Climate averages 1991–2020
Odense weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Odense: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Århus (85 km away). In May its highs average 15.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Odense, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Odense ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 15.1°C; Odense is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Århus in MayDenmark · 85 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Flensburg in MayGermany · 91 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Kiel in MayGermany · 121 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Esbjerg in MayDenmark · 122 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Copenhagen in MayDenmark · 140 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Neumünster in MayGermany · 149 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Helsingborg in MaySweden · 162 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Malmö in MaySweden · 166 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 41 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.