Climate averages 1991–2020
Odense weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Odense: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Århus (85 km away). In October its highs average 11.9°C, about as warm as Odense, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Odense ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 11.9°C; Odense is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Århus in OctoberDenmark · 85 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Flensburg in OctoberGermany · 91 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Kiel in OctoberGermany · 121 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Esbjerg in OctoberDenmark · 122 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Copenhagen in OctoberDenmark · 140 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Neumünster in OctoberGermany · 149 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Helsingborg in OctoberSweden · 162 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Malmö in OctoberSweden · 166 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 54 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.