Svendborg climate — normals and trends
Svendborg (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 694 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is February (1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Svendborg averages 44 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Svendborg has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 66 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.3 °C (on 31 July 2018) and the coldest -14.7 °C (on 25 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
SvendborgSouth Denmark
- coords
- 55.06°, 10.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
10.1°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
694mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
29.6km/h
Seasonal range
15.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
44 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.3 cm
Average feels-like high
6.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
42.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
26.3 °C
31 July 2018
Coldest day
-14.7 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
57 mm
26 December 2015
Windiest day
82.4 km/h
17 October 1967
Strongest gust
144.7 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
29.5 °C
10 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-24.1 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.9 h
29 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 84 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 19 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 7.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 13 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 11.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 23 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 14.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 36 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 17.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 71 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 20.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 125 mm | +58 mm |
| Aug | 19.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 33 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 17.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 66 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 106 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 8.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 57 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 32 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Svendborg?
Svendborg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 694 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Svendborg?
The hottest day measured in Svendborg between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2018, reaching 26.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Svendborg?
The coldest day measured in Svendborg between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -14.7 °C.
Does it snow in Svendborg?
Yes. Svendborg gets on average 40.3 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.
Has the climate of Svendborg warmed?
Yes: Svendborg warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Svendborg?
The wettest day measured in Svendborg between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2015, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Svendborg?
The windiest day measured in Svendborg between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1967, with winds reaching 82.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Svendborg?
The warmest month in Svendborg is August (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is February (1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Svendborg?
Svendborg receives on average 694 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Svendborg?
Svendborg gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Svendborg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Svendborg between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Svendborg?
Yes: Svendborg has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Svendborg?
In Svendborg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.5 °C on 10 July 2010, and the lowest was -24.1 °C on 25 January 1942.
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