · 3 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Torquay · United Kingdom 3h 35 · 2 ch — 14 h 33
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 3h 37 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 45
- Colchester · United Kingdom 3h 39 · 2 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Northampton · United Kingdom 3h 40 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
Journeys from Cardiff'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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