North Holland, Netherlands
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a capital city in North Holland, Netherlands. It has a population of about 921,468 (2023). The climate is classified as oceanic (Köppen Cfb), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now11°C
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
Population921,468
Local time14:51
52.37° N, 4.89° EElevation 13 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
Postal codes1011–1019, 1021–1025 …October: high / low15° / 7°
Rain this month103mm
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
Best: May–Jun · Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Amsterdam at a glance
Sunrise · sunset08:18 · 18:3310 h 15 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 17:02Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 6.4Next holiday25 DecemberChristmas DayFootball31 Oct · 21:00AFC Ajax – AZ
Best time to visitMay–Jun · Sep
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month23°C
Average high in July
Coolest month1°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthNovember
96 mm of rain
Driest monthApril
45 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
within 2.1 km
How Amsterdam has grown
People living in the built-up area (308 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+21%1.01M in 1975 → 1.22M in 2025Weather in Amsterdam
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
11°C
Today hour by hourShowers · wind 25 km/h · humidity 90%
Today22 Oct13°6°7.6 mm
Fri23 Oct15°7°20 mm
Sat24 Oct13°9°19.4 mm
Sun25 Oct14°9°16.8 mm
Mon26 Oct13°9°2.6 mm
Tue27 Oct16°13°0.9 mm
Wed28 Oct16°10°3 mm
Thu29 Oct14°7°
Fri30 Oct14°6°
Sat31 Oct14°6°
When to go to Amsterdam
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 16 | 22 | 25 | 55 | 69 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 43 | 17 | 16 |
| High | 6° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 20° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 7° |
| Low | 1° | 1° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 7° | 4° | 2° |
| Rain (mm) | 81 | 60 | 70 | 45 | 64 | 71 | 86 | 92 | 92 | 103 | 96 | 89 |
| Wet days | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
What's on in Amsterdam
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Coming matches
31OctAFC Ajax – AZEredivisie · 21:00
22NovAFC Ajax – ADO Den HaagEredivisie · 14:30
6DecAFC Ajax – FC UtrechtEredivisie · 14:30
Concerts and shows
22OctEzequiel AriasParadiso
18DecDayseekerMelkweg
19DecMalte MartenRAI Amsterdam · 20:00
7MarGroot OmroepkoorConcertgebouw: Grote Zaal · 11:00
30AprMood BoredParadiso · 19:30
Amsterdam's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Amsterdam
2.1 km
ConcertgebouwBuilt 1886
0.2 km
Royal Palace of AmsterdamBuilt 1665
0.9 km
Amsterdam Central stationBuilt 1889
0.4 km
Westerkerk, AmsterdamBuilt 1631
1.3 km
Portuguese SynagogueBuilt 1676
0.8 km
Church of St NicholasBuilt 1887
Museum1.6 km
RijksmuseumBuilt 1800
Museum1.8 km
Van Gogh MuseumBuilt 1973More museums: Banksy museum · Body Worlds · De Nieuwe Schatkamer · Museum of the Canals · Hemp Gallery · Het Majoor Bosshardthuis · Het Muizenhuis · House of Bols · Huis Bartolotti · Museum De Dageraad · Museumhaven · Nxt Museum
Outdoors around Amsterdam
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
BAZ BouldergymClimbing
0.6 kmZaanse SchansTheme parks
0.8 kmEuroParcs Het Amsterdamse BosCamp sites
0.9 kmBlauwbrugViewpoints
1.1 kmAmsterdamse Golf ClubGolf courses
1.1 kmAmsterdam WindsurfingSurf spots
1.3 kmWolfskamer WintersportSki area · 2 km of pistes · 7 lifts
25 kmSkipiste NieuwegeinSki area · 1 km of pistes · 2 lifts
39 kmKeesieDive site
0.3 kmDive site
4.6 kmDive site
5.5 kmOnderwaterpark TwiskeDive site
8.5 kmNature around Amsterdam
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Netherlands seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Amsterdam
Earthquakes around Amsterdam
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Last 30 days0magnitude 2.5+ within 300 kmSince 19501magnitude 5+ within 150 kmSignificant earthquakes on record10within 300 km
Strongest nearby since 1950
5.4Neeritter 1 km ↓1992 · 149 km
Tsunamis · Amsterdam
Fossil sites near this town
Fossil sites: 1 · 0 km
Quaternary · 1
Universities and research institutes
University of AmsterdamUniversity or college · founded 1632
Academie Verloskunde Amsterdam GroningenUniversity or college · founded 1861
Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity or college · founded 1880
Fons Vitae LyceumUniversity or college · founded 1914
Gerrit Rietveld AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1924
International Bureau of Fiscal DocumentationUniversity or college · founded 1938
Academic Center for Dentistry AmsterdamUniversity or college · founded 1984
Amsterdam University of the ArtsUniversity or college · founded 1987
