Edinburgh · December

Where to go from Edinburgh in December

111 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.

On in December

  • Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 1h 37
  • York Christmas Festival in York 2h 40
  • Christmas Market in Sheffield 3h 50
  • Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 25
  • Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 25
  • Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 25
  • Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 4h 29
  • Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 5h 05
  • Christmas Market in Lille 6h 28
  • Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 6h 46
  • International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 7h 45

Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.

Everywhere within eight hours

Nearest first. In Edinburgh, December has 7 h 01 of daylight and averages 2–7°.

Journeys from Edinburgh'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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