Climate averages 1991–2020
Odense weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Odense: daytime highs average 4.0°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Århus (85 km away). In February its highs average 3.7°C, about as warm as Odense, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Odense ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 3.7°C; Odense is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 6.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Århus in FebruaryDenmark · 85 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Flensburg in FebruaryGermany · 91 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Kiel in FebruaryGermany · 121 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Esbjerg in FebruaryDenmark · 122 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low 0.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Copenhagen in FebruaryDenmark · 140 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Neumünster in FebruaryGermany · 149 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -0.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Helsingborg in FebruarySweden · 162 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Malmö in FebruarySweden · 166 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -1.2°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 Odense) is explained once on the Odense year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.