Hjørring weather in August

In August, Hjørring sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 76 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 15 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 31% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Hjørring's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hjørring's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:53 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
58%
5th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Hjørring is town in Denmark.

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 Hjørring reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°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 Hjørring

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.

Hjørring 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 / 6011.84.270.0
Feb / 4393.990.0
Mar / 429.22.711.40.4
Apr10° / 4290.413.92.2
May14° / 529.5016.24.1
Jun17° / 11°6510.3017.65.4
Jul19° / 14°629.80176.3
Aug20° / 14°7611.70156.0
Sep16° / 12°6311012.54.8
Oct12° / 7612.80.1102.8
Nov / 6011.90.97.71.1
Dec / 5912.22.96.40.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Hjørring gets around 76 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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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 48% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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28633160
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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 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 16 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 138 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:22 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 8:30 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.14:228:30
216.14:248:28
316.04:268:26
415.94:288:24
515.94:308:22
615.84:328:19
715.74:348:17
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1215.34:458:05
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1615.04:537:55
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1814.94:577:50
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2914.05:217:20
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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284.0Moderate
293.9Moderate
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313.8Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Hjørring?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Hjørring for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hjørring in August

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

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

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Hjørring in August

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan5Bracing
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Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec7Bracing

UV index in Hjørring in August

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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 Hjørring peaks around August 10 at about 5 (moderate) — 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 4 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Location & terrain

Where is Hjørring?

Hjørring sits at 57.5°N, 10.0°E, 51 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Frederikshavn, 33 km away.

FrederikshavnNørresundbySkagenAalborgRandersBjörlandaSkiveViborg

Topography around Hjørring

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hjørring has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m.

The land around Hjørring is covered by grassland (33%), cropland (24%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and water (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
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108 m
80 km
141 m
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August weather nearby: Frederikshavn 33 km · Nørresundby 45 km · Skagen 46 km · Aalborg 46 km · Randers 112 km · Björlanda 115 km · Skive 115 km · Viborg 118 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 Hjørring (57.4642°, 9.9823°, elevation 51 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).