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Cities / Belgium

De Panne

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De Panne coordinate map

De Panne at a glance

Local time   · Europe/Brussels
Today
Drizzle30° / 19°
Travel basics
Tap water
Safe to drink
Electricity
230V/50Hz · Type C / E
Drives on
Right
Currency
EUR
Language
Dutch, French, German
US passport
Visa-free

Entry rules change. Verify current requirements before booking.

City context
Population
11K
Elevation
2 m
Climate
Cfb
BelgiumDetails and sources →

Saved on my De Panne list

8 places · 8 visited

Open list →
  • ◎Plopsaland
  • ↔De Panne Canadezenplein
  • ↔De Panne Centrum
  • ↔De Panne Esplanade
  • ↔De Panne Kerk
  • ↔De Panne Moeder Lambik
  • ↔De Panne Plopsaland
  • ↔De Panne Station

See these as a focused list: Things to do in De Panne →

De Panne, pure genot | De Panne, pure pleasure

Why visit

De Panne is a Belgian coast stop for wide beach, dunes, Kusttram access, and a quieter edge near France. It works when the coast is the point and the day should stay simple.

When to avoid

Do not assume De Panne can be handled as a simple cluster of adjacent stops. Use De Panne with a local route rather than a constantly expanding one. In De Panne, it is usually better to choose a nearby church, market, cafe, gallery, or walk than to cross town for a secondary stop. This keeps the day flexible when transport, weather, or opening hours change.

Plan De Panne

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in De Panne

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today
Drizzle
30° / 19°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
25° / 19°
UV High
Thu
Overcast
21° / 17°
UV High
Fri
Overcast
24° / 13°
UV High
Sat
Overcast
26° / 15°
UV High
Sun
Partly cloudy
30° / 18°
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
21° / 18°
4.2 mm
UV High

Climate

Summer (Jun-Sep)

Typical highs around 20°C, lows around 13°C.

Winter (Dec-Mar)

Typical highs around 8°C, lows around 3°C.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

JFMAMJJASOND
Weather
21° / 14°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.6h
06:35 – 21:13local
Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest OST · 23 km

Getting around De Panne

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators
VectareNMBS/SNCB↗ (opens in a new tab)FlixBus-euDKBUSEurostarBlaBlaCar Bus↗ (opens in a new tab)FlixbusFlixBus-deRégion Hauts-de-France↗

About De Panne

De Panne is a town and a municipality located on the North Sea coast of the Belgian province of West Flanders. There it borders France, making it the westernmost town in Belgium. It is one of the most popular resort town destinations within Belgium. The municipality includes the village of Adinkerke. On 1 January 2011, De Panne had a total population of 10,748 on a total area of 23.90 km2, which gives a population density of 449.7 inhabitants per km2.

Area
24 km²
Mayor
Bram Degrieck
Belgium basics →Country context, advisories, and entry links for the practicalities shown above.
References5▾▴

The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

  1. City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, Open-Elevation.
JFMAMJJASOND24°-1°
highlowrainfallcomfortable months

Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.

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NS Int
SNCF Voyageurs↗ (opens in a new tab)
Stadtwerke Schweinfurt
De Lijn↗ (opens in a new tab)

Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

, IANA Time Zone Database
, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Weather and climate. Seven-day forecast and long-term monthly climate for the city coordinates. Related: NASA POWER, Open-Meteo license.
  • Getting around. Transit operators from agency GTFS feeds and nearby commercial-airport reference data. Related: OurAirports.
  • Public holidays. Upcoming public-holiday dates used in the annual planning scrubber.
  • City flag source. Public domain, unknown, SVG = own.
  • Maps, image licenses, and the full dataset registry are listed in site credits.