Climate averages 1991–2020
Aalborg weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Aalborg: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Århus (101 km away). In August its highs average 20.3°C, about as warm as Aalborg, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Aalborg ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 20.2°C; Aalborg is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aalborg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 57 | 11.5 | 7.57 h |
| February | 3.6°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 44 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| March | 6.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 44 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 46 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 62 | 10.9 | 16.516 h |
| June | 18.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 77 | 11.6 | 17.818 h |
| July | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 72 | 11.6 | 17.217 h |
| August, selected | 20.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 79 | 12.6 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| October | 11.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 71 | 12.0 | 10.410 h |
| November | 7.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 54 | 11.0 | 8.28 h |
| December | 4.3°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 54 | 11.4 | 6.87 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Århus in AugustDenmark · 101 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Gothenburg in AugustSweden · 143 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Kristiansand in AugustNorway · 167 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Halmstad in AugustSweden · 183 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Odense in AugustDenmark · 186 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Borås in AugustSweden · 196 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Esbjerg in AugustDenmark · 197 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AugustSweden · 203 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aalborg) is explained once on the Aalborg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.