May Rainfall Averages for the Netherlands

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during May at cities and other places in the Netherlands.

Each location has a total for the normal amount of precipitation it usually gets this month. Many places also have a count of the number of days with wet weather. The calculation of days only includes those when precipitation amounted to at least 0.1 millimetres (0.004 inches).

The month's total rainfall is an average of weather data collected during 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

Average monthly precipitation in May
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
17	Groningen	2.3	58
17	Hoogeveen	2.5	63
17	Leeuwarden	2.1	55
16	Oldambt	2.2	56
16	Stavoren	1.9	50

East Netherlands

May averages for total rainfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
17	Arnhem	2.5	63
15	Berkelland	2.2	55
17	Enschede	2.3	57
17	Lelystad	2.3	57
15	Lingewaal	2.4	60
16	Noordoostpolder	2.3	58
15	Zwolle	2.3	58

West Netherlands

Average amount of rain in May
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
17	Amsterdam	2.1	54
16	Den Helder	1.7	42
–	Hoek van Holland	2.1	53
16	Hoorn	2.1	52
16	Leiden	2.1	53
16	Lopik	2.1	53
17	Rotterdam	2.2	56
16	Terneuzen	2.2	56
18	Utrecht	2.3	59
16	Vlissingen	1.9	49

South Netherlands

Precipitation totals for May
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
17	Breda	2.4	60
17	Eindhoven	2.2	56
17	Maastricht	2.3	58
16	Uden	2.3	58
15	Venlo	2.1	55

Average Rainfall for the Netherlands in May

North Netherlands

East Netherlands

West Netherlands

South Netherlands

Reference

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