Leeds · May
Where to go from Leeds in May
166 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what May is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 5 of them are at least 4° warmer than Leeds.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Sheffield 57 min United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
- Bristol 3h 33 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Lincoln 1h 55 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Lincoln Festival of History.
- Lyon 7h 24 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Durham 1h 25 United Kingdom Durham Pride.
- Cheltenham 2h 52 United Kingdom International Jazz Festival and 1 more on.
On in May
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 57 min
- Durham Pride in Durham 1h 25
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 1h 55
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 2h 02
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 2h 08
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 2h 33
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 2h 41
- Rowing in Cambridge 2h 41
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 3h 10
- Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh 3h 10
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 3h 21
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 3h 33
- Upfest in Bristol 3h 33
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 3h 39
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 3h 46
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 3h 50
- The Great Escape in Brighton 3h 50
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 4h 06
- May Fair in Ludlow 4h 15
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 4h 15
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 4h 19
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 5h 32
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Leeds, May has 15 h 56 of daylight and averages 6–15°.
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 23 min — 15 h 55
- York · United Kingdom 35 min 7–16° 44 mm 15 h 57
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 39 min — 15 h 54
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 42 min — 15 h 53
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 57 min 8–16° 54 mm 15 h 52 Sheffield Food Festival
- Manchester · United Kingdom 1h 11 8–16° 59 mm 15 h 53
- Salford · United Kingdom 1h 20 · 1 ch — 15 h 53
- Durham · United Kingdom 1h 25 — 16 h 05 Durham Pride
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 1h 27 — 15 h 55
- Derby · United Kingdom 1h 29 — 15 h 48
- Bolton · United Kingdom 1h 36 · 1 ch — 15 h 54
- Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom 1h 39 — 16 h 07
- Middlesbrough · United Kingdom 1h 41 — 16 h 03
- Wigan · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 1 ch — 15 h 53
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 1 ch — 15 h 45
- Burnley · United Kingdom 1h 49 · 1 ch — 15 h 56
- Lincoln · United Kingdom 1h 55 · 2 ch 8–16° 47 mm 15 h 51 Lincoln Festival of History
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 55 · 1 ch — 15 h 52
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 58 — 15 h 39
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 7–17° 46 mm 15 h 48
- Accrington · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 15 h 55
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 2h 01 8–16° 52 mm 15 h 52
- Preston · United Kingdom 2h 02 · 2 ch — 15 h 55 Lancashire Fringe Festival
- Scarborough · United Kingdom 2h 02 — 16 h
- Sunderland · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 1 ch — 16 h 06
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 1 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 06 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 45 Burghley Game & Country Fair
- Warrington · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 15 h 52
- London · United Kingdom 2h 23 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Nelson · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 2 ch 7–14° 61 mm 15 h 56
- Berwick-upon-Tweed · United Kingdom 2h 28 — 16 h 15
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 51
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 1 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 2 ch — 15 h 43 Eel Day Festival
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 15 h 52
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 1 ch — 15 h 42 Cambridge Beer Festival, Rowing
- Chester · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 1 ch — 15 h 50
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 52 — 15 h 39 International Jazz Festival, Wychwood Festival of Music
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch — 15 h 56
Journeys from Leeds'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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