DHT11 vs. BME280 vs. external humidity readings

Hi,

I made a dehumidifier smart and added a DHT11 and as the readings are not very good I added an additional BME280 at a different place.

The external device shows 66% humidity, DHT11 56% and BME280 44%

Surprisingly the relativ behavior of DHT11 and BME280 is more or less ok but I thought BME280 should be much better also with absolut values. But it is more off than DHT11.

I got that a temperature compensation could be applied but did not find much about it with Adafruit BME280 library. What is the experience to get good absolut humidity readings?

Cheers,
Nils

Sling psychrometer to calibrate.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/sling-psychrometer

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