Dutch Research School for AstronomyUniversity or college · founded 1992
Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesUniversity or college · founded 1993
Netherlands Research School for Literary StudiesUniversity or college · founded 1995
Amsterdam University CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2008
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan SolutionsUniversity or college · founded 2013
Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam RotterdamUniversity or college
Hogeschool iPaboUniversity or college
Meertens InstituteResearch institute · founded 1930
NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide StudiesResearch institute · founded 1945
National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer ScienceResearch institute · founded 1946
Institute for Atomic and Molecular PhysicsResearch institute · founded 1946
National Institute for Subatomic PhysicsResearch institute · founded 1954
Benelux Society of PhlebologyResearch institute · founded 1957
Netherlands Brain BankResearch institute · founded 1985
Amsterdam Institute for Addiction ResearchResearch institute · founded 1993
Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law EnforcementResearch institute · founded 1996
Waag FuturelabResearch institute · founded 1996
Nederlands Instituut voor Wetenschappelijke InformatiedienstenResearch institute · founded 1997
Netherlands Center for Occupational DiseasesResearch institute · founded 1999
Netherlands Institute for NeuroscienceResearch institute · founded 2005
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and DevelopmentResearch institute · founded 2007
Amsterdam Public HealthResearch institute · founded 2009
Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the NetherlandsResearch institute · founded 2011
Van Leeuwenhoek Centre for Advanced MicroscopyResearch institute · founded 2011
QuSoftResearch institute · founded 2015
Amsterdam NeuroscienceResearch institute · founded 2016
Borstkanker Onderzoek GroepResearch institute
Delta Institute for Theoretical PhysicsResearch institute
Digital Communication Methods LabResearch institute
Institute for High Energy PhysicsResearch institute
Institute for Theoretical Physics AmsterdamResearch institute
Institute for the Study of Education and Human DevelopmentResearch institute
Institute of PhysicsResearch institute
Menasseh Ben Israel InstituteResearch institute
ReadeResearch institute
Van der Waals-Zeeman InstituteResearch institute
Towns and villages around Amsterdam
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Amsterdam from above
Around Amsterdam38 places to see, do and reach nearby
AmstelNature9.6 kmIJmeerNature11 kmZaanNature12 kmBullewijkNature10 kmHolendrechtNature12 kmKinselmeerNature8.9 kmRapenburgNature1.3 kmSteigereilandNature6.3 kmTrapjesbergMountain24 kmWolfskamer WintersportSki area25 kmSkipiste NieuwegeinSki area39 kmKeesieDive site0.3 kmDive siteDive site4.6 kmDive siteDive site5.5 kmConcertgebouwMonument2.1 kmRoyal Palace of AmsterdamMonument0.1 kmAmsterdam Central stationMonument0.9 kmWesterkerk, AmsterdamMonument0.4 kmPortuguese SynagogueMonument1.3 kmChurch of St NicholasMonument0.8 kmNational Monument on Dam SquareMonument0.3 kmNoorderkerk, AmsterdamMonument0.7 kmRijksmuseumMuseum1.6 kmVan Gogh MuseumMuseum1.8 kmStedelijk Museum AmsterdamMuseum1.9 kmAmsterdam MuseumMuseum0.4 kmAnne Frank HouseMuseum0.4 kmAmsterdam CentraalStation0.9 kmAmsterdam MuiderpoortStation3.2 kmAmsterdam SloterdijkStation3.9 kmCentraal StationFerry port1.0 kmCentraal StationFerry port1.2 kmHaarlemPlace17 kmZaanstadPlace10 kmAmstelveenPlace8.3 kmPurmerendPlace15 kmHeemskerkPlace21 kmZaandamPlace8.4 km
Postal codes
1011–10191021–10251031–10361041–10441051–10591061–10691071–10791081–108310861091–1098
Getting to Amsterdam
Amsterdam Airport SchipholAMS
11 kmRotterdam The Hague AirportRTM
56 kmEindhoven AirportEIN
108 kmAmsterdam CentraalRailway station
0.9 kmAmsterdam MuiderpoortRailway station
3.2 kmAmsterdam SloterdijkRailway station
3.9 kmCentraal StationBuiksloterweg · NDSM
1 kmCentraal StationIJplein
1.2 kmPlaces near Amsterdam
Places with a climate like Amsterdam
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Amsterdam?
Based on 30-year climate normals, May, June and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Amsterdam.
What is the hottest month in Amsterdam?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23°C and lows of 13°C.
What is the coldest month in Amsterdam?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 6°C and lows of 1°C.
What is the rainiest month in Amsterdam?
November is the wettest month with about 96 mm of precipitation on 16 wet days.
What is the postal code of Amsterdam?
Amsterdam has 63 postal codes: 1011–1019, 1021–1025, 1031–1036, 1041–1044, 1051–1059, 1061–1069, 1071–1079, 1081–1083, 1086, 1091–1098.