Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in The Netherlands.

ClimaNote covers 44 cities in the Netherlands, starting with Rotterdam, Amsterdam and The Hague. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 12.5°C in Alkmaar to 14.3°C in Venlo, and yearly rainfall from 721 mm in Heerlen to 862 mm in Leiden. The hottest city-month is July in Venlo, with an average high of 23.1°C, and the coolest is January in Groningen, at 4.9°C (tied with January in Enschede). By single month, the most rain falls in October in Leiden, with 93 mm, and the least in April in Alkmaar, with 37 mm.

July is the warmest month in 28 cities and August in 10 (in 6 other cities two or more months tie); January is the coolest in every city. July is the wettest month in 19 cities, August in 13, October in 2 and December in 2 (in 8 other cities two or more months tie); April is the driest in every city. None of these cities has a month with an average high below 2.0°C, a month with under 1 mm of rain or a month with more than 300 mm of rain.

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Yearly averages

South Holland

Yearly climate averages for cities in South Holland
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Rotterdam14°C8°C772
The Hague13°C8°C777
Leiden13°C8°C862
Dordrecht14°C7°C757
Zoetermeer13°C8°C772
Delft13°C8°C777
Schiedam14°C8°C772
Spijkenisse14°C8°C751
Vlaardingen14°C8°C777
Gouda14°C8°C792
Alphen aan den Rijn14°C8°C850

North Holland

Yearly climate averages for cities in North Holland
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Amsterdam13°C8°C777
Haarlem13°C8°C839
Zaanstad13°C8°C839
Hoofddorp13°C8°C850
Alkmaar13°C9°C794
Hilversum14°C7°C779
Purmerend13°C8°C750
Amstelveen13°C8°C850
Zaandam13°C8°C839

North Brabant

Yearly climate averages for cities in North Brabant
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Eindhoven14°C7°C761
Tilburg14°C7°C788
Breda14°C7°C772
's-Hertogenbosch14°C7°C749
Roosendaal14°C7°C760
Oss14°C7°C766
Helmond14°C7°C753

Overijssel

Yearly climate averages for cities in Overijssel
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Enschede14°C7°C789
Zwolle13°C7°C783
Deventer14°C7°C762
Hengelo14°C7°C780
Almelo14°C7°C780

Utrecht

Yearly climate averages for cities in Utrecht
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Utrecht14°C7°C763
Amersfoort14°C7°C776

Gelderland

Yearly climate averages for cities in Gelderland
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Nijmegen14°C7°C765
Arnhem14°C7°C756
Apeldoorn14°C7°C788

Limburg

Yearly climate averages for cities in Limburg
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Maastricht14°C7°C848
Venlo14°C7°C784
Heerlen14°C7°C721

Flevoland

Yearly climate averages for cities in Flevoland
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Almere Stad14°C7°C779
Lelystad13°C8°C857

Groningen

Yearly climate averages for cities in Groningen
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Groningen13°C7°C764

Friesland

Yearly climate averages for cities in Friesland
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Leeuwarden13°C8°C775

Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.