Aarhus climate by month
What the weather is like
Aarhus has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 20° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 700 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (75 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (38 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in July to 56% in January.
The sea reaches about 18° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Copenhagen, the capital, Aarhus is 1.8° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 20° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · February
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 33% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 18° · August
- Longest day
- 17 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 6 h 58 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 3° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 16° | 12° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 1° | 3° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 11° | 7° | 4° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 57 mm | 43 mm | 51 mm | 38 mm | 53 mm | 63 mm | 63 mm | 75 mm | 68 mm | 73 mm | 60 mm | 56 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.8 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 15.7 | 12.7 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 15.1 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 35% | 35% | 33% | 35% | 40% | 45% | 52% | 55% |
| Sea temperature | 3° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Daylight | 7h 34 | 9h 35 | 11h 46 | 14h 11 | 16h 19 | 17h 37 | 17h 05 | 15h 10 | 12h 49 | 10h 30 | 8h 16 | 6h 58 |
| Month score | 15 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 53 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 28 | 16 | 15 |