Average Sunshine in the Netherlands for May

The tables below give May 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 May 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 May sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
44 Groningen 218 30
45 Hoogeveen 218 30
47 Leeuwarden 232 30
46 Oldambt 227 29
50 Stavoren 242 30

East Netherlands

Average amount of sun in May
% Sun Place Hours Days
42 Arnhem 205 30
44 Berkelland 214 30
43 Enschede 211 30
47 Lelystad 227 30
46 Lingewaal 223 30
46 Noordoostpolder 227 30
44 Zwolle 214 30

West Netherlands

Average May sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
47 Amsterdam 231 30
50 Den Helder 247 30
50 Hoek van Holland 242
49 Hoorn 237 30
50 Leiden 241 30
48 Lopik
47 Rotterdam 226 30
45 Terneuzen 218 30
45 Utrecht 218 29
48 Vlissingen 234 30

South Netherlands

May sunshine averages
% Sun Place Hours Days
45 Breda 216 30
44 Eindhoven 214 30
43 Maastricht 209 29
45 Uden 217 30
43 Venlo 207 30
Reference

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

Netherlands Sunshine
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