Climate averages 1991–2020
Århus 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 Århus: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odense (85 km away). In August its highs average 21.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Århus, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Århus ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 20.2°C; Århus is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 54 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Odense in AugustDenmark · 85 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Aalborg in AugustDenmark · 101 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Esbjerg in AugustDenmark · 134 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AugustSweden · 154 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Copenhagen in AugustDenmark · 156 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Flensburg in AugustGermany · 160 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Halmstad in AugustSweden · 173 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Malmö in AugustSweden · 184 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 66 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.