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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Benthuizen
Benthuizen climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jul
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation919 mm160 wet days a year
52.08° N, 4.54° EElevation -2 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goBenthuizen · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low15° / 8°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Benthuizen has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is August, 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 919 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (93 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (46 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in July to 52% in December.
Compared with Amsterdam, the capital, Benthuizen is 0.2° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · August
- Coldest nights
- 1° · February
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 43 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 46 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° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 7° |
| Average low | 1° | 1° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 77 mm | 60 mm | 69 mm | 46 mm | 62 mm | 71 mm | 82 mm | 88 mm | 91 mm | 95 mm | 93 mm | 85 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 | 50% | 48% | 46% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 35% | 35% | 41% | 45% | 50% | 52% |
| Daylight | 8h 15 | 9h 57 | 11h 48 | 13h 53 | 15h 40 | 16h 43 | 16h 17 | 14h 42 | 12h 43 | 10h 43 | 8h 50 | 7h 46 |
| Month score | 17 | 22 | 27 | 55 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 44 | 18 | 16 |
ivMonth by month
Benthuizen in every month
January17
6° / 1°
77 mm · 15.1 wet days
February22
7° / 1°
60 mm · 12.1 wet days
March27
10° / 3°
69 mm · 11.3 wet days
April55
15° / 5°
46 mm · 9.4 wet days
May68
18° / 8°
62 mm · 11.7 wet days
June69
20° / 11°
71 mm · 11.7 wet days
July65
23° / 13°
82 mm · 15 wet days
August65
23° / 13°
88 mm · 15.2 wet days
September65
19° / 11°
91 mm · 12.7 wet days
October44
15° / 8°
95 mm · 14.5 wet days
November18
10° / 4°
93 mm · 15.8 wet days
December16
7° / 2°
85 mm · 15.5 wet days