Average annual climate in Rotterdam
To start, here is a summary of the weather averages over the whole year in Rotterdam:
- Minimum annual temperature: 7°C
- Average annual temperature: 11°C
- Maximum annual temperature: 14°C
- Precipitation: 75 mm/month (with 15 rainy days/month)
Monthly climate normals
| Min / Max | Precipitation | |
| January | 1 ° / 6 ° | 70mm / 17 days |
| february | 1 ° / 7 ° | 70mm / 15 days |
| March | 2 ° / 10 ° | 53mm / 13 days |
| April | 5 ° / 15 ° | 40mm / 12 days |
| may | 8 ° / 18 ° | 66mm / 13 days |
| June | 11 ° / 21 ° | 59mm / 12 days |
| July | 13 ° / 22 ° | 95mm / 16 days |
| August | 13 ° / 22 ° | 104mm / 15 days |
| September | 11 ° / 19 ° | 87mm / 14 days |
| October | 8 ° / 15 ° | 85mm / 16 days |
| November | 5 ° / 10 ° | 89mm / 19 days |
| December | 2 ° / 7 ° | 87mm / 18 days |
These weather forecasts have been generated from values provided by the ROTTERDAM weather station. This is located in the Netherlands, 5 km from Rotterdam and is at an altitude of -4 meters.
The best time to go, or the months to avoid
Here are some additional answers that should allow you to choose which are the best periods to leave, or the worst months.
Which are the warmest months in Rotterdam?
In Rotterdam, the months of the year with the highest maximum temperatures are:
July (with 22°C), August (with 22°C), June (with 21°C), …
What are the coldest months?
The months of the year with the lowest average temperatures in Rotterdam are:
January (with 4°C), february (with 4°C), December (with 5°C), …
Which are the driest months in Rotterdam?
In Rotterdam, the months of the year with the fewest rainy days are:
June (with 12 rainy days/month), April (with 12 rainy days/month), may (with 13 rainy days/month), …
What are the rainiest months?
The months with the most rainy days in Rotterdam are:
November (with 19 rainy days/month), December (with 18 rainy days/month), January (with 17 rainy days/month), …
What is the weather around?
Nearby cities with a similar climate
These other cities near Rotterdam can have quite similar climatic normals:
La Haye (à 21 km from Rotterdam), Leyde (à 26 km), Dordrecht (à 18 km), Zoetermeer (à 15 km), Delft (à 13 km), Schiedam (à 6 km), Spijkenisse (à 13 km ), Vlaardingen (à 9 km), Gouda (à 19 km), Alphen aan den Rijn (à 26 km), …
Around Rotterdam
You might also be interested in these cities:
Schiedam (6 km from Rotterdam), Gouda (19 km), The Hague (21 km), 's-Gravenzande (23 km), Rosendael (44 km), Utrecht (48 km), Amsterdam ( 57 km), Tilburg (59 km), Velsen (61 km), Goes (62 km), …
In the Nederlands
Check the weather forecasts for other major cities in the Netherlands:
Amsterdam (57 km from Rotterdam), The Hague (21 km), Utrecht (48 km), Eindhoven (87 km), Tilburg (59 km), Groningen (202 km), Almere Stad (71 km), Nijmegen (95 km away), Enschede (168 km away), Arnhem (98 km away), …
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