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Centraal Museum

Located in Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht Coordinates: 52°05′01″ N 5°07′35″ E

Centraal Museum
Centraal Museum / fotograaf: Vincent Zedelius · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nearest town
Utrecht
0.8 km N
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
Elevation
9 m
above sea level
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol35 km
RTM Rotterdam The Hague Airport49 km

About Centraal Museum

Centraal Museum is a museum. Location: Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht.

From Wikipedia

The Centraal Museum is the main museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, founded in 1838. The museum has a wide-ranging collection, mainly of works produced locally. The collection of the paintings by the Northern Mannerist Joachim Wtewael is by a long way the largest anywhere in the world. Other highlights are many significant paintings by the Utrecht Caravaggisti, such as Gerard van Honthorst and Hendrick ter Brugghen.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1838
Official website
centraalmuseum.nl

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Centraal Museum

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 82 mm

Hottest month
August (day 22°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
November (82 mm)
Driest month
April (45 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Centraal Museum
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°9°13°18°20°22°22°19°14°9°7°
Average low (°C)0°0°2°4°8°10°12°12°10°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)675065455971725874778277

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Centraal Museum

The nearest airport is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), 35 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Utrecht, 1 km to the north.

Airports

  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) Amsterdam 35 kmnorthwest
  • Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) Rotterdam 49 kmwest
  • Eindhoven Airport (EIN) Eindhoven 73 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Utrecht Population: 376.4K 1 kmnorth
  • Amersfoort Population: 139.9K 20 kmnortheast
  • Almere Stad Population: 176.4K 32 kmnorth
  • Amsterdam Population: 741.6K 36 kmnorthwest
  • Hoofddorp Population: 132.7K 39 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Nearest towns and villages

  • Utrecht City, Gemeente Utrecht
    0.8 km N
  • Lunetten Neighbourhood, Gemeente Utrecht
    2.5 km S
  • Oog in Al Neighbourhood, Gemeente Utrecht
    2.9 km W
  • Uithof Neighbourhood, Gemeente Utrecht
    3.3 km E

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