Horsens weather in August

In August, Horsens sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 72 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 14.8 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 21% 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 Horsens's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Horsens's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:59 AM – 7:50 PM
Cloud cover
64%
4th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Horsens is city in Horsens Municipality, Denmark.

Density
323/km²
people per km²
Founded
1200

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 Horsens reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°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 Horsens

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.

Horsens 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 / -0°5812.33.77.40.0
Feb / -1°4810.53.79.20.0
Mar / 4710.52.311.40.5
Apr10° / 439.30.313.82.5
May15° / 5510.70164.4
Jun18° / 11°6811.1017.25.5
Jul20° / 13°6811.6016.76.1
Aug20° / 13°7212.6014.85.9
Sep17° / 11°6111.5012.54.8
Oct12° / 6612.30.110.12.9
Nov / 5611.60.981.0
Dec / 5911.92.56.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 60%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
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74357
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Horsens gets around 72 mm of rain over 12.6 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 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13649132
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Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 4:30 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 8:23 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.94:308:23
215.84:328:21
315.74:348:19
415.74:368:17
515.64:388:15
615.54:408:13
715.54:428:11
815.44:448:08
915.34:468:06
1015.34:488:04
1115.24:508:02
1215.14:517:59
1315.14:537:57
1415.04:557:55
1514.94:577:52
1614.84:597:50
1714.85:017:48
1814.75:037:45
1914.65:057:43
2014.65:077:40
2114.55:097:38
2214.45:117:35
2314.35:137:33
2414.25:157:30
2514.25:177:28
2614.15:197:25
2714.05:217:23
2813.95:237:20
2913.95:257:17
3013.85:277:15
3113.75:297:12

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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254.0Bright
264.0Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Horsens?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Horsens for sightseeing.

What to pack for Horsens in August

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

In August, Horsens sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Horsens 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 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 2°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
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Horsens 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 Horsens peaks around June 22 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Horsens?

Horsens sits at 55.9°N, 9.9°E, 4 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Hedensted, 14 km away.

VejleFredericiaVibySilkeborgAarhusMiddelfartTilst

Topography around Horsens

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Horsens has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Horsens is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), grassland (21%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) within 16 km, and cropland (37%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
192 m
80 km
185 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Hedensted 14 km · Vejle 26 km · Fredericia 33 km · Viby 35 km · Silkeborg 39 km · Aarhus 40 km · Middelfart 40 km · Tilst 40 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 Horsens (55.8607°, 9.8503°, elevation 4 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).