The oldest city in the Netherlands, and the least Dutch-feeling: cobbled squares, a Burgundian table and a hill full of tunnels, minutes from two borders.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Netherlands

Rotterdam

The city the war erased and architects rebuilt from scratch: Dutch, but with a skyline, a port, and no interest in looking quaint.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Netherlands

Texel

Twenty minutes off the mainland and you are on thirty kilometres of North Sea beach, cycling between dunes, sheep fields and seven villages.

✓ best May-Oct

Netherlands

The Hague

The Peace Palace, Vermeer's most famous face and a North Sea beach, all on one tram network.

✓ best Apr-Sep

Netherlands

Utrecht

A canal city with the country's tallest church tower and wharf-cellar terraces at the waterline, half an hour from Amsterdam and a world quieter.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Netherlands

Zeeland (Middelburg)

The country's most dramatic argument with the sea: storm-surge barriers, drowned villages and dune beaches, with oysters pulled from the water in between.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Climate zones, month by month

Netherlands has 9 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Amsterdam →

Jan

6°

1°

67mm

8d rain

Feb

7°

1°

55mm

9d rain

Mar

10°

3°

52mm

6d rain

Apr

14°

5°

40mm

6d rain

May

18°

9°

54mm

8d rain

Jun

20°

11°

65mm

6d rain

Jul

23°

14°

82mm

8d rain

Aug

22°

13°

99mm

8d rain

Sep

19°

11°

84mm

8d rain

Oct

15°

8°

87mm

10d rain

Nov

10°

5°

85mm

10d rain

Dec

7°

2°

82mm

10d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

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Delft →

Jan

6°

1°

71mm

8d rain

Feb

7°

1°

66mm

9d rain

Mar

10°

3°

57mm

8d rain

Apr

14°

5°

42mm

6d rain

May

18°

8°

56mm

6d rain

Jun

21°

11°

69mm

7d rain

Jul

23°

13°

79mm

8d rain

Aug

23°

13°

92mm

8d rain

Sep

19°

11°

90mm

8d rain

Oct

15°

8°

87mm

10d rain

Nov

10°

4°

88mm

9d rain

Dec

7°

2°

86mm

10d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Jan

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Haarlem →

Jan

6°

1°

67mm

8d rain

Feb

7°

1°

55mm

9d rain

Mar

10°

3°

52mm

8d rain

Apr

14°

5°

40mm

6d rain

May

18°

9°

54mm

7d rain

Jun

20°

11°

65mm

6d rain

Jul

23°

14°

82mm

8d rain

Aug

22°

13°

99mm

8d rain

Sep

19°

11°

84mm

8d rain

Oct

15°

8°

87mm

10d rain

Nov

10°

5°

85mm

11d rain

Dec

7°

2°

82mm

10d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

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Maastricht Limburg →

Jan

6°

1°

64mm

7d rain

Feb

7°

1°

58mm

9d rain

Mar

11°

3°

55mm

6d rain

Apr

15°

5°

41mm

6d rain

May

19°

9°

58mm

7d rain

Jun

22°

12°

69mm

7d rain

Jul

24°

14°

73mm

7d rain

Aug

24°

13°

83mm

7d rain

Sep

20°

11°

58mm

8d rain

Oct

15°

7°

64mm

8d rain

Nov

10°

4°

62mm

7d rain

Dec

6°

1°

74mm

10d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

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Rotterdam →

Jan

6°

1°

71mm

8d rain

Feb

7°

1°

66mm

9d rain

Mar

10°

3°

57mm

8d rain

Apr

14°

5°

42mm

6d rain

May

18°

8°

56mm

6d rain

Jun

21°

11°

69mm

7d rain

Jul

23°

13°

79mm

8d rain

Aug

23°

13°

92mm

8d rain

Sep

19°

11°

90mm

8d rain

Oct

15°

8°

87mm

10d rain

Nov

10°

4°

88mm

9d rain

Dec

7°

2°

86mm

10d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Jan

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Texel Wadden Islands →

Jan

6°

2°

66mm

8d rain

Feb

6°

1°

50mm

9d rain

Mar

9°

3°

44mm

6d rain

Apr

12°

6°

35mm

6d rain

May

16°

9°

42mm

8d rain

Jun

19°

12°

59mm

6d rain

Jul

21°

14°

63mm

9d rain

Aug

21°

14°

89mm

7d rain

Sep

18°

12°

85mm

8d rain

Oct

14°

9°

97mm

10d rain

Nov

10°

5°

84mm

11d rain

Dec

7°

3°

75mm

10d rain

✓ Best May-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

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The Hague →

Jan

6°

2°

78mm

8d rain

Feb

7°

1°

86mm

9d rain

Mar

10°

3°

62mm

8d rain

Apr

14°

5°

48mm

6d rain

May

17°

8°

71mm

6d rain

Jun

20°

11°

64mm

7d rain

Jul

22°

14°

68mm

8d rain

Aug

22°

13°

68mm

8d rain

Sep

19°

11°

82mm

8d rain

Oct

15°

8°

102mm

10d rain

Nov

10°

5°

94mm

9d rain

Dec

7°

2°

90mm

10d rain

✓ Best Apr-Sep · ✗ Avoid Jan-Feb

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Utrecht →

Jan

6°

1°

71mm

8d rain

Feb

7°

1°

63mm

9d rain

Mar

11°

2°

58mm

6d rain

Apr

15°

5°

42mm

6d rain

May

18°

8°

59mm

7d rain

Jun

21°

11°

71mm

7d rain

Jul

23°

13°

85mm

8d rain

Aug

23°

13°

84mm

7d rain

Sep

20°

10°

78mm

8d rain

Oct

15°

7°

81mm

9d rain

Nov

10°

4°

80mm

8d rain

Dec

7°

2°

84mm

10d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

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Zeeland (Middelburg) →

Jan

6°

3°

59mm

7d rain

Feb

7°

3°

53mm

8d rain

Mar

10°

4°

45mm

7d rain

Apr

13°

7°

35mm

6d rain

May

17°

10°

49mm

7d rain

Jun

20°

13°

62mm

7d rain

Jul

22°

15°

72mm

7d rain

Aug

22°

16°

82mm

7d rain

Sep

19°

13°

74mm

8d rain

Oct

15°

10°

74mm

10d rain

Nov

10°

7°

79mm

9d rain

Dec

7°

4°

76mm

10d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Jan-Feb

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