Average Sunshine in the Netherlands for December

The tables below give December 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 December 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 December sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
24 Groningen 56 20
24 Hoogeveen 58 20
26 Leeuwarden 61 21
24 Oldambt 57 21
26 Stavoren 63 22

East Netherlands

Average amount of sun in December
% Sun Place Hours Days
22 Arnhem 54 18
23 Berkelland 55 19
22 Enschede 53 19
24 Lelystad 57 20
25 Lingewaal 60 20
25 Noordoostpolder 61 21
23 Zwolle 55 20

West Netherlands

Average December sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
24 Amsterdam 58 21
26 Den Helder 61 22
23 Hoek van Holland 57
25 Hoorn 59 21
23 Leiden 57 21
25 Lopik
23 Rotterdam 56 21
25 Terneuzen 60 21
23 Utrecht 56 20
25 Vlissingen 63 21

South Netherlands

December sunshine averages
% Sun Place Hours Days
24 Breda 58 20
23 Eindhoven 57 19
22 Maastricht 54 19
23 Uden 56 20
22 Venlo 54 18
Reference

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

Netherlands Sunshine
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