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Best time to visit Amsterdam

Netherlands · 52.37°N 4.90°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Amsterdam is June to September, with highs of 19–22 °C66–72 °F and nights of 11–13 °C52–55 °F, and rainfall of 64–88 mm2.5–3.5 in a month.

Rain is spread across the year, 48–96 mm1.9–3.8 in a month. November is the wettest month and February the driest. August is the hottest month (highs of 22 °C72 °F) and January the coldest (6 °C43 °F).

The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 52.37, 4.90. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.

Amsterdam weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: June to September.

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
6°42°JAN722.86°43°FEB481.99°48°MAR642.512°54°APR481.917°62°MAY562.219°66°JUN722.821°70°JUL722.822°71°AUG642.519°65°SEP883.514°57°OCT883.510°49°NOV963.87°44°DEC803.1
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Amsterdam's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain High Low SeasonWarm verdict
January722.8642133showerstoo cold
February481.9643133drytoo cold
March642.5948337showerstoo cold
April481.91254439drytoo cold
May562.21762846drytoo cold
June722.819661151showersgood
July722.821701355showersgood
August642.522711355showersgood
September883.519651151showersgood
October883.51457745showerstoo cold
November963.81049439showerstoo cold
December803.1744236showerstoo cold

When to go to Amsterdam, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersJune to September
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonno month
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonOctober to May
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Amsterdam?

Not a clear one. Rain is spread across the year, 48–96 mm1.9–3.8 in a month. November is the wettest month and February the driest.

August is the hottest month (highs of 22 °C72 °F) and January the coldest (6 °C43 °F). Annual rainfall is about 848 mm33 in.

Where to go instead when Amsterdam does not fit

The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Amsterdam does not:

Nearby destinations

distances in . Tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.