Breda

Why visit

Breda is a Dutch city stop for canals, cafes, design shops, park walks, and a softer pace between Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Tilburg. It is useful when the route needs a small city with real center life.

When to avoid

It is not a major museum city. Some of its appeal depends on walking, terraces, and local pace, so poor weather can make a short visit feel thinner. For Breda, avoid widening the route after the day is underway. When plans change in Breda, choose something close rather than spending the day in transit.

Plan Breda

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Breda

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Drizzle

35° / 22°

UV High

Wed

Overcast

26° / 21°

UV Moderate

Thu

Overcast

24° / 16°

UV High

Fri

Overcast

23° / 14°

UV Moderate

Sat

Overcast

28° / 15°

UV High

Sun

Overcast

33° / 18°

UV High

Mon

Drizzle

24° / 18°

0.6 mm

UV High

Climate

Summer (Jun-Sep)

Typical highs around 22°C, lows around 13°C.

Winter (Dec-Mar)

Typical highs around 7°C, lows around 1°C.

In August 4

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Weather

23° / 14°

Typical high / low

3 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

14.7h

06:24 – 21:06local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest EIN · 44 km

Getting around Breda

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators

Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBBNMBS/SNCBFlixBus-euHeilbronner NahverkehrBravo (Arriva)TransdevEurostar Red (Thalys)BlaBlaCar BusFlixbus

About Breda

Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has 185,072 inhabitants on 13 September 2022 and is part of the Brabantse Stedenrij; it is the tenth largest city/municipality in the country, and the third largest in North Brabant after Eindhoven and Tilburg. It is equidistant from Rotterdam and Antwerp.

Area: 129 km²

Netherlands basics →Country context, advisories, and entry links for the practicalities shown above.

References5

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City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, Open-Elevation, IANA Time Zone Database.