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What is the weather like in Sweden in August?

SMHI normals for August, when the north starts to cool.

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Short answer

In August the normal mean temperature is about 18 °C in Stockholm and Lund and 11 °C in Kiruna, according to SMHI. Precipitation totals 66 mm in Stockholm, 79 mm in Lund and 70 mm in Kiruna. Sunshine has a normal of 234 hours in Stockholm, 219 in Lund and 171 in Kiruna.

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Why

  1. SMHI's 1991–2020 normal mean temperature for August is 17.7 °C in Stockholm, 17.9 °C in Lund, 11.1 °C at Kiruna airport and 14.6 °C at Luleå airport.
  2. According to SMHI, the August precipitation normal is 66 mm in Stockholm, 79 in Lund, 70 in Kiruna and 93 in Gothenburg.
  3. SMHI's August sunshine normal is 234 hours in Stockholm, 219 in Lund and 171 in Kiruna, down from 280, 247 and 226 in July.

Details

Lund (17.9 °C) and Malmö (17.9 °C) are now marginally warmer than Stockholm (17.7 °C). Kiruna's normal falls about 2 degrees from July, from 13.2 to 11.1 °C. Lund's precipitation normal rises to 79 mm, compared with 62 mm in July.

Tip

August still feels like summer in the south, but sunshine in Kiruna falls from 226 hours in July to 171, so bring an extra layer for evenings and mountain days in the north.

What may differ

August can be cooler than the normal: SMHI's August 2025 table shows Stockholm at 16.6 °C (normal 17.7), while Kiruna was 11.5 °C (normal 11.1).

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Information checked on 27 October 2026.

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