Edinburgh · February

Where to go from Edinburgh in February

111 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.

On in February

  • Glasgow Film Festival in Glasgow 55 min
  • Jorvik Viking Festival in York 2h 40
  • Rhubarb in Wakefield 3h 23
  • Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 4h 29
  • Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 5h 05
  • St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 6h 34
  • Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 6h 43
  • Carnival in Kraainem 7h 34
  • Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk in Kortrijk 7h 47
  • Aalst Carnival in Aalst 7h 52
  • Warminster Carnival in Warminster 7h 54

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

Everywhere within eight hours

Nearest first. In Edinburgh, February has 9 h 37 of daylight and averages 2–8°.

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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