Belgium
Where to stay in Mons
Mons is a city in Belgium, home to about 95,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Mons, with about 145 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May to September
- Nearest airport
- CRL36 km · Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Brussels
- Language
- Dutch, French, German
About
About Mons
Mons is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Mons was the European Capital of Culture in 2015, together with Plzeň in the Czech Republic.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Mons
See
- Grand Place
- City Hall
- Collegiate Church of Saint Waltrude
- Belfry
- Van Gogh House
- Spanish House
- Museum François Duesberg
- Doudou Museum
- Mons Memorial Museum
- Beaux-Arts Mons
- Silex's
Do
- Cinema Imagix
- Dour Festival
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Mons
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Hotel Mons Congres & Spa hotel | 145 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Mons
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mons are May to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; December is the wettest, with about 88 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Mons: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL), about 36 km from the city centre in a straight line; Lille Airport (LIL, 61 km) and Brussels Airport (BRU, 62 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
A free shuttle service runs between 07:00 and 21:00. The shuttles run along three circuits, all of which terminate at the train station Gare B. All run past Sainte Waudru and the Grand Place.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
CRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport
LIL · Lille Airport
BRU · Brussels Airport
Questions
Mons: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Mons?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mons are May to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; December is the wettest, with about 88 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Mons?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL), about 36 km from the city centre in a straight line; Lille Airport (LIL, 61 km) and Brussels Airport (BRU, 62 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Mons?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Mons
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.