The visitor season
Peak season, nationally.
August records 100% of August's overnight stays. 12 of 12 regions are in peak season against their own year. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.
A good place. At the right time.
Netherlands
in August.
Is August a good time?
All 12 scored regions rate very good or better for weather.
National overnight stays are 100% of the August peak.
- Regional afternoon highs
- 72–76°F
- Very good weather
- 12 / 12 regions
Similar weather scores do not mean similar visitor seasons or hotel prices across regions.
Find your August baseBased on 12 statistical regions. Typical conditions, not a forecast for individual towns.
One month. 12 possibilities.
Choose your August base.
The useful differences, side by side. Open a region for its full month guide.
What matters most?
Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%
Trip focus
Overall scores use the Balanced mix. Choose a different priority to order the regions by that mix.
CityRotterdam, The Hague & South HollandRotterdam · The Hague · Delft · Keukenhof · KinderdijkRead the August guide ↗
Overall6.6/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather9.2/10Excellent74°F afternoons · 11 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CityAmsterdam & North HollandAmsterdam · Haarlem · Zaanse Schans · TexelRead the August guide ↗
Overall6.6/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather9.1/10Excellent73°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CityUtrechtRead the August guide ↗
Overall6.5/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather9.0/10Excellent75°F afternoons · 11 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideDrentheRead the August guide ↗
Overall6.4/10#9 month here · Balanced
Weather9.0/10Excellent74°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideFlevolandRead the August guide ↗
Overall6.4/10#9 month here · Balanced
Weather9.0/10Excellent74°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideMaastricht & LimburgMaastrichtRead the August guide ↗
Overall6.4/10#9 month here · Balanced
Weather8.9/10Very good76°F afternoons · 10 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CityNorth BrabantEindhoven · EftelingRead the August guide ↗
Overall6.4/10#8 month here · Balanced
Weather8.9/10Very good76°F afternoons · 10 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideGelderlandHoge Veluwe · ArnhemRead the August guide ↗
Overall6.3/10#10 month here · Balanced
Weather8.9/10Very good75°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideOverijsselGiethoornRead the August guide ↗
Overall6.2/10#10 month here · Balanced
Weather8.9/10Very good75°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
BeachZeelandRead the August guide ↗
Overall5.7/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather7.8/10Very good75°F afternoons · 11 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
BeachGroningenRead the August guide ↗
Overall5.5/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather7.3/10Very good73°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
BeachFrieslandWadden Islands (part)Read the August guide ↗
Overall5.3/10#5 month here · Balanced
Weather7.2/10Very good72°F afternoons · 13 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
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Cost words compare a published regional accommodation level with Netherlands's typical level, or describe a region's price season against its own year. The Cost score still uses Netherlands's price level on the Europe scale; where regional money levels are unavailable, a cheaper season does not establish which region has the cheapest rooms.
What goes into the scores?
Overall combines weather, crowds and cost. It is not a weather rating. By default, the list ranks weather first and shows Balanced Overall scores (50% weather, 30% crowds, 20% cost). Other priorities order it by your Overall mix. Missing cost is excluded and the available parts are reweighted.
Visitor season compares each region with its own year. A higher crowd score does not establish which place has fewer people in absolute terms. Regions cover whole statistical areas; open a guide for its geographic scope. Read the scoring method.
Weather across the country
August weather & packing.
Regional averages vary; check a forecast closer to your trip.
- Typical afternoons
- 72–76°F
- Typical nights
- 55–57°F
- Rain days
- 10–13 days
Ranges span available regional monthly averages, not daily extremes. A dash means a measurement is unavailable or withheld; individual guides explain the gaps.
What to bring.
Afternoons around 76°F (25°C): T-shirt weather; nights around 56°F (13°C): a sweater and a light jacket. Bring rain gear: about 10 days with at least 1 mm of rain.
Weather, region by region Afternoons, nights, rain & weather
| Region | Afternoon | Night | Rain days | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam, The Hague & South Holland | 74°F | 57°F | 11 | excellent |
| Amsterdam & North Holland | 73°F | 57°F | 12 | excellent |
| Utrecht | 75°F | 55°F | 11 | excellent |
| Drenthe | 74°F | 55°F | 12 | excellent |
| Flevoland | 74°F | 56°F | 12 | excellent |
| Maastricht & Limburg | 76°F | 56°F | 10 | very good |
| North Brabant | 76°F | 56°F | 10 | very good |
| Gelderland | 75°F | 55°F | 12 | very good |
| Overijssel | 75°F | 55°F | 12 | very good |
| Zeeland | 75°F | 57°F | 11 | very good |
| Groningen | 73°F | 55°F | 12 | very good |
| Friesland | 72°F | 57°F | 13 | very good |
Before you go
Check the trip details.
Hotel prices
A little above usual.
+9% on Netherlands's historical national hotel-price index, versus its usual month in 2024–2025. This describes a price season, not a live room quote.
The national index cannot tell you which region has the cheapest rooms.
Thinking about the coast?
Check the water, too.
Among beach-focused regions, the warmest measured seas this month are Zeeland (67°F), Groningen (66°F), Friesland (66°F). Sea temperature is one part of a beach trip; open a region for weather and seasonal closures.
Events & holiday dates Check the year against your trip
Holidays: 90% of people in Netherlands live where schools are out on a typical August 2027 day. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)
Same country. A different chapter.
Dates still up in the air?
August is fixed, but the destination isn't? Find somewhere else in Europe ↗
How we know Sources, scope & limitations
Each row is a statistical region (NUTS 2); open it for the full month, the sources and what moving your dates would change. National lines are built from the regions: season is Netherlands's total tourist nights this month against its busiest month (Eurostat, primarily 2024–2025; earlier published years where needed); weather counts regions whose displayed Weather score is at least 7.0/10 (very good or better) rather than averaging across the country; visitors ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions (for a region) or the other countries (for Netherlands) that month.
A regional accommodation level is shown only where publishable money data exists; elsewhere the cost words describe a regional season against its own year, and the score starts from the national price level. Separately, Netherlands's 2024 restaurants-and-hotels level is above EU average (125 where the EU average is 100). Full method.