Climate averages 1991–2020
Odense weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Odense: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Århus (85 km away). In December its highs average 4.4°C, about as warm as Odense, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Odense ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 4.5°C; Odense is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 3.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Århus in DecemberDenmark · 85 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Flensburg in DecemberGermany · 91 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Kiel in DecemberGermany · 121 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 1.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Esbjerg in DecemberDenmark · 122 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Copenhagen in DecemberDenmark · 140 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Neumünster in DecemberGermany · 149 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Helsingborg in DecemberSweden · 162 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Malmö in DecemberSweden · 166 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 53 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.