Enköping weather in August

In August, Enköping sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 36 min at the start of August to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Enköping's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Enköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
10°
11th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:16 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
67%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
3.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Enköping is urban area in Enköping Municipality, Uppsala county, Sweden.

Founded
1300

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 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Enköping reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12312
22312
32312
42212
52212
62211
72211
82211
92211
102211
112211
122211
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27199
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30199
31199

How August really feels in Enköping

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.

Enköping 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-0° / -5°368.15.86.50.0
Feb / -6°287.26.28.70.0
Mar / -4°307.5511.30.3
Apr11° / -0°3681.814.12.5
May16° / 4910.20.216.75.0
Jun20° / 7111.7018.25.8
Jul22° / 11°7611.5017.66.4
Aug21° / 10°7512.4015.36.0
Sep16° / 508.8012.64.9
Oct / 529.60.69.82.0
Nov / -1°459.23.47.30.1
Dec / -4°439.76.25.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
34159
44159
54060
64060
74060
83961
93862
103763
113664
123664
133565
143565
153565
163565
173466
183466
193466
203367
213367
223367
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283367
293466
303466
313466

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Enköping gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.4 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 (%)
137
238
338
439
539
639
740
840
940
1040
1141
1241
1341
1441
1541
1641
1741
1841
1941
2041
2140
2240
2340
2440
2540
2639
2739
2839
2938
3037
3137

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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15533102
25632102
3573292
4583192
5593092
6593092
7602992
8612982
9622981
10622981
11632971
12632971
13632971
14642961
15652861
16652861
17662860
18672850
19682750
20682750
21692650
22702550
23702550
24712450
25722350
26752140
27762040
28771940
29781840
30801640
31811540

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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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310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
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3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 36 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 156 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:41 AM to 4:52 AM, and sunset from 8:15 PM to 6:51 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.63:418:15
216.53:438:12
316.43:468:10
416.33:488:07
516.23:508:05
616.23:528:02
716.13:558:00
816.03:577:57
915.94:007:54
1015.84:027:52
1115.74:047:49
1215.74:077:46
1315.64:097:44
1415.54:117:41
1515.44:147:38
1615.34:167:35
1715.24:197:33
1815.14:217:30
1915.14:237:27
2015.04:267:24
2114.94:287:21
2214.84:317:18
2314.74:337:15
2414.64:357:12
2514.54:387:09
2614.44:407:06
2714.34:437:03
2814.34:457:00
2914.24:476:57
3014.14:506:54
3114.04:526:51

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
24.6Bright
34.6Bright
44.5Bright
54.5Bright
64.4Bright
74.4Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.2Bright
114.2Bright
124.2Bright
134.1Bright
144.0Bright
154.0Bright
164.0Moderate
173.9Moderate
183.9Moderate
193.8Moderate
203.8Moderate
213.7Moderate
223.7Moderate
233.6Moderate
243.6Moderate
253.5Moderate
263.5Moderate
273.4Moderate
283.4Moderate
293.3Moderate
303.3Moderate
313.2Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Enköping?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Enköping for sightseeing.

What to pack for Enköping in August

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

In August, Enköping sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Enköping 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 Enköping peaks around June 16 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 16UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul4Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Enköping?

Enköping sits at 59.6°N, 17.1°E, 16 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Västerås, 30 km away.

Topography around Enköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Enköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m.

The land around Enköping is covered by trees (35%), cropland (24%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
77 m
80 km
237 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Västerås 30 km · Uppsala 40 km · Gamla Uppsala 43 km · Märsta 44 km · Eskilstuna 44 km · Upplands Väsby 49 km · Jakobsberg 49 km · Hässelby Villastad 50 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 Enköping (59.6361°, 17.0777°, elevation 16 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).