The finding comes in a study published in The Lancet medical journal, and supports an earlier study that the month of birth determines the height.
The study involved 1,166,206 children born in Denmark between 1973 and 1994. The country's National Birth Registry holds records on how long babies spent in the womb and their height and weight at birth.
It showed that babies born in April were on average 2.2mm taller than those born in December.
Those born in midsummer were also shorter than spring and autumn babies.
Dr Jan Wohlfahrt and colleagues from the Danish Epidemiology Science Centre in Copenhagen conducted the research.
There is no clear explanation for the discrepancies, although the scientists have put forward some theories.
The team found that the pregnancies that resulted in December, January and February births were on average one day shorter than for children born in other months.
The study involved 1,166,206 children born in Denmark between 1973 and 1994. The country's National Birth Registry holds records on how long babies spent in the womb and their height and weight at birth.
It showed that babies born in April were on average 2.2mm taller than those born in December.
Those born in midsummer were also shorter than spring and autumn babies.
Dr Jan Wohlfahrt and colleagues from the Danish Epidemiology Science Centre in Copenhagen conducted the research.
There is no clear explanation for the discrepancies, although the scientists have put forward some theories.
The team found that the pregnancies that resulted in December, January and February births were on average one day shorter than for children born in other months.
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