Amsterdam in May
Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.
May in Amsterdam is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 24 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Amsterdam is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 24 minutes from the first week to the last.
- High
- 64°F18°Caverage
- Low
- 49°F9°Caverage
- Wet days
- 3a week · 43% of days
- Daylight
- 15h 43mon average
Is May a good time to visit Amsterdam?
A good month, just outside Amsterdam's best months, which run from June to September.
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 May sits in the year
week by weekTemperature
Highs near 64°F in May, against 45°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in May, against 7°C to 23°C through the year.
Chance of a wet day
43% of days in May, against 39% to 50% through the year.
Cloud cover
55% cover in May, against 49% to 70% through the year.
Daylight
15h 43m in May, against 7h 46m to 16h 43m through the year.
Either side
Where Amsterdam sits, in May
Europe/Amsterdam- this place
- typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
- Sunrise, mid-May
- 5:46 AMsets 9:27 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 May, 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.