Amsterdam month by month
Plan your visit to Amsterdam by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 7°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 92 mm
January in Amsterdam is dark. The sun doesn't clear the rooftops until nearly 9am, and by 4:45pm it's gone — if you saw it at all through the low grey ceiling that tends to settle…
- February
- High
- 8°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 81 mm
February in Amsterdam is cold, grey, and damp — and you should know that going in. Expect daytime temperatures hovering around 8°C (47°F) that feel closer to 3°C with the wind…
- March
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 52 mm
March in Amsterdam is, frankly, still winter wearing a thin spring disguise. Daytime temperatures hover around 11°C (52°F), which sounds manageable until a raw North Sea wind cuts…
- April
- High
- 13°C
- Low
- 5°C
- Rain
- 68 mm
April in Amsterdam is tulip month, full stop. That single fact reshapes the entire city. Keukenhof — the 32-hectare flower park near Lisse — hits peak bloom, the canal-side window…
- May
- High
- 17°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 91 mm
May is when Amsterdam finally exhales. The long grey winter releases its grip, temperatures climb to around 17°C (63°F) during the day, and the city's canal-side terraces fill up…
- June
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 13°C
- Rain
- 71 mm
June in Amsterdam is defined by the light. The sun doesn't set until nearly 10 PM, and genuine darkness barely arrives at all — there's a soft bluish glow lingering past 11 that…
- July
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 97 mm
July in Amsterdam is about the light. The sun lingers until nearly 10pm, and those long northern European evenings — warm enough for a t-shirt, cool enough that you won't break a…
- August
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 62 mm
August is peak season in Amsterdam, and the city feels it. The single most important thing to know is that the Canal Parade — the centerpiece of Amsterdam Pride — takes over the…
- September
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 12°C
- Rain
- 77 mm
September might be Amsterdam's smartest timing play. The summer tourist wave recedes — you can actually cross the Museumbrug without shoulder-checking a tour group — while the…
- October
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 10°C
- Rain
- 122 mm
October in Amsterdam is wet. That's the single most important thing to know — with around 122mm of rain spread across roughly 16 days, this is statistically the rainiest month of…
- November
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 96 mm
November in Amsterdam means one thing above all else: darkness. The sun drops below the horizon before 5 PM by mid-month, and by the last week you're looking at twilight by quarter…
- December
- High
- 8°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 75 mm
December in Amsterdam is, above all else, dark. The sun doesn't rise until nearly half past eight in the morning and dips below the horizon before half four in the afternoon — you…