The visitor season
Moderate season, nationally.
October records 56% of August's overnight stays. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.
A good place. At the right time.
Netherlands
in October.
Is October a good time?
No scored region rates very good or better for weather this month.
National overnight stays are 56% of the August peak.
- Regional afternoon highs
- 59–62°F
- Very good weather
- 0 / 12 regions
Weather falls below the very-good band in 12 scored regions.
Find your October baseBased on 12 statistical regions. Typical conditions, not a forecast for individual towns.
One month. 12 possibilities.
Choose your October 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.
CityNorth BrabantEindhoven · EftelingRead the October guide ↗
Overall6.6/10#7 month here · Balanced
Weather6.8/10Good61°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideMaastricht & LimburgMaastrichtRead the October guide ↗
Overall6.4/10#10 month here · Balanced
Weather6.8/10Good61°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CityUtrechtRead the October guide ↗
Overall6.4/10#6 month here · Balanced
Weather6.7/10Good61°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideOverijsselGiethoornRead the October guide ↗
Overall6.6/10#8 month here · Balanced
Weather6.6/10Good60°F afternoons · 12 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideGelderlandHoge Veluwe · ArnhemRead the October guide ↗
Overall6.5/10#9 month here · Balanced
Weather6.6/10Good61°F afternoons · 13 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CityRotterdam, The Hague & South HollandRotterdam · The Hague · Delft · Keukenhof · KinderdijkRead the October guide ↗
Overall6.3/10#7 month here · Balanced
Weather6.6/10Good61°F afternoons · 13 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideDrentheRead the October guide ↗
Overall6.6/10#8 month here · Balanced
Weather6.5/10Good60°F afternoons · 13 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CountrysideFlevolandRead the October guide ↗
Overall6.6/10#8 month here · Balanced
Weather6.5/10Good60°F afternoons · 13 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
CityAmsterdam & North HollandAmsterdam · Haarlem · Zaanse Schans · TexelRead the October guide ↗
Overall6.0/10#7 month here · Balanced
Weather6.3/10Good60°F afternoons · 13 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
BeachZeelandRead the October guide ↗
Overall4.9/10#7 month here · Balanced
Weather3.9/10Fair62°F afternoons · 13 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
BeachGroningenRead the October guide ↗
Overall4.9/10#7 month here · Balanced
Weather3.3/10Fair59°F afternoons · 13 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level
BeachFrieslandWadden Islands (part)Read the October guide ↗
Overall5.0/10#7 month here · Balanced
Weather3.1/10Fair59°F afternoons · 14 rain days
Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual 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
October weather & packing.
Regional averages vary; check a forecast closer to your trip.
- Typical afternoons
- 59–62°F
- Typical nights
- 45–48°F
- Rain days
- 12–14 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 62°F (17°C): light layers; nights around 48°F (9°C): a warm coat. Bring rain gear: about 13 days with at least 1 mm of rain.
Weather, region by region Afternoons, nights, rain & weather
| Region | Afternoon | Night | Rain days | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Brabant | 61°F | 47°F | 12 | good |
| Maastricht & Limburg | 61°F | 46°F | 12 | good |
| Utrecht | 61°F | 46°F | 12 | good |
| Overijssel | 60°F | 46°F | 12 | good |
| Gelderland | 61°F | 46°F | 13 | good |
| Rotterdam, The Hague & South Holland | 61°F | 48°F | 13 | good |
| Drenthe | 60°F | 45°F | 13 | good |
| Flevoland | 60°F | 47°F | 13 | good |
| Amsterdam & North Holland | 60°F | 48°F | 13 | good |
| Zeeland | 62°F | 48°F | 13 | fair |
| Groningen | 59°F | 46°F | 13 | fair |
| Friesland | 59°F | 47°F | 14 | fair |
Before you go
Check the trip details.
Hotel prices
A little above usual.
+5% 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 (60°F), Friesland (58°F), Groningen (58°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: 39% of people in Netherlands live where schools are out on a typical October 2026 day. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)
Same country. A different chapter.
Dates still up in the air?
October 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.