Vordingborg climate — normals and trends
Vordingborg (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 639 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is February (1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Vordingborg averages 45 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Vordingborg has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 68 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.2 °C (on 10 July 2010) and the coldest -15.4 °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
VordingborgZealand
- coords
- 55.01°, 11.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
10.0°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
639mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
30.3km/h
Seasonal range
16.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
43.5 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
43.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 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
28.2 °C
10 July 2010
Coldest day
-15.4 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
93 mm
22 July 2025
Windiest day
93.1 km/h
3 December 1999
Strongest gust
144.4 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
31.3 °C
25 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-24.1 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.5 h
24 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 16 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 6.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 9 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 11.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 13 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 14.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 49 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 17.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 60 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 20.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 190 mm | +125 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 41 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 57 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 89 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 8.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 49 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 23 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vordingborg?
Vordingborg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 639 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vordingborg?
The hottest day measured in Vordingborg between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2010, reaching 28.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vordingborg?
The coldest day measured in Vordingborg between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -15.4 °C.
Does it snow in Vordingborg?
Yes. Vordingborg gets on average 43.5 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Vordingborg warmed?
Yes: Vordingborg warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vordingborg?
The wettest day measured in Vordingborg between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2025, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vordingborg?
The windiest day measured in Vordingborg between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1999, with winds reaching 93.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vordingborg?
The warmest month in Vordingborg is August (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is February (1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Vordingborg?
Vordingborg receives on average 639 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vordingborg?
Vordingborg gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vordingborg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vordingborg between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vordingborg?
Yes: Vordingborg has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vordingborg?
In Vordingborg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.3 °C on 25 July 2018, and the lowest was -24.1 °C on 25 January 1942.
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