Aabenraa climate — normals and trends
Aabenraa (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 739 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Aabenraa averages 68 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Aabenraa has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 89 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -23.6 °C (on 27 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AabenraaSouth Denmark
- coords
- 55.04°, 9.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
11.4°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
739mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
21.1km/h
Seasonal range
15.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
68 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
41.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.2 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-23.6 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
60 mm
25 July 2015
Windiest day
66.9 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
139.7 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-28.9 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
15.0 cm
21 November 1971
Sunniest day
17.0 h
29 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 78 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 15 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 12 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 36 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 16.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 35 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 82 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 130 mm | +49 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 56 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 66 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 103 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 42 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 30 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Aabenraa?
Aabenraa has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 739 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aabenraa?
The hottest day measured in Aabenraa between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Aabenraa?
The coldest day measured in Aabenraa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -23.6 °C.
Does it snow in Aabenraa?
Yes. Aabenraa gets on average 40.6 cm of snow per year and has around 68 frost days.
Has the climate of Aabenraa warmed?
Yes: Aabenraa warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Aabenraa?
The wettest day measured in Aabenraa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2015, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Aabenraa?
The windiest day measured in Aabenraa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 66.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Aabenraa?
The warmest month in Aabenraa is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Aabenraa?
Aabenraa receives on average 739 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Aabenraa?
Aabenraa gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aabenraa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aabenraa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1971, with 15.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Aabenraa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Aabenraa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aabenraa?
In Aabenraa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 20 July 2022, and the lowest was -28.9 °C on 27 January 1942.
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