Climate averages 1991–2020
Odense weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Odense: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Århus (85 km away). In August its highs average 20.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Odense, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Odense ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 20.2°C; Odense is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Odense climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 47 | 11.0 | 7.88 h |
| February | 4.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 38 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| March | 6.8°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 41 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 10.1 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 54 | 10.8 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 69 | 11.6 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 70 | 11.9 | 16.817 h |
| August, selected | 21.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 70 | 12.2 | 15.015 h |
| September | 17.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 51 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.511 h |
| November | 7.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 10.5 | 8.48 h |
| December | 4.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 48 | 10.5 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Århus in AugustDenmark · 85 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Flensburg in AugustGermany · 91 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Kiel in AugustGermany · 121 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Esbjerg in AugustDenmark · 122 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Copenhagen in AugustDenmark · 140 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Neumünster in AugustGermany · 149 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AugustSweden · 162 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Malmö in AugustSweden · 166 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 66 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 Odense) is explained once on the Odense year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.