Average October Sunshine in the Netherlands

The tables below give October 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 October 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 October sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
34	Groningen	113	27
36	Hoogeveen	118	27
36	Leeuwarden	118	27
36	Oldambt	119	27
38	Stavoren	124	27

East Netherlands

Average amount of sun in October
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
35	Arnhem	116	27
36	Berkelland	119	27
36	Enschede	119	27
37	Lelystad	122	28
37	Lingewaal	122	27
37	Noordoostpolder	122	27
36	Zwolle	120	27

West Netherlands

Average October sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
35	Amsterdam	117	27
37	Den Helder	122	28
37	Hoek van Holland	121	–
37	Hoorn	121	28
35	Leiden	117	27
37	Lopik	–	–
35	Rotterdam	115	27
37	Terneuzen	122	28
36	Utrecht	119	27
38	Vlissingen	127	28

South Netherlands

October sunshine averages
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
36	Breda	119	28
37	Eindhoven	122	28
36	Maastricht	118	27
37	Uden	122	27
36	Venlo	119	27

Average Sunshine in the Netherlands for October

North Netherlands

East Netherlands

West Netherlands

South Netherlands

Reference

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