Climate averages 1991–2020

Odense weather
in July.

A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and one of the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 21.3°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 13.7°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 70 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 17 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Odense · average highYear overview

July is a mild month in Odense: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 51 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Århus (85 km away). In July its highs average 20.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Odense, with 66 mm of rain.

Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Odense ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 5 cities is 20.5°C; Odense is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 70 mm.

The annual picture

July 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

Odense climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Odense, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.6°C-0.1°C-0.1°C4711.07.88 h
February 4.0°C-0.2°C-0.2°C389.29.610 h
March 6.8°C0.8°C0.8°C4110.011.812 h
April 11.5°C3.9°C3.9°C4210.114.114 h
May 15.8°C7.9°C7.9°C5410.816.216 h
June 18.9°C11.3°C11.3°C6911.617.417 h
July, selected 21.3°C13.7°C13.7°C7011.916.817 h
August 21.0°C14.0°C14.0°C7012.215.015 h
September 17.2°C11.4°C11.4°C5110.012.813 h
October 12.3°C7.7°C7.7°C5410.910.511 h
November 7.6°C4.0°C4.0°C4410.58.48 h
December 4.5°C1.1°C1.1°C4810.57.27 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Odense

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