Åkersberga weather in August

In August, Åkersberga sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 70 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 30 min at the start of August to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Åkersberga's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Åkersberga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:12 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover
64%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Åkersberga is urban area in Österåker Municipality, Sweden.

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 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Åkersberga reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Åkersberga

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.

Åkersberga weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°378.25.86.50.0
Feb / -4°307.86.88.70.0
Mar / -2°307.8511.30.0
Apr / 327.91.914.11.4
May13° / 4290.116.63.7
Jun17° / 11°6610.6018.15.3
Jul20° / 14°6710.7017.56.2
Aug20° / 13°7012015.35.9
Sep15° / 518.8012.64.6
Oct / 51100.29.82.0
Nov / 4910.637.30.2
Dec / -2°4710.765.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24852
34753
44753
54753
64654
74555
84456
94456
104357
114357
124159
134060
144060
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Åkersberga gets around 70 mm of rain over 12 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
135
236
336
436
537
637
738
838
939
1039
1139
1239
1339
1439
1539
1639
1739
1839
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2039
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2738
2838
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3037
3136

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 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13544174
23544164
33644164
43744164
53744154
63844154
73944143
83944143
94044143
104044133
114144132
124145122
134245122
144245112
154344111
164444101
174544101
184643101
19474291
20494291
21504191
22504091
23543880
24553780
25563680
26593470
27613270
28623170
29652960
30662860
31692650

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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612light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 30 min at the start of August to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 150 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:37 AM to 4:48 AM, and sunset from 8:09 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.53:378:09
216.53:398:06
316.43:428:04
416.33:448:01
516.23:467:59
616.13:487:56
716.13:517:54
816.03:537:51
915.93:557:49
1015.83:587:46
1115.74:007:43
1215.64:027:41
1315.64:057:38
1415.54:077:35
1515.44:107:33
1615.34:127:30
1715.24:147:27
1815.14:177:24
1915.04:197:21
2015.04:217:19
2114.94:247:16
2214.84:267:13
2314.74:297:10
2414.64:317:07
2514.54:337:04
2614.44:367:01
2714.34:386:58
2814.24:406:55
2914.24:436:52
3014.14:456:49
3114.04:486:46

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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34.9Bright
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54.8Bright
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104.6Bright
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144.4Bright
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174.2Bright
184.2Bright
194.1Bright
204.1Bright
214.0Bright
224.0Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Åkersberga?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Åkersberga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Åkersberga in August

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

In August, Åkersberga sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Åkersberga in August

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar2Bracing
Apr3Bracing
May6Bracing
Jun11Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Åkersberga 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 Åkersberga peaks around June 17 at about 5 (high) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 17UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Åkersberga?

Åkersberga sits at 59.5°N, 18.3°E, 9 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Täby, 14 km away.

Topography around Åkersberga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Åkersberga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m.

The land around Åkersberga is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and water (43%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
86 m
80 km
109 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Täby 14 km · Vallentuna 14 km · Lidingö 16 km · Boo 16 km · Danderyd 18 km · Gustavsberg 18 km · Östermalm 20 km · Nacka 20 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 87% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$63,133
2025
Happiness
7.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 609
Religion
Church of Sweden 54%none or unspecified 37%other 9%

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 Åkersberga (59.4794°, 18.2997°, elevation 9 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).