Denmark / South Denmark
Henne Strand
Henne Strand is a coastal resort area in South Denmark, Denmark. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 4.6 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 17.9 °C in August, its warmest month, and 3.4 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
The sea peaks at 17.9 °C in August. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
The mapped beach is tagged dog = “leashed”.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 12Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 34Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 31Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 1Grocery shops
- 3Cash machines
- 2Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 9 restaurants and 3 cafés. Accommodation: 31 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Henne Strand
Beach-day index 2.2/10 · Denmark median 2.2
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 4.2 °C | 3.4 °C | 4.1 °C | 6.7 °C | 10.3 °C | 13.9 °C | 16.6 °C | 17.9 °C | 16.1 °C | 12.8 °C | 9.2 °C | 6.2 °C |
| High °C | 3° | 3° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Low °C | -0° | -1° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 7° | 4° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 81 | 62 | 54 | 46 | 56 | 77 | 78 | 91 | 80 | 94 | 84 | 84 |
| Cloud % | 80 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 62 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 73 | 77 | 80 |
| Wind m/s | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Daylight h | 7.6 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 15.2 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 7.1 |
| Record high/low | 10°/-14° | 11°/-14° | 16°/-10° | 21°/-3° | 25°/-1° | 27°/5° | 29°/8° | 28°/8° | 26°/4° | 22°/-3° | 16°/-8° | 12°/-11° |
| Beach index | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
No month reaches 5.5 on the beach-day index; the best is August at 4.7/10, held back mainly by cold water (17.9 °C) and cool air (highs of 20 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 10.1 °C, cooler than 89% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (94 mm) and April the driest (46 mm); the yearly total is about 890 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.1 hours in December to 17.5 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:57 and sets at 21:06 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west (280°). Open water fills about 47% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 22:12 local time on a bearing of 316°.
Straight out to the west about 500 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 6 m deep and 12 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 12 m above sea level 500 m inland and 9 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 67% grassland, 16% bare ground, sand or rock and 10% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 51% of that circle.
- Grass 67%
- Bare 16%
- Built 10%
- Tree 7%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esbjerg Airport Esbjerg | EBJ | 33.6 km | south-east |
| Billund Airport Billund | BLL | 61.9 km | east |
| Midtjyllands Airport / Air Base Karup Karup | KRP | 85.4 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 34 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 1.3K residents); within 30 km there are 8 (about 31.3K).
From above
Around the beach
Nature
- Tuttesbjerg peak 640 m SE
Campsites
- Henne Strand Camping 160 m NE
Map and nearby beaches
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 12.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w27514429; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_32UMG_20250612_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 14.8K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.