Odense weather in August

In August, Odense sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 70 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 20°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 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 Odense's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Odense's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:59 AM – 7:46 PM
Cloud cover
64%
4th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Odense is main city of the island of Funen, Denmark.

Air quality
Good
PM10 20.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
592/km²
people per km²
Founded
1355

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 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Odense reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Odense

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.

Odense weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°47113.57.50.0
Feb / -0°389.13.49.20.0
Mar / 41101.911.40.8
Apr12° / 4210.20.413.82.9
May16° / 5410.8015.95.0
Jun19° / 11°6911.6017.15.8
Jul22° / 13°7011.9016.66.3
Aug21° / 13°7012.2014.86.2
Sep17° / 10°5110.1012.55.4
Oct12° / 5410.9010.13.2
Nov / 4410.50.88.11.1
Dec / 4810.52.16.90.0

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 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
34060
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64060
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Odense gets around 70 mm of rain over 12.2 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
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938
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1138
1239
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1439
1539
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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 49% 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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25563581
26573481
27593371
28613261
29623161
30643051
31643051

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
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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 4:30 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 8:19 PM to 7:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.84:308:19
215.74:328:17
315.74:348:15
415.64:368:13
515.54:388:11
615.54:408:09
715.44:428:06
815.34:438:04
915.34:458:02
1015.24:478:00
1115.14:497:58
1215.14:517:56
1315.04:537:53
1414.94:557:51
1514.94:577:49
1614.84:597:46
1714.75:017:44
1814.65:037:42
1914.65:057:39
2014.55:077:37
2114.45:087:34
2214.45:107:32
2314.35:127:29
2414.25:147:27
2514.15:167:24
2614.15:187:22
2714.05:207:19
2813.95:227:17
2913.85:247:14
3013.85:267:12
3113.75:287:09

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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214.4Bright
224.3Bright
234.3Bright
244.2Bright
254.2Bright
264.1Bright
274.1Bright
284.0Bright
294.0Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.8Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Odense?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Odense for sightseeing.

What to pack for Odense in August

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

In August, Odense sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Odense 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 25 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
Nov8Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Odense 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 Odense peaks around June 20 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 20UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Odense?

Odense sits at 55.4°N, 10.4°E, 17 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Nyborg, 27 km away.

NyborgSvendborgMiddelfartFredericiaKalundborgKoldingHaderslevHedensted

Topography around Odense

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Odense has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m.

The land around Odense is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), trees (21%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
197 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Nyborg 27 km · Svendborg 40 km · Middelfart 43 km · Fredericia 44 km · Kalundborg 54 km · Kolding 59 km · Haderslev 59 km · Hedensted 60 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 Odense (55.3959°, 10.3883°, 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).