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Frederikshavn climate by month
What the weather is like
Frederikshavn has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 19° and nights 16°. February is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 757 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (90 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (40 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in July to 54% 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, Frederikshavn is 2.7° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 19° · August
- Coldest nights
- 1° · February
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 30% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 18° · August
- Longest day
- 17 h 58 min
- Shortest day
- 6 h 39 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 | 4° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 6° |
| Average low | 1° | 1° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 6° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 65 mm | 44 mm | 50 mm | 40 mm | 52 mm | 68 mm | 66 mm | 75 mm | 76 mm | 90 mm | 69 mm | 62 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.9 | 11 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 15.6 | 13.5 | 16 | 15.8 | 15.6 |
| Cloud cover | 54% | 52% | 45% | 37% | 31% | 32% | 30% | 33% | 37% | 44% | 50% | 52% |
| Sea temperature | 4° | 3° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 6° |
| Daylight | 7h 18 | 9h 28 | 11h 45 | 14h 17 | 16h 34 | 17h 58 | 17h 23 | 15h 19 | 12h 51 | 10h 25 | 8h 03 | 6h 39 |
| Month score | 15 | 23 | 27 | 33 | 43 | 61 | 69 | 66 | 56 | 29 | 17 | 16 |