Vallensbæk weather in August

In August, Vallensbæk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 72 mm of rain across 11.6 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 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Vallensbæk's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vallensbæk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
16°
12th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:50 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
59%
5th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Vallensbæk is suburb in Capital Region, Denmark.

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 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Vallensbæk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Vallensbæk

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.

Vallensbæk 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 / 5912.33.97.40.0
Feb / 469.849.20.0
Mar / 449.22.311.40.1
Apr / 378.50.413.81.5
May13° / 489.2015.93.7
Jun17° / 13°6310017.15.3
Jul19° / 16°6310.4016.66.2
Aug19° / 16°7211.6014.86.0
Sep16° / 13°6710.5012.54.8
Oct12° / 7212.9010.12.8
Nov / 6513.10.881.1
Dec / 6613.12.66.90.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35149
45149
55050
65050
75050
84951
94951
105050
114852
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314654

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Vallensbæk gets around 72 mm of rain over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
133
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434
534
635
736
836
937
1037
1138
1238
1338
1439
1539
1639
1739
1839
1939
2039
2139
2239
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2738
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3038
3138

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 42% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12144295
22144305
32243305
42243315
52342314
62342324
72441323
82441323
92541313
102541313
112641312
122641302
132741302
142741292
152841282
162941282
172942272
183042262
193142252
203142242
213243232
223443212
233543202
243643192
253843172
264043162
274143142
284342132
294542112
304742102
31484191

Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 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
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
418light breeze
518light 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 4:21 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 8:12 PM to 7:01 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.84:218:12
215.84:238:10
315.74:258:08
415.64:278:06
515.64:298:04
615.54:318:02
715.44:337:59
815.44:357:57
915.34:367:55
1015.24:387:53
1115.24:407:51
1215.14:427:48
1315.04:447:46
1415.04:467:44
1514.94:487:41
1614.84:507:39
1714.74:527:37
1814.74:547:34
1914.64:567:32
2014.54:587:29
2114.55:007:27
2214.45:027:25
2314.35:047:22
2414.25:067:19
2514.25:087:17
2614.15:107:14
2714.05:127:12
2813.95:147:09
2913.95:167:07
3013.85:187:04
3113.75:207:01

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 0.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 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
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234.0Bright
244.0Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.8Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Vallensbæk?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Vallensbæk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vallensbæk in August

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

In August, Vallensbæk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Vallensbæk 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 offshore 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
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Vallensbæk 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 Vallensbæk peaks around June 23 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 23UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vallensbæk?

Vallensbæk sits at 55.6°N, 12.4°E, 3 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Ishøj, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Vallensbæk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vallensbæk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m.

The land around Vallensbæk is covered by grassland (30%), artificial surfaces (29%) and water (21%) within 3 km, water (31%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 16 km, and water (44%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
79 m
80 km
270 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Ishøj 2.0 km · Brøndbyvester 3.0 km · Albertslund 4.0 km · Avedøre 5.0 km · Glostrup 5.0 km · Taastrup 6.0 km · Hvidovre 6.0 km · Greve 7.0 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 Vallensbæk (55.622°, 12.3851°, elevation 3 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).