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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Amsterdam
Amsterdam climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation949 mm160 wet days a year
52.37° N, 4.89° EElevation 13 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goAmsterdam · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low15° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Amsterdam has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 6° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 949 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (96 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (45 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in July to 52% in December.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · July
- Coldest nights
- 1° · February
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 46 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 43 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 6° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 20° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 7° |
| Average low | 1° | 1° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 7° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 81 mm | 60 mm | 70 mm | 45 mm | 64 mm | 71 mm | 86 mm | 92 mm | 92 mm | 103 mm | 96 mm | 89 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.1 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 15 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 14.5 | 15.8 | 15.5 |
| Cloud cover | 51% | 48% | 47% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 35% | 35% | 40% | 45% | 50% | 52% |
| Daylight | 8h 12 | 9h 55 | 11h 48 | 13h 54 | 15h 43 | 16h 46 | 16h 20 | 14h 44 | 12h 43 | 10h 42 | 8h 48 | 7h 43 |
| Month score | 16 | 22 | 25 | 55 | 69 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 43 | 17 | 16 |
ivMonth by month
Amsterdam in every month
January16
6° / 1°
81 mm · 15.1 wet days
February22
7° / 1°
60 mm · 12.1 wet days
March25
10° / 2°
70 mm · 11.3 wet days
April55
14° / 5°
45 mm · 9.4 wet days
May69
18° / 8°
64 mm · 11.7 wet days
June69
20° / 11°
71 mm · 11.7 wet days
July65
23° / 13°
86 mm · 15 wet days
August65
22° / 13°
92 mm · 15.2 wet days
September66
19° / 11°
92 mm · 12.7 wet days
October43
15° / 7°
103 mm · 14.5 wet days
November17
10° / 4°
96 mm · 15.8 wet days
December16
7° / 2°
89 mm · 15.5 wet days