Climate averages 1991–2020
Århus weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Århus: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odense (85 km away). In January its highs average 3.6°C, about as warm as Århus, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Århus ranks joint 3rd of 5 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 3.5°C; Århus is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 3.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Odense in JanuaryDenmark · 85 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -0.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Aalborg in JanuaryDenmark · 101 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Esbjerg in JanuaryDenmark · 134 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Helsingborg in JanuarySweden · 154 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -1.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Copenhagen in JanuaryDenmark · 156 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Flensburg in JanuaryGermany · 160 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -0.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Halmstad in JanuarySweden · 173 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Malmö in JanuarySweden · 184 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 49 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.