Herning weather in August

In August, Herning sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 81 mm of rain across 13.7 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Herning's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Herning's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
81 mm
13.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
5:02 AM – 7:54 PM
Cloud cover
65%
5th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Herning is Danish city.

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 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Herning reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Herning

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.

Herning weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°6412.53.47.30.0
Feb / -1°5210.53.59.10.0
Mar / 5110.92.211.40.6
Apr11° / 4910.60.613.82.7
May15° / 60110164.5
Jun18° / 10°7311.4017.25.5
Jul20° / 12°7612.3016.76.0
Aug20° / 12°8113.7014.95.7
Sep17° / 10°7212.1012.54.8
Oct12° / 7712.60.110.12.9
Nov / 6112.20.77.91.0
Dec / 6312.52.36.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
34258
44258
54258
64159
74159
84159
94060
104060
113961
123961
133961
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Herning gets around 81 mm of rain over 13.7 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 44% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
142
242
342
442
542
642
743
843
943
1043
1144
1244
1345
1445
1545
1646
1746
1846
1946
2046
2146
2246
2346
2446
2546
2646
2745
2845
2945
3044
3144

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 53% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1444610
244469
344469
444469
545469
645468
745468
846468
946468
1047458
1148448
1248448
1349438
1449428
1550428
1650419
1751409
1853398
1953398
2054388
2155378
2256368
2358357
2459347
2561336
2662326
2764315
2865305
2967294
3068284
3170273

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 54 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 132 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 7:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.94:338:28
215.94:348:26
315.84:368:24
415.74:388:22
515.74:408:20
615.64:428:17
715.54:448:15
815.54:468:13
915.44:488:11
1015.34:508:09
1115.24:528:06
1215.24:548:04
1315.14:568:02
1415.04:587:59
1514.95:007:57
1614.95:027:54
1714.85:047:52
1814.75:067:50
1914.75:087:47
2014.65:107:45
2114.55:127:42
2214.45:147:40
2314.45:167:37
2414.35:187:34
2514.25:207:32
2614.15:227:29
2714.05:247:27
2814.05:267:24
2913.95:287:21
3013.85:307:19
3113.75:327:16

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.6Bright
84.6Bright
94.5Bright
104.5Bright
114.5Bright
124.4Bright
134.4Bright
144.3Bright
154.3Bright
164.2Bright
174.2Bright
184.1Bright
194.1Bright
204.0Bright
214.0Moderate
223.9Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.8Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.7Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Herning?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Herning for sightseeing.

What to pack for Herning in August

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

In August, Herning sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Herning 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 at the nearest coast (about 47 km away) 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
Feb3Bracing
Mar4Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Herning 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 Herning peaks around June 23 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Herning?

Herning sits at 56.1°N, 9.0°E, 60 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Holstebro, 33 km away.

HolstebroSilkeborgViborgSkiveVejleHedenstedHorsensTilst

Topography around Herning

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Herning has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m.

The land around Herning is covered by artificial surfaces (33%), grassland (32%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (48%), trees (25%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
83 m
80 km
184 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Holstebro 33 km · Silkeborg 35 km · Viborg 44 km · Skive 48 km · Vejle 59 km · Hedensted 61 km · Horsens 62 km · Tilst 71 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 Herning (56.1362°, 8.9766°, elevation 60 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).