How is the weather in Netherlands?

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

Holland is flat and isn't that big; its western/northern coast faces the North Sea which basically means that any climatic issues pretty much affects the whole country and the climate is basically cool, cloudy and humid; rain is not that bad, but it's consistent throughout the whole year.

Temperatures - summers around 17 > 18 °C; winter 0 ° > 6 °C; spring 10 > 16 °C; but it's the wind direction that will really determine the extremes; winds from the west, south-west and west generally cause warmer weather; from the north, north-east and east the opposite.

Temperatures in recent years have been a bit warmer, to the extent that many winter-sport activities (the Dutch are big on ice-skating) have been restricted to indoors.  Long-term, you should perhaps consider that much of Holland is below sea-level and the effects that climate change may have on the country.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

Hey @Cynic, that does help. Thanks mate.
Would you please be able to comment on the day light in Holland ? Is the day light as unavailable as is in Sweden (No day light for 4 months and no night for 2) ?  The family is predisposed to get gloomy on days under the weather (no sunlight).

Cheers,

No at all: in winter the light start around eight and end at five. After the shortest day the daylight increase around two minutes every day. In summertime the light start around 5 in the morning until eleven in evening.
It doesn't mean that some people don't suffer from light insufficiently.

Agree with Primadonna; the daylight issues you describe for Sweden only really affect the north of that country; Holland is much further south.

If it's more sun you are looking for (there is a difference), then you should really look at going further south to Spain.

-5° Celcius hier in Hengelo, Nederland