Amsterdam
Capital of Netherlands: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Amsterdam airphoto: Amsterdam Municipal Department for the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings and Sites (bMA). The author is, Attribution (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Amsterdam is the capital of Netherlands, in North Holland. About 741,636 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Netherlands in our atlas.
It lies at 52.37° N, 4.89° E, about 13 m (43 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Amsterdam time zone.
Location
Red dot: Amsterdam. Green dots: other major cities of Netherlands. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Amsterdam has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 21°C (70°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 1°C (34°F). Around 828 mm (33 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in NetherlandsNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Utrecht · 35 km
- The Hague · 52 km
- Rotterdam · 57 km
- Breda · 88 km
- Nijmegen · 88 km
- Tilburg · 92 km
- Eindhoven · 111 km
- Groningen · 147 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2759794 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q727 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Amsterdam airphoto: Amsterdam Municipal Department for the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings and Sites (bMA). The author is, Attribution (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Van Gogh Museum: Warrox, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Arena, Ajax stadion, Amsterdam: Alf van Beem, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Olympic Stadium Amsterdam: 24oranges.nl from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Amsterdam - Dak van de Stad (14): Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rembrandshuis: 14:43, 17 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wereldmuseum Amsterdam (2025): Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Amsterdam, Vondelpark, at the pond-2: Dguendel, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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