Roskilde weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇰 Denmark · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Roskilde is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with August and June close behind. Roskilde averages about 1,701 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 70 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,701
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 701 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈44 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 52k
- Elevation
- 40 m
When is the best time to visit Roskilde?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Roskilde is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 60 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Roskilde?
Roskilde isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,701 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate July (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 11 destinations in Denmark for annual sunshine, above 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 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 60 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 48 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 42 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 35 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| May | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 48 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 70 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 68 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| July | 76 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 70 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| August | 73 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 82 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| September | 59 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 55 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 69 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 61 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 63 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
Sea temperature in Roskilde by month
The sea off Roskilde is warmest in July at around 19°C / 66°F, and coolest in January at 2°C / 36°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
- Copenhagen Denmark · 33 km · best in Jul · 1,702 h sun/yr
- Malmö Sweden · 78 km · best in Jul · 1,701 h sun/yr
- Aarhus Denmark · 123 km · best in Jul · 1,688 h sun/yr
- Billund Denmark · 187 km · best in Jul · 1,625 h sun/yr
- Aalborg Denmark · 219 km · best in Jul · 1,764 h sun/yr
- Göteborg Sweden · 231 km · best in Jul · 1,574 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ängelholm Sweden · 91 km · 1,559 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Odense Denmark · 114 km · 1,677 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Halmstad Sweden · 130 km · 1,563 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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