Average Sunshine in the Netherlands for August

The tables below give August averages for the amount of sunshine at cities and other places in the Netherlands.

Each location has three measures for how much sun it typically gets this month. The number for % Sun is the usual percentage of daylight hours with sunshine

Hours gives the total hours of sunshine that's normal this month. Days statistics are for the typical number of days in August with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1991 to 2020.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: North Netherlands, East Netherlands, West Netherlands and South Netherlands.

North Netherlands covers the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe. East Netherlands includes Overijssel, Gelderland and Flevoland. West Netherlands provinces are Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland and Zeeland. South Netherlands has North Brabant and Limburg provinces.

North Netherlands

Total August sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
43 Groningen 196 30
43 Hoogeveen 195 30
45 Leeuwarden 207 30
43 Oldambt 197 31
47 Stavoren 217 31

East Netherlands

Average amount of sun in August
% Sun Place Hours Days
41 Arnhem 188 30
43 Berkelland 194 30
43 Enschede 196 30
44 Lelystad 201 30
44 Lingewaal 200 30
45 Noordoostpolder 205 30
43 Zwolle 194 30

West Netherlands

Average August sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
45 Amsterdam 204 30
48 Den Helder 220 30
48 Hoek van Holland 216
45 Hoorn 206 30
47 Leiden 213 30
45 Lopik
45 Rotterdam 203 30
44 Terneuzen 199 30
43 Utrecht 196 30
48 Vlissingen 217 30

South Netherlands

August sunshine averages
% Sun Place Hours Days
44 Breda 198 30
44 Eindhoven 199 30
44 Maastricht 198 30
44 Uden 199 30
42 Venlo 190 30
Reference

KNMI, Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut. Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat. Klimaatviewer

Netherlands Sunshine
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