Climate and average weather in Nykøbing Falster

In Nykøbing Falster, the summers are mild, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, breezy, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Nykøbing Falster typically varies from 1°C to 21°C, and is rarely below -5°C or above 25°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Nykøbing Falster for warm-weather activities is from late May to mid September.

Hottest
Jul
21°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Aug
67 mm
Driest
Apr
32 mm
Rain / yr
622 mm
128 wet days
Daylight
7.0–17.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2 m
54.8°N
Clearest
May
56% cloud

Nykøbing Falster is Danish city.

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

Nykøbing Falster weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Nykøbing Falster, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from June 2 to September 16, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Nykøbing Falster is July, with an average high of 21°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 4.0 months, from November 23 to March 25, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Nykøbing Falster is January, with an average low of 1°C and high of 3°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan31
Feb31
Mar62
Apr105
May149
Jun1813
Jul2115
Aug2116
Sep1713
Oct129
Nov85
Dec52

How hot and cold Nykøbing Falster really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -5°C (around January 29), with roughly 139 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan33-51
Feb33-51
Mar66-32
Apr101015
May141479
Jun18181313
Jul20211515
Aug20211616
Sep17171313
Oct121279
Nov8815
Dec55-32

Average hourly temperature in Nykøbing Falster

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 21°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Nykøbing Falster weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5111.43.27.60.0
Feb / 399.63.39.30.0
Mar / 419.42.311.50.4
Apr10° / 328.20.213.72.3
May14° / 449.4015.84.4
Jun18° / 13°6010.7016.95.7
Jul21° / 15°6411.4016.56.3
Aug21° / 16°6711.9014.76.1
Sep17° / 13°5710.6012.55.2
Oct12° / 6012010.23.1
Nov / 5111.60.78.21.1
Dec / 5512.22.37.10.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Nykøbing Falster gets about 622 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.7 months, from around Sep 28 to Jan 17, peaking in November at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 18.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 67 mm over about 12 wet days; April is the driest, with 32 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 1 · 42%Apr 18 · 26%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3611
Feb3510
Mar319
Apr278
May319
Jun3611
Jul3611
Aug3912
Sep3611
Oct3912
Nov3912
Dec3912

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Nykøbing Falster collects about 622 mm of rain across 128 wet days — roughly 52 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 67 mm, while April is the driest at just 32 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec513941324460646757605155
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan51113
Feb39103
Mar4192
Apr3280
May4490
Jun60110
Jul64110
Aug67120
Sep57110
Oct60120
Nov51121
Dec55122

Snow in Nykøbing Falster

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Nykøbing Falster averages about 12 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 15 to Apr 8 — about 4.8 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 14 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 43 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 13
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan311
Feb314
Mar28
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov12
Dec28

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Nykøbing Falster, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 25 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around September 23. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 51% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 24 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around March 24. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 78% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 12 · 52%Dec 1 · 20%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2278
Feb2575
Mar3367
Apr4852
May5149
Jun4852
Jul4951
Aug4753
Sep4060
Oct3268
Nov2575
Dec2278

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 17 hours of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 7 hours — a swing of roughly 10 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.68:364:08
Feb9.37:485:06
Mar11.56:396:06
Apr13.75:197:06
May15.84:148:03
Jun16.93:428:43
Jul16.54:028:34
Aug14.74:557:38
Sep12.55:546:20
Oct10.26:525:03
Nov8.27:554:00
Dec7.18:393:38

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Nykøbing Falster averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 11 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.6 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 8. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 3 sunny days — about 66% fewer than the May peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedMay 711 daysDec 43 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr10Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun8Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug8Mixed
Sep6Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Nykøbing Falster, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.8 months, from around June 20 to September 11. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 20% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 12 to June 19, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 1 · 100%Aug 3 · 74%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May96400
Jun772030
Jul4340161
Aug3743191
Sep732430
Oct96400
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Nykøbing Falster is typically breezy, near 22 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Sep 30 to Mar 27. The windiest month is January, averaging about 25 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 28 to Sep 29, with July the calmest month at about 19 km/h.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezywindyJan 7 · 25 km/hJul 28 · 18 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan25breezy
Feb24breezy
Mar23breezy
Apr20breezy
May19light breeze
Jun20light breeze
Jul19light breeze
Aug19light breeze
Sep21breezy
Oct23breezy
Nov24breezy
Dec24breezy

Best time to visit Nykøbing Falster

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Nykøbing Falster throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early September, Nykøbing Falster is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nykøbing Falster for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to mid September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 27 · 6.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.4poor
Apr2.3poor
May4.4fair
Jun5.7good
Jul6.2good
Aug6.1good
Sep5.1fair
Oct3.1poor
Nov1.1poor
Dec0.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nykøbing Falster for hot-weather activities is from mid July to late August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 1 · 4.1

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Nykøbing Falster, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 21°C), the essentials are rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 3°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Nykøbing Falster sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Nykøbing Falster

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 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
Apr6Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index (midday) in Nykøbing Falster by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nykøbing Falster peaks around June 18 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 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 18UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Nykøbing Falster

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr30
May60
Jun7.50
Jul6.50
Aug5.50
Sep30
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Nykøbing Falster is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 29 to November 29 (246 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 2990%Nov 2990%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan6031
Feb5928
Mar8029
Apr980
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov964
Dec7631

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Nykøbing Falster banks about 887 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May56
Jun162
Jul245
Aug250
Sep146
Oct28
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Nykøbing Falster receives about 3.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.4 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 24 to Sep 15. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.4 kWh/m² — roughly 93% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 76.1 kWhDec 200.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.6Dim
Feb1.3Dim
Mar2.7Moderate
Apr4.6Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun6.0Intense
Jul5.8Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep3.1Moderate
Oct1.7Dim
Nov0.7Dim
Dec0.4Dim

Where is Nykøbing Falster?

Nykøbing Falster sits at 54.8°N, 11.9°E, 2 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Vordingborg, 27 km away.

VordingborgKlinteby FrihedNæstvedRingstedSlagelse

Topography around Nykøbing Falster

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nykøbing Falster has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m.

The land around Nykøbing Falster is covered by trees (28%), grassland (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and water (66%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
66 m
80 km
169 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Vordingborg 27 km · Klinteby Frihed 51 km · Næstved 52 km · Ribnitz-Damgarten 70 km · Ringsted 75 km · Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt 77 km · Rostock 78 km · Slagelse 78 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 Nykøbing Falster (54.7691°, 11.8742°, elevation 2 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).