Aarhus climate — normals and trends
Aarhus has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 8.2 °C annually with 635 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
AarhusCentral Jutland
- coords
- 56.16°, 10.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
635mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
22.1km/h
Seasonal range
15.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
72 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.4 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
42.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
31.0 °C
11 August 1975
Coldest day
-21.5 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
41 mm
1 August 1984
Windiest day
67.1 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
127.1 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
32.3 °C
10 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-27.1 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.0 cm
21 February 2007
Sunniest day
17.0 h
15 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 63 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 14 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 9.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 21 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 26 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 15.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 32 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 77 mm | +18 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 116 mm | +48 mm |
| Aug | 20.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 43 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 49 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 97 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 50 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 46 mm | -5 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Aarhus (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 635 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 (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is February (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Aarhus averages 72 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Aarhus has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 93 to 51 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.0 °C (on 11 August 1975) and the coldest -21.5 °C (on 26 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Aarhus?
Aarhus has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 635 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aarhus?
The hottest day measured in Aarhus between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1975, reaching 31.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Aarhus?
The coldest day measured in Aarhus between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -21.5 °C.
Does it snow in Aarhus?
Yes. Aarhus gets on average 51.4 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.
Has the climate of Aarhus warmed?
Yes: Aarhus warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Aarhus?
The wettest day measured in Aarhus between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1984, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Aarhus?
The windiest day measured in Aarhus between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 67.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Aarhus?
The warmest month in Aarhus is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is February (0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Aarhus?
Aarhus receives on average 635 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Aarhus?
Aarhus gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aarhus?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aarhus between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2007, with 19.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Aarhus?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Aarhus.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aarhus?
In Aarhus, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.3 °C on 10 August 1975, and the lowest was -27.1 °C on 25 January 1942.
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