The Rozenhoedkaai, the stone bridges, the stepped gables and the belfry reflected in the water: Bruges looks best from its canals. Here is how the official boat trip works, the tours that include it with a guide and chocolate, and hour-by-hour weather with wind.
Budget option → · Bruges, Belgium
Weather at 2:00 PM. Boat trips start from 10:00.
| Tour | From | Duration | What you see | Languages | Cancellation | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our pickCanal boat + walkGetYourGuide | €44 | 2 h 30 | Old town and canals | EN, IT, FR, NL, DE | Free up to 24 h before | Central Bruges |
| Canal boat (optional)GetYourGuide | €25 | 2 h | Old town, canals | EN, IT, FR, ES | Free up to 24 h before | 4 meeting points |
| Canal boat + walkGetYourGuide | €40 | 2 h 30 | Old town and canals | EN | Free up to 24 h before | Markt 7 |
In Bruges the boat trip is bought at the jetty: the five official companies don’t take individual bookings. The trip lasts about half an hour and is the easiest way to see the canals.
Our pick if you want to book: boat, chocolate and small-group guided walk, from €44. In two and a half hours you combine a guided walk, the boat ride and a chocolate tasting; it has over 5,000 reviews (4.8). Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
2 h 30 · in English and 4 more languages · 4.8 from 5,116 GetYourGuide reviews · €39 on offer on 2/11
2 h · in English, Italian, French, Spanish · 4.4 from 4,935 GetYourGuide reviews · €25 without the boat
2 h 30 · in English · 4.8 from 292 GetYourGuide reviews
Indicative prices, checked on November 2, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
The official canal trip is also the cheapest option: five companies licensed by the city run it.
The fare isn’t readable on the city website: it is displayed at the jetties.
The best months are May to September: highs between 18 and 23 °C.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7° | 12.6 |
| Feb | 8° | 11.4 |
| Mar | 11° | 10.4 |
| Apr | 15° | 9.2 |
| MayBest | 18° | 9.7 |
| JunBest | 20° | 9.6 |
| Jul | 23° | 10.1 |
| Aug | 23° | 10.5 |
| SepBest | 20° | 10.4 |
| Oct | 15° | 12.4 |
| Nov | 11° | 14.2 |
| Dec | 7° | 14.6 |
1991–2020 averages for Bruges: mean high and rainy days. Source: table on Wikipedia (“Bruges”).
Good
Good: cloudy, 8 to 9 °C, no rain, wind up to 19 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Partly cloudy | 9° | – | 19 km/h |
| 15:00 | Cloudy | 9° | – | 18 km/h |
| 16:00 | Cloudy | 9° | – | 18 km/h |
| 17:00 | Cloudy | 8° | – | 19 km/h |
Fair
Fair: rain, 6 to 7 °C, 1.7 mm, wind up to 16 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Light rain | 6° | 0.4 mm | 16 km/h |
| 11:00 | Rain | 7° | 0.4 mm | 16 km/h |
| 12:00 | Rain | 7° | 0.4 mm | 15 km/h |
| 13:00 | Light rain | 7° | 0.2 mm | 15 km/h |
| 14:00 | Light rain | 7° | 0.2 mm | 16 km/h |
| 15:00 | Light rain | 7° | 0.1 mm | 15 km/h |
| 16:00 | Cloudy | 7° | – | 15 km/h |
| 17:00 | Cloudy | 7° | – | 15 km/h |
Today and tomorrow are accurate hour by hour; up to day seven the trend is reliable; the last days give a rough idea. Above 30 km/h the water gets choppy and small boats may postpone departures. Updated every hour.
It rains often in Bruges: 9 to 15 days a month.
By train: from Bruges station the centre is about a 20-minute walk, or a short bus ride.
By car: use the car parks outside the historic centre.
Not the official trip: tickets are bought at the jetty. Online you can book tours that include it, from €40–44.
About half an hour.
From five jetties in the centre: Huidenvettersplein, Rozenhoedkaai, Wollestraat, Nieuwstraat and Katelijnestraat.
Yes: all three tours compared here have English-speaking guides.
The season runs from early March to mid-November; in winter each company decides whether to sail.
Good: cloudy, 8 to 9 °C, no rain, wind up to 19 km/h.
Saturday, November 14: Good: clear, 8 to 8 °C, no rain, wind up to 6 km/h. Sunday, November 15: Good: partly cloudy, 6 to 6 °C, no rain, wind up to 10 km/h.
Reliable forecasts go about 10 days ahead: here you get the next 10, hour by hour (with wind) for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To choose the month, see the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Tour prices and conditions are checked on the sellers’ pages, with the date.
Boat, chocolate and small-group guided walk · from €44
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: November 2, 2026.