CLIMATIC READING

OF URBAN FORM:
THE URBAN FABRIC
AS AN EXPRESSION
OF CLIMATE
The Case of : Copenhagen,
Denmark

By: Abdullah AlShehri – 201331810

For:
ARC435-181 (Design Determinants for Arid Regions)
Dr. Mahmoud Hallak
Table of Content
Introduction
• Copenhagen is the capital and the
most populated city in Denmark.
• It is located in the eastern cost of
Zealand island with small part in
Amager island.
• It has a population of 775.033
(January 2018) with an area of
88.25 km2
• The city climate is classified as
Cfb (Marine West Cost Climate)
based on Kӧppen climate
classification.
Temperature
• July is the warmest month with an average temperature of
21 °C. On average the coolest month is February with an
average temperatures of 0 °C.
• The highest recorded temperature is 31.1 °C. and it was
recorded in August and the lowest recorded temperature
was in January with temperature of -17.8 °C.
Humidity

• The Average annual percentage of humidity is 79%.

• On average, the most humid month is January and the least
humid month is May.
Sky Condition
• The clearest sky in the year is from April 13 to October 16
and the clearest day in the year is July 13 with a sky 42%
cloudy.
• From October 16 to April 13 the sky is overcast or mostly
cloudy 71% of the time

Source: www.weatherspark.com
Precipitation
• The precipitation in Copenhagen is usually moderate
throughout the year with higher rainfall form July to
September.
Prevailing winds

Source: www.windfinder.com
Topography
Vegetation

Source: www.statista.com
Sun Radiation
• Copenhagen as other north european cities has various
daylight hours between summer and winter. In summer, the
sun rise at 4:26 and set at 21:58 providing more than 17
hours of daylight.
• In winter, the sun raise at 8:37 and set at 15:39 with 7 hours
of daylight
Inward or outward looking design
• Most of the buildings in Copenhagen are inward looking
with semi-public courtyard with few buildings that outward
looking

(Strømann-Andersen & Sattrup, 2011)

Building density
Building density