Esbjerg climate — normals and trends
Esbjerg (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 817 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 August (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is February (1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Esbjerg averages 46 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Esbjerg has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 63 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.5 °C (on 10 August 1975) and the coldest -17.3 °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.
Climate normals · ERA5
EsbjergSouth Denmark
- coords
- 55.47°, 8.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
10.6°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
817mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
25.7km/h
Seasonal range
15.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
46 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
31.6 cm
Average feels-like high
7.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
44.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
31.5 °C
10 August 1975
Coldest day
-17.3 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
58 mm
18 August 2010
Windiest day
77.8 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
143.3 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
31.7 °C
20 July 2006
Coldest feels-like
-24.0 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.1 cm
21 November 1971
Sunniest day
17.0 h
9 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 84 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 24 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 8.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 16 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 31 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 14.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 40 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 17.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 68 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 112 mm | +36 mm |
| Aug | 19.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 71 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 141 mm | +56 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 140 mm | +52 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 66 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 7.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 48 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Esbjerg?
Esbjerg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 817 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Esbjerg?
The hottest day measured in Esbjerg between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1975, reaching 31.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Esbjerg?
The coldest day measured in Esbjerg between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -17.3 °C.
Does it snow in Esbjerg?
Yes. Esbjerg gets on average 31.6 cm of snow per year and has around 46 frost days.
Has the climate of Esbjerg warmed?
Yes: Esbjerg warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Esbjerg?
The wettest day measured in Esbjerg between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2010, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Esbjerg?
The windiest day measured in Esbjerg between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 77.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Esbjerg?
The warmest month in Esbjerg is August (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is February (1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Esbjerg?
Esbjerg receives on average 817 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Esbjerg?
Esbjerg 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 Esbjerg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Esbjerg between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1971, with 17.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Esbjerg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Esbjerg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Esbjerg?
In Esbjerg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.7 °C on 20 July 2006, and the lowest was -24.0 °C on 25 January 1942.
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