Cardiff · February
Where to go from Cardiff in February
156 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what February is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for February
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Warminster 2h 13 United Kingdom Warminster Carnival.
- Bristol 1h 09 United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and St Paul's Carnival.
- Derby 2h 59 United Kingdom Derby Caribbean Carnival.
- Leicester 3h 32 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Caribbean Carnival.
- Hastings 4h 08 United Kingdom Old Town Carnival Week.
- York 4h 22 United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and Jorvik Viking Festival.
On in February
- St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 1h 09
- Warminster Carnival in Warminster 2h 13
- Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 2h 59
- Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 3h 32
- Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 4h 08
- Jorvik Viking Festival in York 4h 22
- Rhubarb in Wakefield 4h 24
- Carnival in Kraainem 5h 36
- Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk in Kortrijk 5h 47
- Aalst Carnival in Aalst 5h 52
- Festival Anima in Ghent 6h 02
- Festival Anima in Charleroi 6h 04
- IFFR in Rotterdam 6h 34
- Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 6h 34
- World tennis Tournament in Rotterdam 6h 34
- Festival Anima in Liège 6h 36
- Carnaval in Breda 7h 09
- Glasgow Film Festival in Glasgow 7h 19
- Travelling in Rennes 7h 27
- Carnival in Eindhoven 7h 49
- Caen Student Carnival in Caen 7h 58
Most happen every year in February; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Cardiff, February has 10 h of daylight.
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 09 · 1 ch 2–8° 58 mm 10 h St Paul's Carnival
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 1h 18 — 9 h 58
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 20 — 9 h 59
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 27 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 28 — 9 h 58
- Swansea · United Kingdom 1h 34 4–8° 74 mm 9 h 59
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 51 — 10 h
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 1 ch — 9 h 57
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 9 h 58
- Warminster · United Kingdom 2h 13 — 10 h 01 Warminster Carnival
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 9 h 56
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 20 · 1 ch — 10 h
- London · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 1 ch 3–9° 45 mm 9 h 59
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 1 ch 2–8° 55 mm 9 h 55
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 26 — 9 h 55
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 35 — 10 h 01
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 36 · 1 ch — 10 h 02
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 1 ch 3–9° 64 mm 10 h 02
- Exeter · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 1 ch — 10 h 03
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 2h 55 — 9 h 54
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 56 · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 2 ch — 9 h 53 Derby Caribbean Carnival
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 03 · 2 ch 2–8° 47 mm 9 h 55
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 3h 10 · 2 ch 1–8° 39 mm 9 h 58
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 3h 15 · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 3h 16 · 3 ch — 9 h 57
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 3h 17 · 1 ch 2–9° 67 mm 10 h 03
- Crawley · United Kingdom 3h 21 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 24 · 3 ch 2–8° 41 mm 9 h 53
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 3h 30 · 2 ch 2–8° 67 mm 9 h 50
- Leicester · United Kingdom 3h 32 · 3 ch 0–7° 49 mm 9 h 54 Caribbean Carnival
- Torquay · United Kingdom 3h 35 · 2 ch — 10 h 04
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 3h 37 · 3 ch — 9 h 59
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 2 ch — 9 h 54
- Colchester · United Kingdom 3h 39 · 2 ch 2–8° 44 mm 9 h 58
- Northampton · United Kingdom 3h 40 · 2 ch — 9 h 56
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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