Netherlands: water temperature

At sea, 13.2 °C on average across 29 stations, from 10.0 °C (Holwerd vaargeul) to 16.0 °C (Europlatform). In fresh water, 12.2 °C on average across 61 stations, from 9.7 °C (Makkum sluis buiten) to 15.3 °C (Terneuzen, Sluiskilbrug).

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Sea and ocean

Lakes and rivers

Where to swim, month by month

The normal sea temperature each month along the coast: pick a month to see where the water is warmest and whether you can swim.

• January 7.4 °C · up to 8.3 °C
• February 6.1 °C · up to 6.9 °C
• March 6.3 °C · up to 7.0 °C
• April 8.0 °C · up to 8.6 °C
• May 10.6 °C · up to 11.5 °C
• June 14.2 °C · up to 15.2 °C
• July 16.6 °C · up to 17.6 °C
• August 18.4 °C · up to 19.2 °C
• September 17.7 °C · up to 18.3 °C
• October 15.2 °C · up to 15.8 °C
• November 12.3 °C · up to 13.1 °C
• December 9.0 °C · up to 9.8 °C

Warmest water today

Where these numbers come from

Every value is a real reading from an instrument, at its position: a buoy, a wharf, a river or lake station. It keeps the time it was measured. A reading too far from those of nearby stations is marked with a “?”. Between stations, the map gives a satellite or model estimate, always labelled as such.

Sources: Pays-Bas. Sources and credits

Nearby

• Germany 132 stations · sea 11.2 °C · fresh water 11.0 °C
• Denmark 29 stations · sea 11.4 °C
• United Kingdom 111 stations · sea 13.8 °C · fresh water 10.4 °C
• Switzerland 91 stations · fresh water 10.5 °C
• France 18 stations · sea 17.6 °C
• Czech Republic 258 stations · fresh water 8.5 °C