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Capital and most populous city of Denmark

Copenhagen

242Sunny Days/yr
54°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation1.2MElevation46 ft
Quick Read

Four real seasons, with rain spread fairly evenly through the year. Spring and fall feel like real transition seasons. Big daylight swing, with short winter days and long summer evenings. Rain is frequent but usually light.

Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of both the country of Denmark and the wider Kingdom of Denmark, with a population of 667,000 people in the municipality and 1.4 million in the urban area. The city is situated mainly on the island of Zealand (Sjælland), with a smaller part on the island of Amager. Copenhagen is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.Wikipedia

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Where It Is

Location Context
Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark
Latitude55.68°
Longitude12.57°
Population1.2M
Altitude46 ft
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Country Context

DenmarkCountry in Northern Europe

Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border.Wikipedia

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Nature Access

Nature & Park Feeds

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Distances in km
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Cost of Living

Housing
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Livability

Internet
Country Broadband
44.0
subscriptions per 100 people
High Broadband Country
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Climate

Sunshine
242
sunny days per year
66% of the year
Avg High Temp
54°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Humidity year-round
75% warm season / 86% cool season
Comfort Score
72/100
Great
Temp Swing
29°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
27"
inches per year
Snowfall
4"
inches per year
Air Quality
35
Good AQI
How To Read Comfort

Comfort combines temperature band fit, humidity fit, seasonal swing, and penalties for long stretches of extreme heat or cold. Higher scores mean the yearly pattern stays closer to an easier day-to-day climate band.

Monthly Temperature
Daylight Span (Sunrise to Sunset)
Precipitation Distribution
27" of rain per year
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Humidity Through The Year
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humid summers
Summer 75% · Winter 86% · Apr-Dec 73-87%
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Current Conditions

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