Amsterdam for remote workers: time-zone overlap, weather by month, prices

US Eastern team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 15:00–23:00 here

US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 18:00–02:00 here

UK team 7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 10:00–18:00 here

Central Europe team 8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here

Price level 87 High: household prices Netherlands-wide vs US = 100 (2025)

Comfortable months 5 / 12 May–September

Your team's working day, on Amsterdam's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Amsterdam; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 15:00–23:00

2 h

US Pacific 18:00–02:00

0 h

UK 10:00–18:00

7 h

Central Europe 09:00–17:00

8 h

Another zone

Clock changes ahead in Amsterdam: 28 Mar 2027 → UTC+2; 31 Oct 2027 → UTC+1. Employers' clocks change on their own dates, which is why shared hours shift for a few weeks each spring and autumn.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

Month	US Eastern	US Pacific	UK	Central Europe
Jan	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Feb	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Mar	2–3 h awake 7–8 h	0 h awake 4–5 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Apr	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
May	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Jun	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Jul	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Aug	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Sep	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Oct	2–3 h awake 7–8 h	0 h awake 4–5 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Nov	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h
Dec	2 h awake 7 h	0 h awake 4 h	7 h awake 8 h	8 h awake 8 h

Weather for working, month by month

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

Month	High	Low	Rain	Dew point	Daylight	Score
Jan	6°C	2°C	74 mm	2°C dry	8.0 h	0.0
Feb	7°C	2°C	66 mm	2°C dry	9.6 h	0.0
Mar	10°C	3°C	59 mm	3°C dry	11.5 h	1.9
Apr	14°C	5°C	45 mm	5°C dry	13.7 h	5.4
May	18°C	9°C	54 mm	8°C dry	15.5 h	8.6
Jun	21°C	12°C	74 mm	12°C comfortable	16.5 h	9.8
Jul	23°C	13°C	84 mm	14°C comfortable	16.1 h	9.6
Aug	23°C	13°C	82 mm	14°C comfortable	14.5 h	9.6
Sep	19°C	11°C	88 mm	12°C comfortable	12.4 h	9.1
Oct	15°C	8°C	102 mm	9°C dry	10.3 h	5.6
Nov	10°C	5°C	88 mm	6°C dry	8.4 h	1.9
Dec	7°C	2°C	92 mm	3°C dry	7.5 h	0.0

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population: 921,468 (2023)
Elevation: -2 m
Airports: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), 12 km
Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM), 56 km
Lelystad Airport (LEY), 43 km
Time zone: Europe/Amsterdam
Visas: Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Netherlands's official government or embassy website.
Read more: Amsterdam on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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