Climate averages 1991–2020
Århus weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Århus: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 01 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odense (85 km away). In July its highs average 21.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Århus, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Århus ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 5 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 5 cities is 20.5°C; Århus is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Odense in JulyDenmark · 85 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Aalborg in JulyDenmark · 101 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Esbjerg in JulyDenmark · 134 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Helsingborg in JulySweden · 154 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Copenhagen in JulyDenmark · 156 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Flensburg in JulyGermany · 160 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Halmstad in JulySweden · 173 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Malmö in JulySweden · 184 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 58 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.