Climate averages 1991–2020
Copenhagen weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Copenhagen: 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 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malmö (28 km away). In April its highs average 10.9°C, about as warm as Copenhagen, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Copenhagen ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 10.8°C; Copenhagen is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 52 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
Copenhagen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 50 | 11.7 | 7.78 h |
| February | 3.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 41 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March | 6.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 43 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 10.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 41 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 52 | 10.3 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 71 | 11.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 20.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 72 | 12.0 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 77 | 12.8 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 59 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 60 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 7.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 50 | 11.0 | 8.48 h |
| December | 4.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 53 | 11.5 | 7.27 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
- Malmö in AprilSweden · 28 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Lund in AprilSweden · 39 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AprilSweden · 42 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Halmstad in AprilSweden · 112 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Odense in AprilDenmark · 140 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Århus in AprilDenmark · 156 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Rostock in AprilGermany · 179 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Växjö in AprilSweden · 192 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.9°C · 40 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 Copenhagen) is explained once on the Copenhagen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.