What You Need to Know About Groningen's Microclimate
What You Need to Know About Groningen's Microclimate
THIS is why the weather in Amsterdam is always better
While you may think the weather difference between cities is minimal, the little details do add up.
Is the weather in Amsterdam really better than in Groningen? Let’s talk about it.
The Netherlands is not a very large country, and thus shares a relatively similar oceanic temperature climate. This means that the weather is influenced by the North Sea, with its winds and gales.
Water = humidity and rain. Coastal cities will feel more of those effects, but there is also an obvious difference in the locations of these two cities.
Groningen is way up north, far from the big cities. And Amsterdam, is well, Amsterdam, the capital, close to other big cities in the southeast, AND enjoys warmer temperatures?
Winters and summers are on average, colder in Groningen by 1-2 degrees Celsius. However, this might not be such a bad thing, given that typical households don’t have air conditioning installed.
Groningen also has some snowfall during winter. Not too much, since it is a coastal climate and the temperatures in winter do not typically drop too far below freezing. An adequate amount of snowfall, if you will. Enough time to make a snowman and post a few Instagram stories before it melts and rain takes its place.
On the topic of rain, Amsterdam does suffer (yes, suffer) through higher precipitation levels during all months of the year, except for July, where Groningen on average sees more rainfall. This is awesome, because we all know summer rain is the best type of rain.
At the end of the day, weather preferences are subjective.
Maybe you enjoy the dampness and cold. But, Amsterdam isn’t even the warmest city in the Netherlands.
Maastricht, located in the southernmost point in the Netherlands takes the cake. In 2019 the city broke the record for the hottest summer at 39°C… yikes.
Not to mention that the bigger the city, the more pollution it produces. Pollution not only affects the quality of the air but also its temperature. For that reason, a bigger city will always be warmer. But is that really a win?