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Coldest Festival Nights — A Camping Temperature Guide

How cold does it actually get at night at the world's biggest festivals? We ranked them by typical overnight low, with sleeping-bag ratings and layering advice for each range.

Why nights matter more than days

Most festival weather coverage stops at the daytime high, but the overnight low is what decides whether you sleep. A 26°C afternoon can still be followed by a 7°C night in a thin tent on wet grass, and after three nights of that, the weekend stops being fun.

The numbers below are averages of the daily minimum temperature over roughly 15 years of Open-Meteo archive data at each venue, across the festival's own calendar dates. In practice the coldest hour lands just before sunrise, and a clear, dry night runs several degrees colder than a cloudy one.

The 10 coldest festival nights

1
🇬🇧 Download Festival
10.4°C night
Donington Park, United Kingdom · Jun 12 – Jun 14 2026 · day high 18.2°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.
2
🇩🇰 NorthSide
11.0°C night
Aarhus, Denmark · Jun 4 – Jun 6 2026 · day high 18.7°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.
3
🇬🇧 Leeds Festival
11.0°C night
Bramham Park, United Kingdom · Aug 28 – Aug 30 2026 · day high 17.9°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.
4
🇬🇧 Creamfields
11.3°C night
Daresbury, United Kingdom · Aug 27 – Aug 30 2026 · day high 17.9°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.
5
🇬🇧 Reading Festival
12.1°C night
Reading, United Kingdom · Aug 28 – Aug 30 2026 · day high 19.7°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.
6
🇬🇧 Glastonbury Festival
12.2°C night
Worthy Farm, United Kingdom · Jun 23 – Jun 27 2027 · day high 20.3°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.
7
🇩🇰 Tinderbox
12.8°C night
Odense, Denmark · Jun 25 – Jun 27 2026 · day high 20.9°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.
8
🇩🇰 Copenhell
13.1°C night
Copenhagen, Denmark · Jun 17 – Jun 20 2026 · day high 19.5°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.
9
🇩🇰 Roskilde Festival
13.1°C night
Roskilde, Denmark · Jul 1 – Jul 4 2026 · day high 20.2°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.
10
🇺🇸 Outside Lands
13.2°C night
San Francisco, California, USA · Aug 7 – Aug 9 2026 · day high 18.1°C
Cool but comfortable. A summer bag plus a mat is fine; bring one warm layer for the walk back to camp.

Sleeping-bag cheat sheet

Typical low	What you need
Below 6°C	0°C-rated bag, insulated mat, thermals, hat
6–10°C	2–3 season bag, sleeping mat, dry socks and hoodie
10–14°C	Summer bag plus a mat, one warm layer for the night
14–18°C	Light bag or liner
Above 18°C	Liner or sheet, and a tent you can ventilate

Warmest nights

Festival	Avg low	Avg high
🇭🇷 Ultra Europe	21.0°C	30.2°C
🇯🇵 Fuji Rock	19.6°C	28.1°C
🇺🇸 Lollapalooza	19.5°C	26.4°C
🇺🇸 Bonnaroo	19.0°C	29.4°C
🇪🇸 Sónar	18.3°C	25.5°C