Skagen Weather in August
Skagen in August
The short of it: Skagen in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 14° · rain 84 mm · daylight 15 h 17 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Skagen an average August high of 20°, a low of 14° and some 84 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 84 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 17 min in mid-August, 129 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Skagen runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Ålbæk, 18 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
August in Skagen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 16 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ÅlbækNorth Denmark | 18 km SW | 20° | 13° | 85 mm |
| StrandbyNorth Denmark | 26 km SSW | 20° | 13° | 83 mm |
| EllingNorth Denmark | 28 km SSW | 20° | 13° | 83 mm |
| Nørre BindslevNorth Denmark | 30 km SW | 20° | 13° | 86 mm |
| FrederikshavnNorth Denmark | 31 km S | 21° | 13° | 83 mm |
| SindalNorth Denmark | 36 km SW | 20° | 13° | 86 mm |
| HirtshalsNorth Denmark | 40 km WSW | 20° | 13° | 87 mm |
| SæbyNorth Denmark | 43 km S | 21° | 13° | 80 mm |