Rotterdam
City in Netherlands: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Erasmusbrug seen from Euromast: Mlefter, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Rotterdam is a city in Netherlands, in South Holland. About 868,135 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Netherlands in our atlas.
It lies at 51.92° N, 4.48° E, about 9 m (30 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Amsterdam time zone.
Location
Red dot: Rotterdam. Green dots: other major cities of Netherlands. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Rotterdam has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 21°C (71°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 2°C (35°F). Around 834 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
- The Hague · 21 km
- Breda · 42 km
- Utrecht · 48 km
- Amsterdam · 57 km
- Tilburg · 58 km
- Eindhoven · 87 km
- Nijmegen · 94 km
- Groningen · 203 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2747891 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q34370 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Erasmusbrug seen from Euromast: Mlefter, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rotterdam Ahoy 2016: Rotterdam Ahoy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Markthal-Rotterdam: Exmpletree, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Blijdorp entree: The original uploader was Sherpa at Dutch Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rotterdam kunsthal achterzijde: Wikifrits, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Maastoren IMG 5117: Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nationale Nederlanden, Rotterdam: Paul van de Velde from Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rotterdam wereldmuseum: F.Eveleens, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rotterdam toren red apple: Wikifrits, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
