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Weather in Amsterdam

Mild, grey and wet in small doses rather than downpours. Take a jacket in every month.

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KNMI's 1991 to 2020 normals for the Schiphol station put the annual mean at 10.7C, with a mean daily maximum of 14.3C.

July and August are the warm months, mean 18.1C and 18.0C, mean daily maximum 22.5C and 22.4C. Only 21.9 days a year reach 25C.

January runs a mean of 3.8C and a mean daily maximum of 6.2C. There are 42.8 days a year with a minimum below freezing.

Rain totals 850.3 mm a year across 133.2 days of 1 mm or more, spread through the calendar rather than concentrated in a season. August is wettest by volume at 98.6 mm; December has the most wet days at 14.1.

It is grey rather than stormy. Rain falls 7.5% of the time by duration, and sunshine totals 1779.9 hours a year, 37.7% of the possible, ranging from 58.2 hours in December to 225.4 in July.

  1. KNMI: Schiphol long-term averages, 1991 to 2020 · checked 2026-09-03

The rest of Amsterdam

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Getting out of the airportStation directly beneath the terminal, seventeen minutes to Centraal, eight trains an hour.Ride-hailingLicensed taxis carry blue number plates; the apps use a separate marked pick-up point at Schiphol.Local laws that catch crew outCannabis is not legal, it is tolerated under conditions, and central Amsterdam's street rules are a separate layer again.Staying connectedAn EU or EEA SIM works at home rates; a Gulf, UK or US SIM does not.Eating near the crew hotelsDinner is early, kitchens shut around ten, and the card comes out rather than cash.What to buyCrew allowances into the Netherlands are lower than a passenger's, and the VAT refund is now a digital process.TippingNot mandatory, 10% for good service, and nothing is added for you.