York · August
Where to go from York in August
166 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. 3 of them are at least 4° warmer than York.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Edinburgh 2h 30 United Kingdom Highs of 19°, and Edinburgh Art Festival and 4 more on.
- Lincoln 1h 55 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
- Leicester 2h 32 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Chelmsford 3h 10 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Eastbourne 3h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Portsmouth 3h 57 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
On in August
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 1h 02
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 1h 10
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 1h 30
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 1h 51
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 1h 55
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 2h 30
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh 2h 30
- Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh 2h 30
- Edinburgh Mela in Edinburgh 2h 30
- Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh 2h 30
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 2h 32
- Mela in Reading 2h 49
- Reading Festival in Reading 2h 49
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 3h 05
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 3h 10
- Fringe by the Sea in North Berwick 3h 15
- Mela in Swindon 3h 21
- Shuffle in Swindon 3h 21
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 3h 21
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 3h 49
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 3h 53
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 3h 57
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 4h
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 4h 17
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In York, August has 14 h 54 of daylight and averages 12–21°.
- Leeds · United Kingdom 30 min 10–20° 65 mm 14 h 53
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 49 min — 14 h 52
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 50 min — 14 h 51
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 53 min · 1 ch — 14 h 52
- Scarborough · United Kingdom 1h 01 — 14 h 56
- Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom 1h 02 — 15 h 01 MELA
- Durham · United Kingdom 1h 10 — 15 h Durham Fringe Festival
- Manchester · United Kingdom 1h 20 13–21° 73 mm 14 h 51
- Sunderland · United Kingdom 1h 26 · 1 ch — 15 h
- Middlesbrough · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 1 ch — 14 h 58 Boro Mela
- Salford · United Kingdom 1h 33 · 1 ch — 14 h 51
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 1h 34 · 1 ch 13–21° 65 mm 14 h 50
- Berwick-upon-Tweed · United Kingdom 1h 47 — 15 h 07
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 48 — 14 h 45
- Bolton · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 2 ch — 14 h 52 Bolton Food & Drink Festival
- Lincoln · United Kingdom 1h 55 · 1 ch 13–21° 58 mm 14 h 50 Weekend at the Asylum
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 50
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 1h 56 — 14 h 53
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 2h 01 14–20° 72 mm 14 h 50
- Burnley · United Kingdom 2h 04 — 14 h 53
- London · United Kingdom 2h 05 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Wigan · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 2 ch — 14 h 51
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 07 — 14 h 41
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 47
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 46
- Accrington · United Kingdom 2h 13 — 14 h 53
- Warrington · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 1 ch 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Preston · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 2 ch — 14 h 53
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Edinburgh · United Kingdom 2h 30 12–19° 72 mm 15 h 08 Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe +3
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 32 · 2 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 14 h 40
- Reading · United Kingdom 2h 49 · 2 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Chester · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 1 ch — 14 h 49
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch — 14 h 53
- Cleethorpes · United Kingdom 2h 55 · 1 ch — 14 h 51
Journeys from York'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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