Cardiff · December
Where to go from Cardiff in December
156 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Derby 2h 59 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
- Sheffield 3h 30 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Cambridge 3h 45 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- York 4h 22 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and York Christmas Festival.
- Lille 4h 28 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Lincoln 4h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Cathedral Christmas Market and 2 more on.
On in December
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 2h 59
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 3h 30
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 3h 45
- York Christmas Festival in York 4h 22
- Christmas Market in Lille 4h 28
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 29
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 29
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 29
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 26
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 5h 44
- Montol Festival in Penzance 6h 14
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 6h 43
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 7h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 7h 48
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Cardiff, December has 7 h 52 of daylight.
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 09 · 1 ch 3–8° 90 mm 7 h 53
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 1h 18 — 7 h 48
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 20 — 7 h 51
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 27 · 2 ch — 7 h 53
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 28 — 7 h 48
- Swansea · United Kingdom 1h 34 5–9° 114 mm 7 h 51
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 51 — 7 h 53
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 7 h 50
- Warminster · United Kingdom 2h 13 — 7 h 55
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 20 · 1 ch — 7 h 54
- London · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 1 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 1 ch 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 42
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 26 — 7 h 43
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 35 — 7 h 56
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 36 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 1 ch 4–9° 97 mm 7 h 58
- Exeter · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 1 ch — 8 h
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 2h 55 — 7 h 39
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 56 · 2 ch — 7 h 49
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 2 ch — 7 h 37 Derby's Ethical Christmas Market
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 03 · 2 ch 2–8° 61 mm 7 h 43
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 3h 10 · 2 ch 2–8° 52 mm 7 h 50
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 3h 15 · 2 ch — 7 h 48
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 3h 16 · 3 ch — 7 h 47
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 3h 17 · 1 ch 2–9° 104 mm 8 h
- Crawley · United Kingdom 3h 21 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 24 · 3 ch 2–8° 58 mm 7 h 37
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 3h 30 · 2 ch 3–7° 87 mm 7 h 32 Christmas Market
- Leicester · United Kingdom 3h 32 · 3 ch 1–8° 69 mm 7 h 40
- Torquay · United Kingdom 3h 35 · 2 ch — 8 h 02
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 3h 37 · 3 ch — 7 h 52
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 2 ch — 7 h 54
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 2 ch — 7 h 41
- Colchester · United Kingdom 3h 39 · 2 ch 3–7° 57 mm 7 h 48
- Northampton · United Kingdom 3h 40 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
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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