According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Denmark is May and September. Plan 7–8 days.
Best months for Denmark
- Best months
- May and September
- How long to stay
- 7–8 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Denmark is best for
Explore Copenhagen's royal palaces, historic towers, Tivoli Gardens, and traditional smørrebrød.
- Prices
- €€€ · more expensive than in Slovakia
Weather in Denmark by month
Monthly averages around Copenhagen; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 1 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| February | about 1 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| March | about 3 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| April | about 7 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| May best | about 11 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| June | about 15 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| July | about 18 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| August | about 18 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| September best | about 15 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| October | about 10 °C | some rain (69 mm) |
| November | about 6 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| December | about 3 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Denmark
- Capital
- Copenhagen
- Language
- Danish
- Currency
- Danish Krone (DKK)
- Time
- UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
- Plugs
- Type C, E, F, K · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +45
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
Our posts about Denmark
Miško’s huddle has hidden a painted penguin stone in Denmark so far. See it on Penguinstones →