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Veenendaal

Located in Veenendaal Municipality, Utrecht Coordinates: 52°01′43″ N 5°33′32″ E

Veenendaal
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Population
61,271
61.3K
Elevation
8 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
NRN Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport62 km
AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol63 km

About Veenendaal

Veenendaal is a town. Location: Veenendaal Municipality, Utrecht. Population: 61,271. Elevation: 8 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (62 km). Nearby sights include Elsterberg and Paasheuvel.

Travel notes for Veenendaal

From Wikivoyage

Veenendaal is a town in Utrecht, with around 63,000 inhabitants.

Get in+

By train:

If you're coming from Utrecht or Amsterdam you can take the Intercity train to Veenendaal-De Klomp (2x/hour). Alternatively, you can take a regional train (Sprinter) from Utrecht to Veenendaal Centrum (2-4x/hour), which is a 5-minute walk from the city centre.

If you're coming from the east (Arnhem or Nijmegen), the only good connection is the Intercity train to Veenendaal-De Klomp (2x/hour).

From Veenendaal-De Klomp bus route 80 or 81 will take you to the city centre in about 10 minutes (direction Wageningen/Driebergen-Zeist, bus stop 'Raadhuisstraat').

1 Veenendaal Centrum railway station. (updated May 2021)

2 Veenendaal West railway station. (updated May 2021)

3 Veenendaal-De Klomp railway station. (updated May 2021)

By car:

Veenendaal is easily reached by car from the A12 (Utrecht - Arnhem).

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Veenendaal

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 80 mm

Hottest month
August (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
December (82 mm)
Driest month
April (48 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 Veenendaal
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°10°13°18°20°22°23°19°14°9°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°2°3°8°10°12°12°9°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)735370486274696173728082

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Veenendaal

The nearest airport is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN), 62 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Amersfoort, 18 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN) Weeze 62 kmsoutheast
  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) Amsterdam 63 kmnorthwest
  • Eindhoven Airport (EIN) Eindhoven 66 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Amersfoort Population: 139.9K 18 kmnorthwest
  • Arnhem Population: 162.4K 25 kmeast
  • Nijmegen Population: 177.4K 29 kmsoutheast
  • Utrecht Population: 376.4K 31 kmwest
  • Apeldoorn Population: 136.7K 35 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Veenendaal

Within 100 km: 190 historic and cultural sites, 258 natural sites, 185 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km23 places

  • Valenberg Mountain 14 kmE
  • Struikberg Mountain 24 kmNE
  • Steenenberg Mountain 10 kmNE
  • Scheleberg Mountain 10 kmNE

25–60 km179 places

  • Putjensberg Mountain 51 kmNE
  • Wijlermeer Lake 36 kmSE
  • Strang Lake 47 kmSE
  • Eselsberg Mountain 54 kmSE

60–100 km431 places

  • IJsselmonde Island 74 kmW
  • Zandbergen Natural site 95 kmS
  • Zeven-Heerlijkhedenheide Natural site 88 kmS
  • Wegmeerheide Natural site 81 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Veenendaal and similar cities

Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.

Measure Veenendaal Assen Lelystad Middelburg
Population 61.3K 68.8K 79.8K 46.5K
Elevation 8 m 12 m -1 m 8 m
Summer day (hottest month) 23° 22° 22° 21°
Winter night (coldest month) 0° -1° 1° 1°
Annual rainfall 817 mm 829 mm 803 mm 757 mm
Best months Jun–Aug Jun–Aug Jun–Aug Jun–Aug
Distance — 127 km 54 km 147 km

Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.

Nearby attractions & nature

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