Karlshamn weather in August

In August, Karlshamn sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 69 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-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 15 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Karlshamn's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karlshamn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:38 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
63%
5th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Karlshamn is urban area in Karlshamn Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM10 18 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1664

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 Karlshamn reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Karlshamn

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.

Karlshamn 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 / -1°5411.35.47.30.0
Feb / -2°459.75.79.10.0
Mar / -0°399.13.411.40.2
Apr / 378.50.813.82.0
May14° / 509.90164.1
Jun18° / 11°6711.4017.25.4
Jul20° / 13°7611.8016.86.0
Aug20° / 13°6912.1014.95.9
Sep16° / 10°5910.2012.54.8
Oct11° / 6511.30.310.12.5
Nov / 6112.51.47.90.6
Dec / 6012.24.16.70.0

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 58%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34555
44654
54555
64654
74456
84456
94456
104555
114555
124456
134357
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Karlshamn gets around 69 mm of rain over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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435
536
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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 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13249172
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73448171
83548161
93647161
103747161
113846161
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224741120
234840110
245039110
255238100
265337100
27553690
28583480
29593380
30613270
31643060

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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 15 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 132 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:09 AM to 5:09 AM, and sunset from 8:04 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.94:098:04
215.94:118:02
315.84:138:00
415.74:157:58
515.74:167:56
615.64:187:54
715.54:207:52
815.54:227:50
915.44:247:47
1015.34:267:45
1115.24:287:43
1215.24:307:41
1315.14:327:38
1415.04:347:36
1515.04:367:33
1614.94:387:31
1714.84:407:29
1814.74:427:26
1914.74:447:24
2014.64:467:21
2114.54:487:19
2214.44:507:16
2314.44:527:14
2414.34:547:11
2514.24:567:08
2614.14:587:06
2714.05:007:03
2814.05:037:01
2913.95:056:58
3013.85:076:55
3113.75:096:53

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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224.0Bright
234.0Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.8Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Karlshamn?

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 Karlshamn for sightseeing.

What to pack for Karlshamn in August

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

In August, Karlshamn 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 Karlshamn in August

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 3°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
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Karlshamn 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 Karlshamn peaks around June 20 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Karlshamn?

Karlshamn sits at 56.2°N, 14.9°E, 14 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Karlskrona, 45 km away.

LjungbyEslövYstadKalmar

Topography around Karlshamn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karlshamn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m.

The land around Karlshamn is covered by trees (53%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and water (40%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
153 m
80 km
281 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Karlskrona 45 km · Kristianstad 47 km · Hässleholm 68 km · Växjö 79 km · Ljungby 93 km · Eslöv 104 km · Ystad 105 km · Kalmar 107 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 Karlshamn (56.1706°, 14.8619°, elevation 14 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).