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Temperature, rainfall, air quality and nature. 9 sources, 6 international. 7 queued.

Amsterdam at 10 metres per pixel

Cloud-free mosaic of 2016 Sentinel-2 images. The canal ring, the IJ and Vondelpark are recognisable, individual cars are not. The newest image over Amsterdam is from 13 October 2026.

Source: Sentinel-2 cloudless door EOX (s2maps.eu), Copernicus-data 2016, CC BY 4.0

More on Copernicus Sentinel-2

Sources

Copernicus Sentinel-2In depth

ESA en Europese CommissieWorld, 10 metres

The Sentinel-2 satellites image the whole of the Netherlands every few days, in thirteen spectral bands. Detail: 10 metres per pixel.

Satellite imageAPIEarth observationClimate and environmentHousing and land
Up to date
updated 2 days ago

KNMI daily weather dataIn depth

KNMINetherlands, weather station

Daily values from over fifty weather stations: temperature, rainfall, sunshine and wind. The De Bilt series starts in 1901.

OpenAPIDownloadClimate and environment
Unreachable
daily

Luchtmeetnet air quality networkIn depth

RIVM, GGD's en provinciesNetherlands, monitoring station

Measurements of nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter and ozone, every hour, from about a hundred stations across the Netherlands.

OpenAPIReal timeClimate and environment
Up to date
updated 1 hours ago

NASA GIBS and WorldviewIn depth

NASAWorld, 250 – 750 metres

Over a thousand map layers from NASA satellites, ready to use as images: from the daily true-colour view to night lights, fires and snow.

OpenSatellite imageMap layerEarth observationClimate and environment
Up to date
updated 15 hours ago

EEA air quality

Europees MilieuagentschapEurope, monitoring station

The same Dutch stations as Luchtmeetnet, but next to the rest of Europe. Useful for comparing Amsterdam with Antwerp or Cologne.

OpenDownloadAPIClimate and environment
Reachable
daily

ERA5 climate reanalysis

Copernicus (ECMWF)World, approx. 30 km

A reconstructed hourly weather record for the whole earth since 1940. Coarse (30 km) but without gaps: useful where no station stood.

APIDownloadClimate and environment
Reachable
daily

GBIF biodiversity

Global Biodiversity Information FacilityWorld, observation

Over 150 million species observations in the Netherlands, including from waarneming.nl and museum collections.

OpenAPIDownloadClimate and environment
Reachable
daily

NASA FIRMS (fires)

NASAWorld, 375 metres

Hotspots reported by satellites within three hours of an overpass. In the Netherlands mostly heath and dune fires and industry.

Free keyAPIMap layerEarth observationClimate and environment
Reachable
hourly

Large-scale concentration maps (GCN)

RIVMNetherlands, 1 × 1 km

Modelled annual averages of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter for the whole country, in one-kilometre cells. Where Luchtmeetnet measures, GCN fills in between stations.

OpenDownloadMap layerClimate and environment
Reachable
yearly

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