Annual Average Wind Speeds in the Netherlands

The tables below give the annual averages for wind speed and the number of days with strong winds at cities and other places around the Netherlands.

Each location has its average wind speed for a year in miles per hour (MPH) and kilometres per hour (KPH). Plus there's a total of the mean number of days yearly with strong gusts.

Strong gusts are defined here as winds with speeds greater than 76 KPH (47 MPH or 40 knots).

All the numbers here are based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: North Netherlands, East Netherlands, West Netherlands and South Netherlands.

North Netherlands covers the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe. East Netherlands includes Overijssel, Gelderland and Flevoland. West Netherlands provinces are Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland and Zeeland. South Netherlands has North Brabant and Limburg provinces.

North Netherlands

Annual average days with strong gusts and wind speed

Days	Place	MPH	KPH
9	Groningen	9.4	15.1
7	Hoogeveen	8.9	14.4
13	Leeuwarden	10.5	16.9
12	Oldambt	11.2	18.0
19	Stavoren	13.2	21.2

East Netherlands

Yearly wind speed averages

Days	Place	MPH	KPH
6	Arnhem	8.5	13.7
5	Berkelland	7.6	12.2
5	Enschede	7.8	12.6
9	Lelystad	9.8	15.8
9	Lingewaal	9.2	14.8
7	Noordoostpolder	9.4	15.1
4	Zwolle	7.2	11.5

West Netherlands

Wind speed averages for a year

Days	Place	MPH	KPH
18	Amsterdam	11.2	18.0
22	Den Helder	12.5	20.2
–	Hoek van Holland	16.3	26.3
18	Leiden	10.7	17.3
10	Lopik	9.6	15.5
14	Rotterdam	9.8	15.8
9	Terneuzen	9.4	15.1
6	Utrecht	8.1	13.0
32	Vlissingen	14.3	23.0

South Netherlands

Total days with strong gusts and average wind speed for one year

Days	Place	MPH	KPH
4	Breda	8.3	13.3
6	Eindhoven	8.5	13.7
8	Maastricht	9.4	15.1
6	Uden	8.3	13.3
4	Venlo	6.9	11.2