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Netherlands, month by month

Where in the Netherlands is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

Netherlands in January

Plan January

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Amsterdam, Delft, Giethoorn, Haarlem, Hoge Veluwe & Kröller-Müller, Kinderdijk, Maastricht, Rotterdam, The Hague & Scheveningen, Utrecht, Volendam & Marken, Zaanse Schans.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Christmas markets and the Amsterdam Light Festival

Netherlands in February

Plan February

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Amsterdam, Delft, Giethoorn, Haarlem, Hoge Veluwe & Kröller-Müller, Kinderdijk, Maastricht, Rotterdam, The Hague & Scheveningen, Utrecht, Volendam & Marken, Zaanse Schans.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Carnival (Vastelaovend) in Maastricht (dates shift yearly)

Netherlands in March

Plan March

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Amsterdam, Delft, Giethoorn, Haarlem, Hoge Veluwe & Kröller-Müller, Kinderdijk, Maastricht, Rotterdam, The Hague & Scheveningen, Utrecht, Volendam & Marken, Zaanse Schans.

Can fall this month

  • Tulip season and Keukenhof
  • Carnival (Vastelaovend) in Maastricht (dates shift yearly)
  • Diwali and Phagwa (Holi) in The Hague (dates shift yearly)

Netherlands in April

Plan April

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • King's Day (Koningsdag)
  • Tulip season and Keukenhof

Netherlands in May

Plan May

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Tulip season and Keukenhof
  • Remembrance Day and Liberation Day

Netherlands in June

Plan June

At their best

Better avoided

Netherlands in July

Plan July

At their best

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • North Sea Jazz Festival
  • Pride Amsterdam and the Canal Parade

Netherlands in August

Plan August

At their best

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Pride Amsterdam and the Canal Parade

Netherlands in September

Plan September

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Better avoided

Netherlands in October

Plan October

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Amsterdam, Delft, Giethoorn, Haarlem, Rotterdam, The Hague & Scheveningen, Utrecht, Volendam & Marken, Zaanse Schans.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Diwali and Phagwa (Holi) in The Hague (dates shift yearly)

Netherlands in November

Plan November

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Amsterdam, Delft, Giethoorn, Haarlem, Hoge Veluwe & Kröller-Müller, Kinderdijk, Maastricht, Rotterdam, The Hague & Scheveningen, Utrecht, Volendam & Marken, Zaanse Schans.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Christmas markets and the Amsterdam Light Festival
  • Sinterklaas
  • Diwali and Phagwa (Holi) in The Hague (dates shift yearly)

Netherlands in December

Plan December

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Amsterdam, Delft, Giethoorn, Haarlem, Hoge Veluwe & Kröller-Müller, Kinderdijk, Rotterdam, The Hague & Scheveningen, Utrecht, Volendam & Marken, Zaanse Schans.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Christmas markets and the Amsterdam Light Festival
  • Sinterklaas
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