Køge climate by month
What the weather is like
Køge has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 653 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (70 mm, 15 wet days) and April the driest (34 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in July to 57% in December.
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, Køge is 0.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · July
- Coldest nights
- 0° · February
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 32% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 18° · August
- Longest day
- 17 h 26 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 07 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° | 4° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | 0° | 0° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 52 mm | 37 mm | 43 mm | 34 mm | 48 mm | 63 mm | 63 mm | 70 mm | 63 mm | 65 mm | 58 mm | 57 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.4 | 10.8 | 10 | 8.1 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 14.5 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 54% | 47% | 39% | 34% | 35% | 32% | 35% | 39% | 44% | 52% | 57% |
| Sea temperature | 3° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 16° | 12° | 9° | 5° |
| Daylight | 7h 41 | 9h 39 | 11h 46 | 14h 07 | 16h 12 | 17h 26 | 16h 56 | 15h 04 | 12h 48 | 10h 33 | 8h 22 | 7h 07 |
| Month score | 16 | 23 | 27 | 43 | 63 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 69 | 34 | 17 | 14 |