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The climate of Zaandam (the Netherlands)
Zaandam is a medium-sized city in the province of North Holland on the banks of the Zaan. Zaandam has been part of the municipality of Zaanstad since 1974. Zaandam is the largest city in this municipality. Other places in this municipality are: Assendelft, Krommenie, Wormerveer, Westzaan, Zaandijk and Koog aan de Zaan. Zaandam was founded in the 19th century when two smaller towns were consolidated to create one bigger town. Zaandam is flourishing economically because it is situated in the Zaanstreek (region). Zaandam has always been known for the cocoa processing industry. Verkade still have their headquarters in Zaandam. In the old city center several typical houses can be found. The architecture of the town hall and the hotel have been inspired by these houses. Zaandam has a moderate maritime climate influenced by the North Sea. Because of this influence temperatures are slightly lower here on average than in the more easterly located places in the Netherlands. However, during the winter temperatures are slightly higher on average. This also means longer periods with subzero temperatures do not occur as frequently as in the more easterly located places in the Netherlands. However, extremes in temperatures may occur. Precipitation is evenly spread out over the year.

Climate information
The data below is based on registered weather data and applies to Zaandam:

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	5	0	2	19		n/a
February	5	0	3	16		n/a
March	8	2	4	15		n/a
April	12	4	5	15		n/a
May	16	8	7	14		n/a
June	19	10	7	13		n/a
July	21	12	6	16		n/a
August	21	12	6	14		n/a
September	18	10	4	17		n/a
October	14	7	3	17		n/a
November	9	3	2	18		n/a
December	6	1	1	19		n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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