North Holland · Netherlands
Amsterdam in May
In May, Amsterdam averages a daytime high of 18 °C and a night-time low of 8 °C, with about 50 mm of rain over the month. It falls outside Amsterdam's most comfortable months, June and July.
- Average high
- 18 °C
- Average low
- 8 °C
- Rain in the month
- 50 mm
- Daylight on 15 May
- 15 h 50 min
- Comfortable month
- No
- Places to stay
- 278
When to go
How May compares with the rest of the year in Amsterdam
May is the 5th warmest month in Amsterdam by average daytime high; across the year the highs run from 6 °C to 23 °C and the lows from 1 °C to 14 °C. By day, May is 4 °C warmer than April, and June is 3 °C warmer than May.
May brings 50 mm of rain, less than the monthly average of 70 mm (842 mm a year); it is the 11th wettest month.
On 15 May the sun is up for about 15 h 50 min, against 7 h 40 min at the shortest and 16 h 50 min at the longest point of the year (calculated from the latitude, sunrise to sunset).
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Comfortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 °C | 2 °C | 72 mm | |
| February | 7 °C | 1 °C | 57 mm | |
| March | 10 °C | 3 °C | 52 mm | |
| April | 14 °C | 5 °C | 39 mm | |
| May | 18 °C | 8 °C | 50 mm | |
| June | 20 °C | 11 °C | 63 mm | Yes |
| July | 22 °C | 14 °C | 77 mm | Yes |
| August | 23 °C | 14 °C | 89 mm | |
| September | 19 °C | 11 °C | 82 mm | |
| October | 15 °C | 8 °C | 89 mm | |
| November | 10 °C | 5 °C | 85 mm | |
| December | 7 °C | 3 °C | 86 mm |
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
When to go
Is May a good time to visit Amsterdam?
Not by the measure used here: the average high of 18 °C is below 18 °C. The comfortable months in Amsterdam are June and July; the nearest are July, before, and June, after.
The measure is about weather for a city stay only; it says nothing about events, school holidays or prices.
Public holidays in Netherlands in May
Nationwide public holidays; shops and offices may close on these dates.
When to go
Destinations near Amsterdam that are comfortable in May
Within 300 km, nearest first, by the same measure.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Amsterdam
This guide lists 278 places to stay in Amsterdam: 20 chain properties with their details and own websites, and 258 hotels recorded in Wikidata. By straight-line distance from the centre: under 1 km, 90; 1–3 km, 162; 3–10 km, 23; 10 km or more, 1.
Sources: climate from CRU TS v4.10 (Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia; Open Database License), 1991–2020 averages; day length calculated from the latitude; public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay from each operator's own public pages and Wikidata. How this guide is made.