Jönköping weather in August

In August, Jönköping sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 82 mm of rain across 14 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 14% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Jönköping's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jönköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 82 mm; 14 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 06 min; 4:35 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Jönköping is urban area in Jönköping Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 13.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1284

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 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Jönköping 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 15°C and 25°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Avg low (°C)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9

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

How August really feels in Jönköping

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.

Jönköping 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	0° / -4°	47	10.5	7.8	7	0.0
Feb	1° / -5°	39	9.3	7.4	8.9	0.0
Mar	4° / -3°	37	9	5.8	11.4	0.2
Apr	10° / 1°	42	9.5	2.2	14	2.3
May	15° / 5°	63	12.1	0.2	16.3	4.4
Jun	18° / 9°	85	13.4	0	17.7	5.3
Jul	20° / 11°	84	13.3	0	17.1	5.8
Aug	20° / 11°	82	14	0	15.1	5.5
Sep	15° / 7°	62	10.6	0	12.5	4.3
Oct	9° / 4°	57	11.1	0.7	10	1.9
Nov	4° / 0°	52	11.2	4.1	7.6	0.1
Dec	1° / -3°	53	11.2	6.7	6.3	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	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 (%)	36	36	36	36	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	27
Cloudier (%)	64	64	64	64	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	72	72	73	73	74	74	74	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	27	73

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Jönköping gets around 82 mm of rain over 14 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 44% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	43
14	44
15	44
16	45
17	46
18	46
19	47
20	48
21	48
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	47
31	46

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 73% 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 (%)	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	72	73	73	74	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	82	83	84	85	86
Comfortable (%)	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12
Humid (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	65	30	5
2	65	30	5
3	65	30	5
4	65	30	5
5	66	29	5
6	66	29	5
7	67	28	5
8	67	28	5
9	67	28	5
10	68	27	5
11	68	27	5
12	69	26	5
13	69	26	5
14	70	25	5
15	70	25	5
16	72	24	4
17	73	23	4
18	73	23	4
19	74	22	4
20	74	22	4
21	75	21	4
22	76	20	4
23	77	20	3
24	78	19	3
25	79	18	3
26	80	17	3
27	82	16	2
28	83	15	2
29	84	14	2
30	85	13	2
31	86	12	2

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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 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 4:03 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 8:15 PM to 6:59 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)	16.2	16.1	16.1	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.0	13.9	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	4:03	4:05	4:08	4:10	4:12	4:14	4:16	4:18	4:20	4:22	4:24	4:27	4:29	4:31	4:33	4:35	4:37	4:40	4:42	4:44	4:46	4:48	4:51	4:53	4:55	4:57	4:59	5:01	5:04	5:06	5:08
Sunset (PM)	8:15	8:13	8:11	8:09	8:07	8:04	8:02	8:00	7:57	7:55	7:52	7:50	7:47	7:45	7:42	7:40	7:37	7:34	7:32	7:29	7:26	7:24	7:21	7:18	7:16	7:13	7:10	7:07	7:04	7:02	6:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.2	4:03	8:15
2	16.1	4:05	8:13
3	16.1	4:08	8:11
4	16.0	4:10	8:09
5	15.9	4:12	8:07
6	15.8	4:14	8:04
7	15.8	4:16	8:02
8	15.7	4:18	8:00
9	15.6	4:20	7:57
10	15.5	4:22	7:55
11	15.5	4:24	7:52
12	15.4	4:27	7:50
13	15.3	4:29	7:47
14	15.2	4:31	7:45
15	15.2	4:33	7:42
16	15.1	4:35	7:40
17	15.0	4:37	7:37
18	14.9	4:40	7:34
19	14.8	4:42	7:32
20	14.8	4:44	7:29
21	14.7	4:46	7:26
22	14.6	4:48	7:24
23	14.5	4:51	7:21
24	14.4	4:53	7:18
25	14.3	4:55	7:16
26	14.3	4:57	7:13
27	14.2	4:59	7:10
28	14.1	5:01	7:07
29	14.0	5:04	7:04
30	13.9	5:06	7:02
31	13.8	5:08	6:59

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.94 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)	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Jönköping?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Jönköping for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jönköping in August

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

In August, Jönköping sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Jönköping 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 Jönköping peaks around June 18 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 6 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Jönköping?

Jönköping sits at 57.8°N, 14.2°E, 100 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Huskvarna, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Jönköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jönköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 126 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 257 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m.

The land around Jönköping is covered by trees (31%), water (29%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (56%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km

159 m

trees 31%

16 km

257 m

trees 56%

80 km

306 m

trees 69%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Huskvarna 9.0 km · Nässjö 35 km · Falköping 56 km · Värnamo 67 km · Skövde 70 km · Borås 72 km · Kinna 92 km · Alingsås 97 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

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 Jönköping (57.7814°, 14.1562°, elevation 100 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	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	19	11
19	19	11
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	18	10
26	18	10
27	18	10
28	18	9
29	18	9
30	18	9
31	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	43
14	44
15	44
16	45
17	46
18	46
19	47
20	48
21	48
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	47
31	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	65	30	5
2	65	30	5
3	65	30	5
4	65	30	5
5	66	29	5
6	66	29	5
7	67	28	5
8	67	28	5
9	67	28	5
10	68	27	5
11	68	27	5
12	69	26	5
13	69	26	5
14	70	25	5
15	70	25	5
16	72	24	4
17	73	23	4
18	73	23	4
19	74	22	4
20	74	22	4
21	75	21	4
22	76	20	4
23	77	20	3
24	78	19	3
25	79	18	3
26	80	17	3
27	82	16	2
28	83	15	2
29	84	14	2
30	85	13	2
31	86	12	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	43
14	44
15	44
16	45
17	46
18	46
19	47
20	48
21	48
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	47
31	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	65	30	5
2	65	30	5
3	65	30	5
4	65	30	5
5	66	29	5
6	66	29	5
7	67	28	5
8	67	28	5
9	67	28	5
10	68	27	5
11	68	27	5
12	69	26	5
13	69	26	5
14	70	25	5
15	70	25	5
16	72	24	4
17	73	23	4
18	73	23	4
19	74	22	4
20	74	22	4
21	75	21	4
22	76	20	4
23	77	20	3
24	78	19	3
25	79	18	3
26	80	17	3
27	82	16	2
28	83	15	2
29	84	14	2
30	85	13	2
31	86	12	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	43
14	44
15	44
16	45
17	46
18	46
19	47
20	48
21	48
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	47
31	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	65	30	5
2	65	30	5
3	65	30	5
4	65	30	5
5	66	29	5
6	66	29	5
7	67	28	5
8	67	28	5
9	67	28	5
10	68	27	5
11	68	27	5
12	69	26	5
13	69	26	5
14	70	25	5
15	70	25	5
16	72	24	4
17	73	23	4
18	73	23	4
19	74	22	4
20	74	22	4
21	75	21	4
22	76	20	4
23	77	20	3
24	78	19	3
25	79	18	3
26	80	17	3
27	82	16	2
28	83	15	2
29	84	14	2
30	85	13	2
31	86	12	2