Average Sunshine in the Netherlands for April

The tables below give April 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 April 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 April sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
45 Groningen 189 29
45 Hoogeveen 190 29
48 Leeuwarden 201 29
47 Oldambt 197 29
51 Stavoren 214 29

East Netherlands

Average amount of sun in April
% Sun Place Hours Days
44 Arnhem 182 29
45 Berkelland 189 29
45 Enschede 188 29
47 Lelystad 195 29
46 Lingewaal 193 29
48 Noordoostpolder 200 29
46 Zwolle 192 29

West Netherlands

Average April sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
47 Amsterdam 198 29
51 Den Helder 215 29
52 Hoek van Holland 217
50 Hoorn 210 29
50 Leiden 207 29
49 Lopik
46 Rotterdam 193 29
46 Terneuzen 190 29
45 Utrecht 189 29
50 Vlissingen 208 29

South Netherlands

April sunshine averages
% Sun Place Hours Days
45 Breda 188 29
45 Eindhoven 186 29
44 Maastricht 181 29
46 Uden 190 29
44 Venlo 181 29
Reference

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

Netherlands Sunshine
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