Jämsä weather in August

In August, Jämsä sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 06 min at the start of August to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Jämsä's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jämsä's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
4:33 AM – 8:13 PM
Cloud cover
70%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Jämsä is urban area in Jämsä, Finland.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical August day in Jämsä reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12113
22113
32113
42113
52113
62113
72113
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112012
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301710
311710

How August really feels in Jämsä

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Jämsä weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -9°3910.510.65.80.0
Feb-4° / -9°307.88.28.30.0
Mar / -6°318.58.211.30.0
Apr / -1°328.23.914.31.0
May14° / 429.30.317.24.3
Jun19° / 6711.70195.6
Jul21° / 13°7812.6018.36.0
Aug19° / 12°7512.5015.75.7
Sep14° / 5610.8012.63.7
Oct / 6011.41.89.60.9
Nov / -1°5011.26.56.70.0
Dec-2° / -5°4611.710.250.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33961
43862
53664
63664
73565
83565
93565
103565
113466
123466
133367
143466
153367
163367
173268
183268
193268
203169
213169
223169
232971
242971
252971
262872
272872
282872
292674
302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Jämsä gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
238
338
439
539
639
740
840
940
1040
1141
1241
1341
1441
1541
1641
1741
1841
1941
2041
2141
2241
2340
2440
2540
2640
2739
2839
2939
3038
3138

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 63% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14837132
24937122
35037122
45136112
55136112
65236102
75435101
8553591
9563491
10563491
11583381
12583381
13603271
14603271
15623161
16643150
17653050
18663040
19672940
20682930
21692830
22692830
23712720
24722620
25732520
26742420
27762310
28772210
29782110
30792010
31801910

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
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811calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 06 min at the start of August to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 174 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:53 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 8:57 PM to 7:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.13:538:57
217.03:568:55
316.93:598:52
416.84:018:49
516.74:048:46
616.64:068:43
716.54:098:40
816.44:128:37
916.34:158:35
1016.24:178:32
1116.14:208:29
1216.04:238:26
1316.04:258:22
1415.94:288:19
1515.84:318:16
1615.74:338:13
1715.64:368:10
1815.54:398:07
1915.44:428:04
2015.34:448:01
2115.24:477:57
2215.14:507:54
2315.04:527:51
2414.94:557:48
2514.84:587:45
2614.75:007:41
2714.65:037:38
2814.55:067:35
2914.45:087:31
3014.35:117:28
3114.25:147:25

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.24 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.4Bright
34.4Bright
44.3Bright
54.3Bright
64.3Bright
74.2Bright
84.2Bright
94.1Bright
104.0Bright
114.0Moderate
123.9Moderate
133.9Moderate
143.8Moderate
153.8Moderate
163.7Moderate
173.7Moderate
183.6Moderate
193.5Moderate
203.5Moderate
213.4Moderate
223.4Moderate
233.3Moderate
243.3Moderate
253.2Moderate
263.1Moderate
273.1Moderate
283.0Moderate
293.0Moderate
302.9Moderate
312.8Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Jämsä?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Jämsä for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jämsä in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Jämsä sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Jämsä in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jämsä peaks around June 20 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 20UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Jämsä?

Jämsä sits at 61.9°N, 25.2°E, 83 m above sea level, in Finland. The nearest listed city is Jyväskylä, 50 km away.

LaukaaKangasalaPohjois-HervantaTampereHervantaHeinolaÄänekoski

Topography around Jämsä

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Jämsä.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jämsä has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m.

The land around Jämsä is covered by trees (56%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
97 m
16 km
156 m
80 km
199 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Jyväskylä 50 km · Laukaa 73 km · Kangasala 74 km · Pohjois-Hervanta 84 km · Tampere 84 km · Hervanta 84 km · Heinola 86 km · Äänekoski 87 km

Finland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 85% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$56,149
2025
Happiness
7.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 603
Religion
Lutheran 67%none 31%other 2%Greek Orthodox 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Jämsä (61.8642°, 25.19°, elevation 83 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).