Esbjerg weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇰 Denmark · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Esbjerg is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with August close behind. Esbjerg averages about 1,623 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 76 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,623
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 874 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈28 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 72k
- Elevation
- 24 m
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When is the best time to visit Esbjerg?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Esbjerg is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 80 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Esbjerg?
Esbjerg isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,623 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate July (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #10 of 11 destinations in Denmark for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,688 hours. The year's 874 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 | 80 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 62 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 54 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 43 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 53 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| June | 62 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 74 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| July | 74 | 20° / 68°F | 14° / 57°F | 76 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| August | 71 | 20° / 68°F | 14° / 57°F | 93 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| September | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 80 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 92 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 84 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 83 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Esbjerg by month
The sea off Esbjerg is warmest in July at around 19°C / 66°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
- Billund Denmark · 45 km · best in Jul · 1,625 h sun/yr
- Aarhus Denmark · 155 km · best in Jul · 1,688 h sun/yr
- Aalborg Denmark · 192 km · best in Jul · 1,764 h sun/yr
- Hamburg Germany · 230 km · best in Jun · 1,579 h sun/yr
- Copenhagen Denmark · 258 km · best in Jul · 1,702 h sun/yr
- Bremen Germany · 276 km · best in Jun · 1,575 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sylt Germany · 69 km · 1,558 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Karup Denmark · 92 km · 1,662 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sønderborg Denmark · 100 km · 1,559 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Odense Denmark · 112 km · 1,677 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Heide Germany · 154 km · 1,552 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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