Aarhus weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇰 Denmark · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Aarhus is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with August close behind. Aarhus averages about 1,688 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 82 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,688
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 802 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈39 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 18°C / 64°F
- Population
- 285k
- Elevation
- 22 m
When is the best time to visit Aarhus?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Aarhus is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 66 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Aarhus?
Aarhus isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,688 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate July (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 11 destinations in Denmark for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 1,688 hours. The year's 802 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 66 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 51 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 46 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 43 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 8° / 46°F | 54 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 62 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 77 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| July | 73 | 20° / 68°F | 14° / 57°F | 82 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| August | 73 | 20° / 68°F | 15° / 59°F | 86 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| September | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 68 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 86 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 74 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 69 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Aarhus by month
The sea off Aarhus is warmest in June at around 18°C / 64°F, and coolest in January at 3°C / 37°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Aalborg Denmark · 100 km · best in Jul · 1,764 h sun/yr
- Billund Denmark · 110 km · best in Jul · 1,625 h sun/yr
- Copenhagen Denmark · 148 km · best in Jul · 1,702 h sun/yr
- Göteborg Sweden · 182 km · best in Jul · 1,574 h sun/yr
- Malmö Sweden · 192 km · best in Jul · 1,701 h sun/yr
- Kristiansand(Kjevik) Norway · 261 km · best in Jul · 1,709 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Karup Denmark · 93 km · 1,662 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Odense Denmark · 94 km · 1,677 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Læsø Denmark · 111 km · 1,766 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Roskilde Denmark · 123 km · 1,701 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Aarhus compares month by month: Aarhus vs Copenhagen · Aarhus vs Göteborg · Aarhus vs Malmö · Aarhus vs Aalborg · all comparisons
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