Portsmouth · August
Where to go from Portsmouth in August
160 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what August is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 2 of them are at least 4° warmer than Portsmouth.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Bristol 2h 55 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Bournemouth 1h 35 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bournenmouth Air Festival.
- Eastbourne 2h 01 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Chelmsford 2h 53 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 3h 38 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Lincoln 4h 37 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
On in August
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 1h 35
- Mela in Reading 1h 45
- Reading Festival in Reading 1h 45
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 2h 01
- Mela in Swindon 2h 23
- Shuffle in Swindon 2h 23
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 2h 23
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 2h 53
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 2h 55
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 3h 15
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 3h 33
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 3h 38
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 3h 42
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 4h 02
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 4h 37
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 4h 51
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 5h 07
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 07
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 5h 08
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 5h 30
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 5h 47
- Maanrock in Mechelen 5h 52
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 6h 34
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh 6h 34
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Portsmouth, August has 14 h 35 of daylight and averages 14–22°.
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 44 min — 14 h 36
- Arundel · United Kingdom 46 min · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Southampton · United Kingdom 55 min · 1 ch 14–22° 59 mm 14 h 36
- Winchester · United Kingdom 55 min — 14 h 36
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 15 13–21° 55 mm 14 h 35
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 21 — 14 h 37
- Crawley · United Kingdom 1h 30 — 14 h 37
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 34 — 14 h 38
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch 12–22° 60 mm 14 h 35 Bournenmouth Air Festival
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 42 — 14 h 37
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- London · United Kingdom 1h 57 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 1 ch 15–21° 60 mm 14 h 35 Beachlife Festival
- Warminster · United Kingdom 2h 04 — 14 h 37
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 2 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 3 ch — 14 h 40
- Hastings · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Bath · United Kingdom 2h 40 — 14 h 38
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 45 · 3 ch — 14 h 41
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Bristol · United Kingdom 2h 55 13–21° 75 mm 14 h 39 Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 3h 15 · 3 ch — 14 h 43 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
- Colchester · United Kingdom 3h 15 · 2 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 3h 17 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 27 · 2 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Northampton · United Kingdom 3h 27 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 3h 33 · 2 ch — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Leicester · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 2 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 45
- Ely · United Kingdom 3h 39 · 3 ch — 14 h 44
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 3h 41 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 3h 42 · 2 ch — 14 h 39 Cardiff Big Weekend
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 43 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 3h 50 · 2 ch 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Exeter · United Kingdom 3h 56 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
Journeys from Portsmouth'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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