Åre weather in August

In August, Åre sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 88 mm of rain across 14.1 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 30 min at the start of August to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Åre's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Åre's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 88 mm; 14.1 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 54 min; 4:14 AM – 8:10 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Åre is urban area in Åre Municipality, Sweden.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical August day in Åre reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	17	10
5	17	10
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	17	9
11	16	9
12	16	9
13	16	9
14	16	9
15	16	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	15	8
21	15	8
22	15	8
23	15	8
24	15	8
25	15	8
26	15	8
27	14	8
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7
31	14	7

How August really feels in Åre

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Åre 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-4° / -9°	63	13.5	14.9	5.3	0.0
Feb	-3° / -9°	51	11.3	12.4	8.1	0.0
Mar	0° / -7°	59	13.3	13.7	11.2	0.0
Apr	5° / -3°	47	11.9	9	14.5	0.2
May	9° / 2°	54	12.7	4.2	17.6	1.7
Jun	14° / 6°	85	15.4	0.4	19.7	3.2
Jul	17° / 9°	90	15.1	0	18.9	4.5
Aug	16° / 9°	88	14.1	0	15.9	4.3
Sep	11° / 5°	76	14.5	0.5	12.7	2.4
Oct	5° / 1°	71	14.1	6.2	9.4	0.4
Nov	0° / -4°	63	12.6	10.6	6.3	0.0
Dec	-2° / -7°	62	12.9	12.9	4.2	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	26	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	21	21	20	20
Cloudier (%)	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	74	75	75	74	75	75	75	75	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	80	80	79	79	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	20	80
31	20	80

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Åre gets around 88 mm of rain over 14.1 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 45% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	44	45	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	44
7	44
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	47
24	48
25	48
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	93	7
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 30 min at the start of August to 14 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 192 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:29 AM to 4:58 AM, and sunset from 8:58 PM to 7:18 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	17.5	17.4	17.3	17.2	17.1	17.0	16.9	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.5	16.4	16.3	16.1	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.4	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	3:29	3:32	3:35	3:38	3:41	3:44	3:47	3:50	3:53	3:56	3:59	4:02	4:05	4:08	4:11	4:14	4:17	4:20	4:23	4:26	4:28	4:31	4:34	4:37	4:40	4:43	4:46	4:49	4:52	4:55	4:58
Sunset (PM)	8:58	8:55	8:52	8:49	8:46	8:43	8:39	8:36	8:33	8:30	8:27	8:23	8:20	8:17	8:13	8:10	8:06	8:03	8:00	7:56	7:53	7:49	7:46	7:42	7:39	7:35	7:32	7:28	7:25	7:21	7:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	17.5	3:29	8:58
2	17.4	3:32	8:55
3	17.3	3:35	8:52
4	17.2	3:38	8:49
5	17.1	3:41	8:46
6	17.0	3:44	8:43
7	16.9	3:47	8:39
8	16.8	3:50	8:36
9	16.7	3:53	8:33
10	16.6	3:56	8:30
11	16.5	3:59	8:27
12	16.4	4:02	8:23
13	16.3	4:05	8:20
14	16.1	4:08	8:17
15	16.0	4:11	8:13
16	15.9	4:14	8:10
17	15.8	4:17	8:06
18	15.7	4:20	8:03
19	15.6	4:23	8:00
20	15.5	4:26	7:56
21	15.4	4:28	7:53
22	15.3	4:31	7:49
23	15.2	4:34	7:46
24	15.1	4:37	7:42
25	15.0	4:40	7:39
26	14.9	4:43	7:35
27	14.8	4:46	7:32
28	14.7	4:49	7:28
29	14.6	4:52	7:25
30	14.4	4:55	7:21
31	14.3	4:58	7:18

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.06 kWh/m² to a high of 4.89 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 3.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.0	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Åre?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Åre for sightseeing.

What to pack for Åre in August

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

In August, Åre sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

UV index in Åre 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 Åre peaks around June 23 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	1	3	4	5	5	4	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Åre?

Åre sits at 63.4°N, 13.1°E, 0 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Östersund, 82 km away.

Topography around Åre

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Åre has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 949 m around an average of 615 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,050 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,770 m.

The land around Åre is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

949 m

trees 54%

16 km

1,050 m

trees 55%

80 km

1,770 m

grassland 44%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

← July Åre year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Östersund 82 km · Levanger 96 km · Stjørdalshalsen 107 km · Trondheim 134 km · Sundsvall 242 km · Härnösand 259 km · Kristiansund 270 km · Hudiksvall 278 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
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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 Åre (63.3991°, 13.08°, elevation 0 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	17	10
5	17	10
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	17	9
11	16	9
12	16	9
13	16	9
14	16	9
15	16	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	15	8
21	15	8
22	15	8
23	15	8
24	15	8
25	15	8
26	15	8
27	14	8
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7
31	14	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	44
7	44
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	47
24	48
25	48
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	93	7
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	17	10
5	17	10
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	17	9
11	16	9
12	16	9
13	16	9
14	16	9
15	16	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	15	8
21	15	8
22	15	8
23	15	8
24	15	8
25	15	8
26	15	8
27	14	8
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7
31	14	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	44
7	44
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	47
24	48
25	48
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	93	7
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	17	10
5	17	10
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	17	9
11	16	9
12	16	9
13	16	9
14	16	9
15	16	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	15	8
21	15	8
22	15	8
23	15	8
24	15	8
25	15	8
26	15	8
27	14	8
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7
31	14	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	44
7	44
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	47
24	48
25	48
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	93	7
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2