Climate · Amsterdam

Amsterdam in April

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Amsterdam is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 25 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Amsterdam is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
13h 52mon average

Is April a good time to visit Amsterdam?


April sits outside Amsterdam's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 57°F in April, against 45°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in April, against 7°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in April, against 39% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

55% cover in April, against 49% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

13h 52m in April, against 7h 46m to 16h 43m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. March51°11°low 38°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April57°14°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May64°18°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Amsterdam sits, in April

Europe/Amsterdam

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:45 AMsets 8:36 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
52.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Amsterdam, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Amsterdam is our one place in Netherlands so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Amsterdam. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.