Odense weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇰 Denmark · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Odense is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with August close behind. Odense averages about 1,677 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 74 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,677
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 701 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈32 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 20°C / 68°F
- Population
- 181k
- Elevation
- 16 m
When is the best time to visit Odense?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Odense is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 58 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Odense?
Odense isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,677 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate July (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 11 destinations in Denmark for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,688 hours. The year's 701 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 | 58 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 47 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 42 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 36 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 49 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| June | 63 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 68 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| July | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 74 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| August | 74 | 20° / 68°F | 15° / 59°F | 78 mm | 4 | 20° / 68°F |
| September | 58 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 58 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 69 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 61 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 61 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
Sea temperature in Odense by month
The sea off Odense is warmest in August at around 20°C / 68°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 · 79 km · best in Jul · 1,625 h sun/yr
- Aarhus Denmark · 94 km · best in Jul · 1,688 h sun/yr
- Copenhagen Denmark · 147 km · best in Jul · 1,702 h sun/yr
- Aalborg Denmark · 182 km · best in Jul · 1,764 h sun/yr
- Malmö Sweden · 192 km · best in Jul · 1,701 h sun/yr
- Hamburg Germany · 206 km · best in Jun · 1,579 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sønderborg Denmark · 66 km · 1,559 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Esbjerg Denmark · 112 km · 1,623 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Roskilde Denmark · 114 km · 1,701 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Karup Denmark · 119 km · 1,662 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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