Falköping weather in August

In August, Falköping sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 80 mm of rain across 13.2 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-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 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Falköping's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Falköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
11°
11th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:36 AM – 7:44 PM
Cloud cover
67%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Falköping is urban area in Falköping Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 4.2 µg/m³ · 2016
Founded
1200

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 Falköping reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Falköping weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°4710.16.16.90.0
Feb / -4°398.96.68.90.0
Mar / -2°3894.511.40.3
Apr11° / 459.21.7142.6
May16° / 6511.90.116.44.6
Jun19° / 8913017.85.5
Jul21° / 11°8712.6017.26.0
Aug20° / 11°8013.2015.15.7
Sep16° / 6310.7012.54.6
Oct10° / 6311.60.79.92.1
Nov / 51113.47.60.2
Dec / -2°5310.95.86.20.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
23961
33961
43862
53862
63862
73862
83862
93961
103961
113961
123961
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293169
303268
313268

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Falköping gets around 80 mm of rain over 13.2 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 42% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
238
338
438
539
639
740
841
941
1041
1142
1242
1343
1443
1543
1644
1744
1844
1945
2045
2145
2245
2344
2444
2544
2644
2743
2843
2943
3042
3141

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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
163307
263307
363307
463307
563307
664306
765296
865296
965296
1065296
1167285
1267285
1367285
1468275
1568275
1669265
1770255
1872244
1972244
2073234
2174224
2275214
2376204
2478193
2579183
2680173
2781163
2882153
2984142
3085132
3185132

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 144 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:04 AM to 5:10 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 7:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.34:048:20
216.24:068:18
316.14:088:16
416.14:108:13
516.04:128:11
615.94:148:09
715.84:168:06
815.84:198:04
915.74:218:01
1015.64:237:59
1115.54:257:56
1215.44:277:54
1315.44:307:51
1415.34:327:49
1515.24:347:46
1615.14:367:44
1715.04:387:41
1815.04:417:38
1914.94:437:36
2014.84:457:33
2114.74:477:30
2214.64:507:27
2314.54:527:25
2414.54:547:22
2514.44:567:19
2614.34:587:16
2714.25:017:13
2814.15:037:11
2914.05:057:08
3014.05:077:05
3113.95:107:02

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.7Bright
34.7Bright
44.6Bright
54.6Bright
64.5Bright
74.5Bright
84.5Bright
94.4Bright
104.4Bright
114.3Bright
124.3Bright
134.2Bright
144.2Bright
154.1Bright
164.1Bright
174.0Bright
184.0Moderate
193.9Moderate
203.9Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.7Moderate
243.7Moderate
253.6Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.5Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.4Moderate
303.4Moderate
313.3Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Falköping?

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
3.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Falköping for sightseeing.

What to pack for Falköping in August

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

In August, Falköping sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Falköping 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 Falköping peaks around June 17 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 17UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Falköping?

Falköping sits at 58.2°N, 13.6°E, 217 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Skövde, 30 km away.

Topography around Falköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Falköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 244 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m.

The land around Falköping is covered by trees (34%), grassland (30%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, trees (38%), grassland (35%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
136 m
16 km
227 m
80 km
364 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Skövde 30 km · Lidköping 43 km · Jönköping 56 km · Mariestad 62 km · Huskvarna 62 km · Borås 62 km · Alingsås 66 km · Trollhättan 75 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 Falköping (58.1735°, 13.5507°, elevation 217 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).