Randers weather in August

In August, Randers sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-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 22% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 hours at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Randers's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Randers's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:57 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover
64%
5th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Randers is city in Denmark.

Density
78/km²
people per km²
Founded
1100

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 Randers reaches about 20°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 17°C and 25°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 Randers

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.

Randers weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°541147.30.0
Feb / -1°429.44.29.10.0
Mar / 4410.22.611.40.6
Apr11° / 4610.10.513.92.6
May15° / 6211.3016.14.4
Jun18° / 10°7511.4017.35.5
Jul20° / 12°7011.7016.86.1
Aug20° / 13°7512.5014.95.9
Sep17° / 10°5911.2012.54.9
Oct12° / 6711.60.110.12.9
Nov / 5111.217.90.9
Dec / 5311.42.76.70.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24258
34258
44258
54159
64159
74060
84060
93961
103961
114060
124060
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Randers gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
238
338
438
538
638
738
838
938
1038
1138
1239
1339
1439
1540
1640
1740
1841
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2042
2142
2243
2343
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3043
3143

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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14245121
24245121
34245121
44246111
54346111
64346111
74445101
84545100
94545100
10464490
11474390
12484390
13494290
14494190
155040100
165040100
175139100
185139100
19533890
20543790
21543790
22553690
23573580
24583480
25603370
26613270
27623260
28633160
29653050
30672940
31682840

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
214light breeze
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914light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 hours 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 132 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:27 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 8:25 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.04:278:25
215.94:298:23
315.84:318:21
415.84:338:19
515.74:348:17
615.64:368:15
715.64:388:12
815.54:408:10
915.44:428:08
1015.44:448:06
1115.34:468:03
1215.24:488:01
1315.14:507:59
1415.14:527:56
1515.04:557:54
1614.94:577:51
1714.84:597:49
1814.85:017:46
1914.75:037:44
2014.65:057:41
2114.55:077:39
2214.55:097:36
2314.45:117:34
2414.35:137:31
2514.25:157:28
2614.15:177:26
2714.15:197:23
2814.05:217:21
2913.95:237:18
3013.85:257:15
3113.85:277:12

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
25.0Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.8Bright
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84.7Bright
94.7Bright
104.7Bright
114.6Bright
124.6Bright
134.5Bright
144.5Bright
154.4Bright
164.4Bright
174.3Bright
184.3Bright
194.2Bright
204.2Bright
214.1Bright
224.0Bright
234.0Bright
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.8Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Randers?

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
3.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Randers for sightseeing.

What to pack for Randers in August

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

In August, Randers 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 Randers 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 28 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 3°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
Feb3Bracing
Mar4Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Randers 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 Randers peaks around June 21 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 21UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Randers?

Randers sits at 56.5°N, 10.0°E, 12 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Tilst, 30 km away.

TilstAarhusVibyViborgSilkeborgSkiveAalborgNørresundby

Topography around Randers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Randers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Randers is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), grassland (27%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and water (34%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
185 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Tilst 30 km · Aarhus 35 km · Viby 38 km · Viborg 39 km · Silkeborg 44 km · Skive 63 km · Aalborg 66 km · Nørresundby 67 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 Randers (56.4607°, 10.0364°, elevation 12 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).