Viby weather in August

In August, Viby sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 14.9 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 23% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Viby's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Viby's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:57 AM – 7:50 PM
Cloud cover
62%
4th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Viby is suburb of Aarhus in Denmark.

Founded
1884

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 Viby reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°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 Viby

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.

Viby 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 / 5311.547.30.0
Feb / 439.53.99.10.0
Mar / 429.72.211.40.3
Apr10° / 398.80.413.82.1
May14° / 5110.30164.1
Jun17° / 12°6210.5017.25.4
Jul20° / 14°6010.6016.76.1
Aug20° / 14°6711.6014.96.0
Sep16° / 12°5610.8012.54.8
Oct12° / 6511.50.110.12.9
Nov / 5511.60.97.91.0
Dec / 5511.32.76.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34753
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54753
64753
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84654
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Viby gets around 67 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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734
834
935
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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 42% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13050182
23150182
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214339171
224538161
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244737151
254937131
265136121
275236111
285435101
29573481
30583471
31613360

Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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417light breeze
517light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 54 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 132 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:28 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 8:23 PM to 7:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.94:288:23
215.94:308:21
315.84:328:19
415.74:348:17
515.74:368:15
615.64:378:13
715.54:398:10
815.44:418:08
915.44:438:06
1015.34:458:04
1115.24:478:02
1215.24:497:59
1315.14:517:57
1415.04:537:55
1514.94:557:52
1614.94:577:50
1714.84:597:47
1814.75:017:45
1914.75:037:42
2014.65:057:40
2114.55:077:37
2214.45:097:35
2314.35:117:32
2414.35:137:30
2514.25:157:27
2614.15:177:25
2714.05:197:22
2814.05:217:19
2913.95:237:17
3013.85:267:14
3113.75:287:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.1Bright
254.1Bright
264.0Bright
274.0Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.8Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Viby?

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
2.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Viby for sightseeing.

What to pack for Viby in August

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

In August, Viby sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Viby 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 14 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
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Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Viby 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 Viby peaks around June 22 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 22UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Viby?

Viby sits at 56.1°N, 10.2°E, 23 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Aarhus, 5.0 km away.

HorsensSilkeborgRandersHedenstedViborgVejle

Topography around Viby

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Viby has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Viby is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), trees (32%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (29%) and water (25%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
108 m
16 km
143 m
80 km
185 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Aarhus 5.0 km · Tilst 8.0 km · Horsens 35 km · Silkeborg 38 km · Randers 38 km · Hedensted 48 km · Viborg 59 km · Vejle 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 Viby (56.1226°, 10.1515°, elevation 23 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).