Climate guideThirty-year normals for Silkeborg
Silkeborg climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean8°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation795 mm155 wet days a year
56.17° N, 9.55° EElevation 19 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goSilkeborg · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low12° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Silkeborg 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 795 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (78 mm, 15 wet days) and April the driest (39 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in July to 56% in January.
Compared with Copenhagen, the capital, Silkeborg is 1.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 20° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 17 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 6 h 58 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 3° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 16° | 12° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 74 mm | 54 mm | 59 mm | 39 mm | 52 mm | 65 mm | 66 mm | 78 mm | 75 mm | 90 mm | 73 mm | 70 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.9 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 14 | 15.4 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 54% | 49% | 41% | 36% | 37% | 35% | 36% | 42% | 46% | 52% | 55% |
| Daylight | 7h 33 | 9h 35 | 11h 46 | 14h 11 | 16h 19 | 17h 37 | 17h 05 | 15h 10 | 12h 49 | 10h 30 | 8h 16 | 6h 58 |
| Month score | 14 | 23 | 25 | 35 | 54 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 56 | 27 | 16 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Silkeborg in every month
January14
3° / -1°
74 mm · 13.9 wet days
February23
3° / -1°
54 mm · 10.4 wet days
March25
6° / 0°
59 mm · 10.5 wet days
April35
11° / 3°
39 mm · 9.7 wet days
May54
15° / 7°
52 mm · 12.5 wet days
June67
18° / 10°
65 mm · 12.7 wet days
July65
20° / 13°
66 mm · 14 wet days
August65
20° / 13°
78 mm · 15.4 wet days
September56
16° / 10°
75 mm · 12.7 wet days
October27
12° / 7°
90 mm · 14.8 wet days
November16
7° / 3°
73 mm · 14.4 wet days
December15
4° / 0°
70 mm · 14.4 wet days