Netherlands / Gelderland
Nulde Strand
Nulde Strand is a 360 m-long inland beach facing west-north-west on the Nuldernauw, 5.0 km north-west of Putten (Gelderland, Netherlands). Average daytime highs peak at 22 °C in July and drop to 5 °C in January.
Weather month by month
October at Nulde Strand
Beach-day index 3.3/10 · Netherlands median 2.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 6° | 9° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 19° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Low °C | 0° | 0° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 74 | 63 | 54 | 39 | 59 | 64 | 81 | 85 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 78 |
| Cloud % | 79 | 76 | 70 | 64 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 72 | 78 | 79 |
| Wind m/s | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| Daylight h | 8.2 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 7.7 |
| Record high/low | 12°/-13° | 17°/-16° | 20°/-11° | 25°/-3° | 28°/1° | 31°/5° | 34°/9° | 31°/8° | 29°/4° | 24°/-2° | 19°/-6° | 13°/-11° |
| Beach index | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-north-west (295°). Open lake water fills about 67% of the horizon close by, which makes it an exposed spot with water on most sides.
The sun sets over the lake in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 22:00 local time on a bearing of 312°.
Sunrise is over the lake in June–July.
Straight across the lake to the west-north-west, open water reaches about 1.0 km before the far shore.
Within 1 km, the land is 78% grassland, 11% tree cover and 6% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 39% of that circle.
- Grass 78%
- Tree 11%
- Crop 6%
- Built 4%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation and lake size from Natural Earth lake polygons sampled in 36 directions.
This is not a sea beach, so no sea-temperature normals are shown.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Strand Nulde Noord”, 590 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 7 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Good
- 2020Good
- 2021Good
- 2022Good
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–August; July scores 6.5/10 with highs of 22 °C and 81 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.4 points above the median of the 81 beaches in Netherlands covered by this atlas.
August is the wettest month (85 mm) and April the driest (39 mm); the yearly total is about 800 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.7 hours in December to 16.8 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:33 and sets at 21:54 local time.
Facilities within 1 km
- 1Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam | AMS | 53.1 km | west |
| Rotterdam The Hague Airport Rotterdam | RTM | 83.6 km | south-west |
| Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport Weeze | NRN | 86.0 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 139.4K residents); within 30 km there are 91 (about 1.4M).
Reference
Nulde Strand has an article on the NL Wikipedia: Strand Nulde.
Wikidata item Q2140282 · classified as recreation area.
When people look it up
The NL Wikipedia article was read 2,379 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in June (362 views), 4.1× the quietest month.
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1165647709; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_31UFT_20240812_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site NLBW92_NULDBSD).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 9.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.