Kolding climate — normals and trends
Kolding (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 701 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 January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kolding averages 75 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Kolding 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 95 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -21.1 °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
KoldingSouth Denmark
- coords
- 55.49°, 9.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
701mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
22.2km/h
Seasonal range
15.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
42.9 cm
Average feels-like high
8.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.7 °C
Average peak gust
42.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
33.4 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-21.1 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
58 mm
25 July 2015
Windiest day
72.2 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
33.8 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-26.2 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
13.2 cm
14 December 1966
Sunniest day
17.0 h
15 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 | 4.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 68 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 12 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 13 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 35 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 36 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 19.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 71 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 21.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 141 mm | +65 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 53 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 56 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 113 mm | +53 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 49 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 37 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kolding?
Kolding has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 701 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kolding?
The hottest day measured in Kolding between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kolding?
The coldest day measured in Kolding between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -21.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kolding?
Yes. Kolding gets on average 42.9 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Kolding warmed?
Yes: Kolding warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kolding?
The wettest day measured in Kolding between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2015, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kolding?
The windiest day measured in Kolding between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 72.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kolding?
The warmest month in Kolding is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kolding?
Kolding receives on average 701 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kolding?
Kolding gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kolding?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kolding between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1966, with 13.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kolding?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kolding.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kolding?
In Kolding, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.8 °C on 20 July 2022, and the lowest was -26.2 °C on 26 January 1942.
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