Annual average climate in Leeuwarden
To begin, here are the main values of the climatic averages over the whole year in Leeuwarden:
- Minimum annual temperature: 6°C
- Average annual temperature: 10°C
- Maximum annual temperature: 14°C
- Precipitation: 73 mm/month (with 16 rainy days/month)
Monthly climate normals
| Min / Max | Precipitation | |
| January | – / 5° | 71mm / 18 days |
| february | – / 6° | 59mm / 15 days |
| March | 2 ° / 9 ° | 43mm / 14 days |
| April | 4 ° / 14 ° | 37mm / 11 days |
| may | 8 ° / 17 ° | 62mm / 13 days |
| June | 11 ° / 19 ° | 68mm / 13 days |
| July | 13 ° / 21 ° | 91mm / 16 days |
| August | 13 ° / 22 ° | 113mm / 16 days |
| September | 11 ° / 19 ° | 85mm / 15 days |
| October | 7 ° / 14 ° | 84mm / 17 days |
| November | 4 ° / 10 ° | 81mm / 21 days |
| December | 1 ° / 6 ° | 84mm / 19 days |
Weather stats were generated from values from the LEEUWARDEN weather station. The latter is located in the Netherlands, 4 km from Leeuwarden and is located at an altitude of 0 meters.
The best time to go, or the months to avoid
To complete the table above, here are some questions that should allow you to choose when is the right time to leave, or the periods to banish.
Which are the warmest months in Leeuwarden?
In Leeuwarden, the months of the year with the highest maximum temperatures are:
August (with 22°C), July (with 21°C), June (with 19°C), …
What are the coldest months?
The months of the year with the lowest average temperatures in Leeuwarden are:
January (with 3°C), february (with 3°C), December (with 4°C), …
Which are the driest months in Leeuwarden?
In Leeuwarden, the months of the year with the fewest rainy days are:
April (with 11 rainy days/month), June (with 13 rainy days/month), may (with 13 rainy days/month), …
What are the rainiest months?
The months with the most rainy days in Leeuwarden are:
November (with 21 rainy days/month), December (with 19 rainy days/month), January (with 18 rainy days/month), …
What is the weather around?
Nearby cities with a similar climate
Other towns very close to Leeuwarden could record very similar climate normals:
Drachten (22 km from Leeuwarden), Heerenveen (28 km), Sneek (21 km), Harlingen (26 km), Dokkum (18 km), Franeker (18 km), Joure (26 km) , Burgum (12 km), Bolsward (24 km), Stiens (8 km), …
Around Leeuwarden
You might also be interested in these cities:
Dokkum (18 km from Leeuwarden), Groningen (51 km), Assen (55 km), Kampen (72 km), Le Helder (75 km), Zwolle (79 km), Hardenberg (88 km ), Alkmaar (95 km away), Almere Stad (101 km away), Amsterdam (111 km away), …
In the Nederlands
Check the weather forecasts for other major cities in the Netherlands:
Amsterdam (111 km from Leeuwarden), Rotterdam (168 km), The Hague (161 km), Utrecht (132 km), Eindhoven (197 km), Tilburg (189 km), Groningen (51 km ), Almere Stad (101 km away), Nijmegen (151 km away), Enschede (132 km away), …
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