AMSTERDAM: Best Time to Visit

Best Time to Visit
Late March - August
  • Tourist season, best weather
  • March-May
    • Great time to visit, not crowded
    • Keukenhof gardens open late March to late May
    • National Museum Weekend (second weekend in April, free or reduced admission)
    • May has the least amount of rainfall
  • Late June-August
    • Peak season
    • Sunny, mild temperatures
    • Very crowded, mosquitoes
    • Summer festivals
    • July and August are the peak of tourist season, very crowded, humid weather
    • July shopping sales
September - early March
  • off season, worst weather
  • September-October
    • Good time to visit, not as crowded
    • Overcast, windy, rainy, chilly
    • Natioal Monument Day (second weekend in September, free admission)
  • December-February
    • overcast, rainy, cold, canals may freeze, little snow
    • January shopping sales
Holidays
January
  • New Year’s day
February
  • Chinese New Year
March/April
  • Good Friday
  • Easter Monday
  • National Museum Weekend (second weekend in April, free or reduced admission)
  • April 30th Queens’ Day/Birthday (city wide street party)
May/June
  • May 4th Remembrance Day (WWII)
  • May 5th Liberation Day
  • Ascension day (40 days after Easter)
  • Pentecost Sunday 7th Sunday after Easter.
  • Pentecost Monday
  • June Holland Festival
August
  • Amsterdam Pride (early August)
September
  • Natioal Monument Day (second weekend in September, free admission)
November
  • Mid-November Santa Claus Parade
December
  • Christmas Day
  • Day after Christmas​
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