Climate · Copenhagen

Copenhagen in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Copenhagen is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 58°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 3 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Copenhagen is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 3 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
14h 56mon average

Is August a good time to visit Copenhagen?


Yes. August is one of Copenhagen's best months (June to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 73°F in August, against 40°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in August, against 4°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in August, against 32% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in August, against 47% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

14h 56m in August, against 7h 07m to 17h 26m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. July72°22°low 57°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August73°23°low 58°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September67°19°low 54°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Copenhagen sits, in August

Europe/Copenhagen

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:40 AMsets 8:49 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
55.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Copenhagen, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Copenhagen is our one place in Denmark so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 5 km west of Copenhagen. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.