Odense weather in February

In February, Odense sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.1 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Odense's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Odense's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.1 wet days
Daylight
9 h 12 min
7:56 AM – 5:10 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
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 February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month.

A typical February day in Odense reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 3°C cooler than March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How February really feels in Odense

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 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
28
wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Odense weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 12th-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 February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Odense gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.1 wet days in February, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 33% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in February

Winds average 20 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:23 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 4:41 PM to 5:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:234:41
28.48:214:43
38.48:204:45
48.58:184:47
58.68:164:49
68.68:144:51
78.78:124:53
88.88:104:55
98.88:084:58
108.98:065:00
119.08:045:02
129.08:025:04
139.18:005:06
149.27:585:08
159.27:565:10
169.37:545:12
179.47:515:15
189.57:495:17
199.57:475:19
209.67:455:21
219.77:425:23
229.87:405:25
239.87:385:27
249.97:355:29
2510.07:335:32
2610.17:315:34
2710.17:285:36
2810.27:265:38

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.29 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 — February's 1.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.2Dim
121.2Dim
131.2Dim
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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Odense?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Odense.

What to pack for Odense in February

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

In February, Odense sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Odense in February

The nearest coast averages about 2°C in February — 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 February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 1. 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
February 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).