Portsmouth · May

Where to go from Portsmouth in May

160 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. 1 of them are at least 4° warmer than Portsmouth.

Good for May

Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.

On in May

  • Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 55 min
  • Brighton Festival in Brighton 1h 15
  • The Great Escape in Brighton 1h 15
  • Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 2h 01
  • Festival of Literature in Swindon 2h 23
  • Great Bristol Run in Bristol 2h 55
  • Upfest in Bristol 2h 55
  • Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 3h 15
  • Rowing in Cambridge 3h 15
  • International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 3h 33
  • Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 3h 33
  • Eel Day Festival in Ely 3h 39
  • Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 4h 08
  • Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 4h 23
  • Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 4h 35
  • Swansea Pride in Swansea 4h 35
  • Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 4h 37
  • Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 4h 40
  • Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 4h 46
  • May Fair in Ludlow 4h 51
  • Spring Festival in Ludlow 4h 51
  • Loopfest in Shrewsbury 5h 01
  • Durham Pride in Durham 5h 08
  • Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 6h 31

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

Everywhere within eight hours

Nearest first. In Portsmouth, May has 15 h 30 of daylight and averages 9–17°.

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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