Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Average rent, all rented homes €935/month (Amsterdam, 2025)
Housing and income figures for Amsterdam from official statistics, each with its source and date. Country-level context is labelled as country-level. More figures are added only when an official source and date are available.
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City Overview
The average bare rent across all rented homes in Amsterdam was €935 a month (2025). The median household had €35,100 a year after tax (2022). On average, renting households spent 28% of household income on rent, after any housing allowance (2025). An average worker in The Netherlands takes home about €3,399 a month after tax (national figure).
♙Population741,636
▣CurrencyEUR
◷TimezoneEurope/Amsterdam
▤CountryThe Netherlands
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Cost of Living in Amsterdam
Overall price-level data is not yet available.
—Price level index (Brussels = 100)
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What Stands Out
Favorable signals● Low unemployment nationally● High university enrolment nationally● High internet use nationally
ConsiderationsNo major negative claim is inferred from the current core data.
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Income
Median disposable household income
Whole household, after tax€35,100/yearAmsterdam, 2022, official statistics · source
Whole household, after tax€35,100/yearAmsterdam, 2022, official statistics · source
Average worker's take-home pay
Gross €5,053 a month, single, no children€3,399/monthNational, 2025, Eurostat · all countries
Gross €5,053 a month, single, no children€3,399/monthNational, 2025, Eurostat · all countries
Unemployment3.9%Country context when available (national)
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Climate & Context
Average temperature11.3°CYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Total rainfall778 mm/yearYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Internet users97%Country context (national)
Physicians per 1,000 people3.9Country context (national)
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Sources & dates for Amsterdam
Average rent, all rented homes
Housing survey run by the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam metropolitan region (WiMRA, every two years): average bare monthly rent of all rented homes in Amsterdam, excluding utilities and service costs. An average across social and private rentals together; new private-sector leases cost far more. The rent share is after any housing allowance.€935/monthGemeente Amsterdam, Wonen in de Metropoolregio Amsterdam (WiMRA) housing survey · reference period 2025
Housing survey run by the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam metropolitan region (WiMRA, every two years): average bare monthly rent of all rented homes in Amsterdam, excluding utilities and service costs. An average across social and private rentals together; new private-sector leases cost far more. The rent share is after any housing allowance.€935/monthGemeente Amsterdam, Wonen in de Metropoolregio Amsterdam (WiMRA) housing survey · reference period 2025
Average share of income spent on rent
Housing survey run by the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam metropolitan region (WiMRA, every two years): average bare monthly rent of all rented homes in Amsterdam, excluding utilities and service costs. An average across social and private rentals together; new private-sector leases cost far more. The rent share is after any housing allowance.28%Gemeente Amsterdam, Wonen in de Metropoolregio Amsterdam (WiMRA) housing survey · reference period 2025
Housing survey run by the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam metropolitan region (WiMRA, every two years): average bare monthly rent of all rented homes in Amsterdam, excluding utilities and service costs. An average across social and private rentals together; new private-sector leases cost far more. The rent share is after any housing allowance.28%Gemeente Amsterdam, Wonen in de Metropoolregio Amsterdam (WiMRA) housing survey · reference period 2025
Median disposable household income
Statistics Netherlands: median disposable income of all private households in the municipality of Amsterdam, after taxes and social and health insurance contributions. This is the latest year CBS publishes for municipalities.€35,100/yearStatistics Netherlands (CBS), Income of households by region · reference period 2022
Statistics Netherlands: median disposable income of all private households in the municipality of Amsterdam, after taxes and social and health insurance contributions. This is the latest year CBS publishes for municipalities.€35,100/yearStatistics Netherlands (CBS), Income of households by region · reference period 2022
Average temperature
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.11.3 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.11.3 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Total rainfall
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.778 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.778 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Unemployment, homicide rate, doctors, university enrolment and internet use above are national World Bank indicators for the whole country and are marked “national”. See the methodology for how each figure is collected, or report a correction.