Esbjerg weather in August

In August, Esbjerg sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 88 mm of rain across 14.4 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Esbjerg's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esbjerg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
88 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
5:06 AM – 7:54 PM
Cloud cover
62%
4th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Esbjerg is town in Denmark.

Founded
1868

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Esbjerg reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Esbjerg

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Esbjerg weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7013.42.67.50.0
Feb / 56112.69.20.0
Mar / 5311.21.911.40.4
Apr10° / 439.70.413.82.2
May14° / 5010.3015.94.0
Jun17° / 12°6610.9017.15.1
Jul19° / 14°7111.7016.65.9
Aug19° / 15°8814.4014.85.6
Sep16° / 12°8613.3012.54.6
Oct12° / 9114.5010.12.9
Nov / 7914.30.481.2
Dec / 7513.81.56.90.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Esbjerg gets around 88 mm of rain over 14.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 46% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13053161
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63250171
73350170
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Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 15 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 126 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:38 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 8:27 PM to 7:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.84:388:27
215.84:408:25
315.74:428:23
415.64:438:21
515.64:458:19
615.54:478:17
715.44:498:15
815.44:518:12
915.34:538:10
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1215.14:588:04
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1914.65:127:47
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2314.35:207:37
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2514.15:247:32
2614.15:267:30
2714.05:287:27
2813.95:307:25
2913.85:327:22
3013.85:347:19
3113.75:367:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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244.0Moderate
253.9Moderate
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273.8Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Esbjerg?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Esbjerg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Esbjerg in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Esbjerg sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Esbjerg in August

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
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Apr7Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Esbjerg in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Esbjerg peaks around July 17 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 17UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
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Location & terrain

Where is Esbjerg?

Esbjerg sits at 55.5°N, 8.5°E, 17 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Kolding, 64 km away.

KoldingTønderHaderslevVejleAabenraaMiddelfartHerningFredericia

Topography around Esbjerg

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Esbjerg.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esbjerg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m.

The land around Esbjerg is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and water (31%) within 3 km, water (43%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (33%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
55 m
80 km
149 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Kolding 64 km · Tønder 65 km · Haderslev 70 km · Vejle 73 km · Aabenraa 77 km · Middelfart 81 km · Herning 81 km · Fredericia 83 km

Denmark travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 92% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$76,970
2025
Happiness
7.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 611
Religion
Evangelical Lutheran 71%other/none/unspecified 24%Muslim 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Esbjerg (55.4703°, 8.4519°, elevation 17 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).