2025 was an extremely sunny year and the sixth warmest since formal records began in 1901, national weather bureau KNMI said in its latest look at the Dutch climate in a global context. The average temperature at the De Bilt weather station near Utrecht was 11.4°, the KNMI said. All of the top 10 warmest years took place this century, with seven of them in the past 10 years. “We’ve seen the impact of climate change elsewhere in the world this year, with the wildfires in Spain and Portugal in particular,” said the KNMI’s chief scientific officer Maarten van Aalst. Climate change is continuing and that is bringing new risks for the Netherlands as well.”