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Distance

Agen (France): 323 miles

Milan (Italy) 672 miles

Geneva (Switzerland): 580 miles

Brussels (Belgium): 138 miles

Barcelona (Spain): 962 miles

Berlin (Germany): 415 miles

Climate of Amsterdam 

Amsterdam enjoys a temperate climate, strongly influenced by its proximity to the North Sea to the west with prevailing north-western winds and gales. Winter temperatures are mild.  Summers are moderately warm but rarely hot. Amsterdam's average annual precipitation is less than 760 mm. Most of this precipitation is protracted drizzle or light rain, making cloudy and damp days common during the cooler months, October through March. Only the occasional European windstorm may bring a lot of water at once, requiring all of it to be pumped out to higher grounds or to the seas around the city.

Weather averages for Amsterdam
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high °C (°F)	5 (41)	6 (43)	9 (48)	13 (55)	17 (63)	19 (66)	22 (72)	22 (72)	19 (66)	14 (57)	9 (48)	6 (43)
Average low °C (°F)	1 (34)	1 (34)	3 (37)	5 (41)	8 (46)	11 (52)	13 (55)	13 (55)	11 (52)	8 (46)	5 (41)	2 (36)
Precipitation mm (inches)	48 (1.89)	42 (1.65)	42 (1.65)	34 (1.34)	35 (1.38)	47 (1.85)	56 (2.2)	61 (2.4)	64 (2.52)	63 (2.48)	66 (2.6)	58 (2.28)

Tourism Office

Amsterdam Tourist & Convention Board
De Ruyterkade 5
1013 AA Amsterdam
Tel +(31) 20 55 12 512

Get in Amsterdam

By plane:
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is one of the busiest airports in the world, situated 15 km south-west of the city. Jet2.com, Easyjet and other low-cost carriers serve Schiphol, providing a fairly economical way to city-hop to Amsterdam from other spots in Europe.  The national carrier for the Netherlands is KLM, now merged with Air France. With partner Northwest Airlines, they offer worldwide connections. The US, Asia and Europe are particularly well served at Schiphol.

From Schiphol there is a direct train to Amsterdam Central.  The train station at Schiphol is located underground, under the main airport hall. There are 4 to 5 trains per hour in peak times.

By train:
Sign for Platform 2b at Amsterdam Railway Station
Train stations in Amsterdam (in orange; centre in bright orange). Black lines: railways. Red lines: metro lines. Most trains arrive and depart from Amsterdam Centraal Station, located between the old centre and the IJ waterfront. Other train stations are Duivendrecht, Bijlmer-ArenA, Amstel, Muiderpoort (all southeast), RAI, Zuid-WTC (both south), Lelylaan and Sloterdijk (both west). Schiphol airport also has its own train station, which functions as a major hub within the Netherlands.

Direct international trains run to Brussels (which is two and a half to three hours away and connects with Eurostar trains to London St Pancras and Ebbsfleet (Kent) in England), Paris, Cologne, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, Milan, Zurich, Vienna, Prague and Moscow.

By bus:
Most international bus services are affiliated to Eurolines, which has a terminal at Amstel Station One bus per day is usually the maximum frequency on these routes.

By car:
The western part of the Netherlands has a dense (and congested) road network. Coming from the east (Germany), the A1 motorway leads directly to Amsterdam. On the A12 from Arnhem, change at Utrecht to the A2 northbound. From the south (Belgium), the A2 goes directly to Amsterdam: the A16 /A27 from Antwerp via Breda connects to the A2 south of Utrecht. From The Hague, the A4 leads to Amsterdam. All motorways to Amsterdam connect to the ring motorway, the A10. From this motorway, main roads lead radially into Amsterdam (the roads S101 through S118).