Wijk aan Zee Temperature by Month
Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Netherlands has an average annual maximum temperature of 14°C (57°F), ranging from 7°C (45°F) in February to 21°C (70°F) in August. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Wijk aan Zee Monthly Temperatures
The weather in Wijk aan Zee experiences significant differences between warm and cold seasons, with big shifts in temperature. At night, minimum temperatures range from 16°C (61°F) in August to 3°C (37°F) in February.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Wijk aan Zee by month:
Temperatures tend to bottom out between 4 AM and 6 AM, then climb to their daily peak around 3 PM.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Wijk aan Zee vs the Netherlands
The map below shows the annual temperature across the Netherlands. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
very warm
warm
pleasant
moderate
cold
very cold
Wijk aan Zee vs World: Temperature Compared
Wijk aan Zee's average annual maximum temperature is 14°C (57°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Barcelona, Spain has an annual average of around 21°C (70°F), with warm summers and mild, fairly short winters.
On the cooler end, Oslo, Norway averages just 10°C (50°F) annually, with pleasant summers but long, cold winters.
Seoul, South Korea averages 18°C (64°F) a year, with four clear seasons, cold winters, and hot humid summers.
Melbourne, Australia averages 20°C (68°F) annually — known for unpredictable weather, with four seasons sometimes happening in one day.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources — land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
For cities and regions with significant elevation, altitude is one of the biggest factors shaping local temperatures. As a rule of thumb, temperatures fall by around 6°C for every 1,000 metres gained — so a city at 2,000 metres will typically be around 12°C cooler than a city at sea level in the same region. Higher ground also tends to see more dramatic day-to-night temperature swings, since thinner air loses heat faster after sunset.
For more on Wijk aan Zee's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Wijk aan Zee climate page.
