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What is the weather like in Stockholm in August?

Temperature, precipitation and sunshine in August, with the record range.

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Short answer

Stockholm in August is warm, with a mean temperature of about 18 °C in SMHI's 1991–2020 normals. The exact August normal is 17.7 °C, with 66 mm of precipitation and 234 hours of sunshine. These are long-term averages for the Stockholm station, not a forecast.

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Why

  1. According to SMHI, the August normal at its Stockholm station is 17.7 °C, 0.9 degrees below the July normal of 18.6 °C.
  2. SMHI's normal August precipitation in Stockholm is 66 mm, more than the 62 mm of July, and normal sunshine falls to 234 hours from 280 in July.
  3. SMHI's records since 1901 show an August high of 35.4 °C (1975) and a lowest August night temperature of 4.8 °C (1960) in Stockholm.

Details

The August 2026 table shows a mean of 18.2 °C in Stockholm, 0.5 degrees above the normal, with 7 days of at least 25 °C. A single month can therefore be warmer or cooler than the normal by a degree or more.

Tip

Keep a light jacket for the evenings and a rain layer in the bag: normal precipitation is higher than in July, and nights have fallen to 4.8 °C.

What may differ

August is slightly warmer in Malmö (17.9 °C) and Visby is close at 17.1 °C, while Kiruna averages 11.1 °C, according to SMHI normals.

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Information checked on 27 October 2026.

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