Climate averages 1991–2020
Århus weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Århus: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odense (85 km away). In April its highs average 11.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Århus, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Århus ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest April highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 10.8°C; Århus is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Århus 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 | 49 | 10.9 | 7.68 h |
| February | 3.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 40 | 9.2 | 9.510 h |
| March | 6.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 42 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 10.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 42 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 55 | 11.0 | 16.316 h |
| June | 18.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 68 | 11.2 | 17.518 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 66 | 11.2 | 17.017 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 54 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| November | 7.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 49 | 10.7 | 8.38 h |
| December | 4.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 50 | 11.0 | 7.07 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
April in nearby cities
- Odense in AprilDenmark · 85 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Aalborg in AprilDenmark · 101 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Esbjerg in AprilDenmark · 134 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AprilSweden · 154 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Copenhagen in AprilDenmark · 156 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Flensburg in AprilGermany · 160 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Halmstad in AprilSweden · 173 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Malmö in AprilSweden · 184 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 36 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 Århus) is explained once on the Århus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.