Vordingborg weather in August

In August, Vordingborg sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 72 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 14.7 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 28% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Vordingborg's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vordingborg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
16°
12th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:54 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
58%
5th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Vordingborg is city in 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 Vordingborg 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 Vordingborg

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.

Vordingborg 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 / 5411.83.67.50.0
Feb / 419.53.69.30.0
Mar / 4192.211.40.1
Apr / 327.90.213.81.6
May13° / 428.8015.83.7
Jun17° / 13°5910.20175.3
Jul19° / 16°6310.8016.56.1
Aug19° / 16°7211.9014.76.0
Sep16° / 13°6210.6012.54.9
Oct12° / 10°6713.2010.22.9
Nov / 5712.30.78.11.1
Dec / 5912.62.470.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Vordingborg gets around 72 mm of rain over 11.9 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 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12145295
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Wind in August

Winds average 21 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 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 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:26 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 8:11 PM to 7:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:268:11
215.74:288:09
315.64:308:07
415.64:328:05
515.54:338:03
615.44:358:01
715.44:377:59
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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 0.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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284.0Bright
294.0Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Vordingborg?

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 Vordingborg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vordingborg in August

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

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

rain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Vordingborg 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 20 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
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Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Vordingborg 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 Vordingborg peaks around June 19 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
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Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vordingborg?

Vordingborg sits at 55.0°N, 11.9°E, 15 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Næstved, 26 km away.

NæstvedNykøbing FalsterKlinteby FrihedRingstedKøgeSlagelseSolrød StrandGreve

Topography around Vordingborg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vordingborg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m.

The land around Vordingborg is covered by water (27%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (37%) and water (36%) within 16 km, and water (64%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
111 m
80 km
161 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Næstved 26 km · Nykøbing Falster 27 km · Klinteby Frihed 29 km · Ringsted 49 km · Køge 53 km · Slagelse 56 km · Solrød Strand 62 km · Greve 69 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 Vordingborg (55.008°, 11.9106°, elevation 15 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).