Climate averages 1991–2020

Copenhagen weather
in November.

A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 7.2°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 4.0°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 50 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 8 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Copenhagen · average highYear overview

November is a cold month in Copenhagen: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 22 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Malmö (28 km away). In November its highs average 7.0°C, about as warm as Copenhagen, with 48 mm of rain.

Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Copenhagen ranks joint 4th of 5 for the warmest November highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 7.5°C; Copenhagen is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 4.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 53 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Copenhagen, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.0°C-0.5°C-0.5°C5011.77.78 h
February 3.3°C-0.7°C-0.7°C419.59.610 h
March 6.0°C0.5°C0.5°C4310.011.812 h
April 10.8°C3.7°C3.7°C419.314.114 h
May 15.4°C7.9°C7.9°C5210.316.216 h
June 18.6°C11.7°C11.7°C7111.217.417 h
July 20.9°C14.2°C14.2°C7212.016.917 h
August 20.6°C14.5°C14.5°C7712.815.115 h
September 16.7°C11.5°C11.5°C5910.212.813 h
October 11.7°C7.6°C7.6°C6011.710.511 h
November, selected 7.2°C4.0°C4.0°C5011.08.48 h
December 4.1°C0.9°C0.9°C5311.57.27 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Copenhagen

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 limits

How 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.