Denmark / South Denmark
Hvidbjerg Strand
Hvidbjerg Strand is a 960 m-long beach facing east-north-east, 5.3 km south-east of Brejning (South Denmark, Denmark). The sea averages 17.6 °C in August, its warmest month, and 1.6 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Hvidbjerg Strand
Beach-day index 2.3/10 · Denmark median 2.2
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 2.1 °C | 1.6 °C | 2.4 °C | 4.0 °C | 10.5 °C | 14.4 °C | 16.9 °C | 17.6 °C | 15.1 °C | 11.9 °C | 8.5 °C | 3.7 °C |
| High °C | 3° | 3° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 20° | 17° | 12° | 7° | 4° |
| Low °C | -1° | -1° | -0° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 4° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 65 | 52 | 47 | 44 | 55 | 73 | 82 | 86 | 69 | 85 | 73 | 67 |
| Cloud % | 80 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 62 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 73 | 77 | 80 |
| Wind m/s | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Daylight h | 7.6 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 7.1 |
| Record high/low | 10°/-13° | 12°/-13° | 16°/-11° | 21°/-4° | 24°/-1° | 26°/5° | 27°/8° | 28°/8° | 25°/4° | 21°/-2° | 15°/-6° | 11°/-11° |
| Beach index | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
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 July at 4.8/10, held back mainly by cold water (16.9 °C) and cool air (highs of 21 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 9.1 °C, cooler than 91% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (86 mm) and April the driest (44 mm); the yearly total is about 800 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.1 hours in December to 17.5 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 04:56 and sets at 21:56 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-north-east (75°). Open water fills about 50% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 227° to 316°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-north-east the next coast is roughly 80 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
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 14 m above sea level 500 m inland and 17 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 44% grassland, 41% tree cover and 9% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Grass 44%
- Tree 41%
- Built 9%
- Crop 5%
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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Hvidbjerg, Ved Bjerget”, 190 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
The sea peaks at 17.6 °C in August. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 3Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 5Public toilets
- –Showers
- 10Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 9Hotels & guesthouses
- 14Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant, 1 café and 1 bar. Accommodation: 9 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.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Hvidbjerg Klit 80 m SW
Nature
- Hvidbjerg peak 140 m W
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billund Airport Billund | BLL | 38.5 km | west |
| Odense Hans Christian Andersen Airport Odense | ODE | 41.0 km | south-east |
| Sønderborg Airport Sønderborg | SGD | 75.3 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 14 bus stops within 1.5 km and 10 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 46.7K residents); within 30 km there are 25 (about 349.5K).
Map
Loading map…
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 8.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w103943569; 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 S2B_32UNG_20240905_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site DKBW1121).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 22.2K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.