Climate averages 1991–2020
Amsterdam weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Amsterdam: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Amstelveen (8 km away). In July its highs average 21.1°C, about as warm as Amsterdam, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Amsterdam ranks joint 35th of 44 for the warmest July highs and joint 34th of 44 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 44 cities is 21.6°C; Amsterdam is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Amsterdam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 63 | 12.4 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 53 | 10.5 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 54 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 50 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 62 | 11.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 67 | 11.7 | 16.717 h |
| July, selected | 20.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 82 | 13.4 | 16.316 h |
| August | 20.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 81 | 12.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 69 | 11.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 66 | 12.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 61 | 12.4 | 8.89 h |
| December | 6.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 69 | 12.9 | 7.88 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Amstelveen in JulyThe Netherlands · 8 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Zaandam in JulyThe Netherlands · 8 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Zaanstad in JulyThe Netherlands · 10 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Purmerend in JulyThe Netherlands · 15 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Hoofddorp in JulyThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Haarlem in JulyThe Netherlands · 17 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Almere Stad in JulyThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Hilversum in JulyThe Netherlands · 26 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 82 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Amsterdam) is explained once on the Amsterdam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.