Vejle climate — normals and trends
Vejle (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 710 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 (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Vejle averages 77 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Vejle 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 97 to 57 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -21.7 °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
VejleSouth Denmark
- coords
- 55.71°, 9.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
710mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
22.4km/h
Seasonal range
15.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
77 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.0 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
42.1 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 = 0.35 · 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
32.9 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-21.7 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
46 mm
25 July 2015
Windiest day
71.0 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
128.5 km/h
13 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
33.7 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-27.1 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
3 January 2024
Sunniest day
17.0 h
15 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 71 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 11 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 9.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 17 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 30 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 15.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 32 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 75 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 105 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 57 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 59 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 114 mm | +51 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 52 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 39 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vejle?
Vejle has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 710 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vejle?
The hottest day measured in Vejle between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vejle?
The coldest day measured in Vejle between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -21.7 °C.
Does it snow in Vejle?
Yes. Vejle gets on average 49.0 cm of snow per year and has around 77 frost days.
Has the climate of Vejle warmed?
Yes: Vejle warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vejle?
The wettest day measured in Vejle between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2015, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vejle?
The windiest day measured in Vejle between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 71.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vejle?
The warmest month in Vejle is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Vejle?
Vejle receives on average 710 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vejle?
Vejle 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 Vejle?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vejle between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2024, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vejle?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vejle.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vejle?
In Vejle, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.7 °C on 20 July 2022, and the lowest was -27.1 °C on 26 January 1942.
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