Climate averages 1991–2020

Esbjerg weather
in October.

A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 12.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 8.7°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 91 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Esbjerg · average highYear overview

October is a cool month in Esbjerg: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Flensburg (98 km away). In October its highs average 12.4°C, about as warm as Esbjerg, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Esbjerg ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 11.9°C; Esbjerg is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 79 mm.

The annual picture

October 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

Esbjerg climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Esbjerg, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.9°C0.9°C0.9°C7013.57.88 h
February 3.9°C0.6°C0.6°C5711.19.610 h
March 6.0°C1.7°C1.7°C5311.211.812 h
April 10.3°C4.6°C4.6°C429.714.114 h
May 14.2°C8.5°C8.5°C4910.316.216 h
June 16.8°C11.8°C11.8°C6610.917.417 h
July 19.2°C14.2°C14.2°C7111.716.917 h
August 19.4°C14.7°C14.7°C8814.415.015 h
September 16.3°C12.3°C12.3°C8513.312.813 h
October, selected 12.1°C8.7°C8.7°C9114.510.511 h
November 7.9°C5.0°C5.0°C7914.38.48 h
December 5.1°C2.2°C2.2°C7513.87.27 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Esbjerg

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 Esbjerg) is explained once on the Esbjerg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.