Kristianstad weather in August

In August, Kristianstad sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 68 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 14.8 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 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Kristianstad's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kristianstad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:42 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
62%
5th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Kristianstad is urban area in Kristianstad Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9 µg/m³ · 2016

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 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kristianstad reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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 Kristianstad

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.

Kristianstad 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°4911.45.17.30.0
Feb / -2°429.54.79.20.0
Mar / -0°389.1311.40.3
Apr10° / 378.80.413.82.2
May14° / 5110.50164.2
Jun18° / 10°6811.7017.25.5
Jul20° / 13°7011.3016.76.2
Aug20° / 13°6811.7014.86.1
Sep16° / 10°569.9012.55.0
Oct11° / 6210.80.310.12.8
Nov / 5411.617.90.8
Dec / 5311.63.56.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24951
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54852
64852
74951
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94852
104852
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124753
134654
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kristianstad gets around 68 mm of rain over 11.7 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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436
536
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736
836
936
1036
1136
1236
1337
1437
1538
1638
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3137

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13049192
23049191
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53148191
63248191
73348181
83447181
93546181
103646181
113645180
123745180
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174143160
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204342140
214442140
224541130
234641130
244840120
254939110
265238100
275337100
28553690
29583480
30593380
31613270

Wind in August

Winds average 15 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 4:12 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.94:128:06
215.84:148:05
315.84:168:02
415.74:188:00
515.64:207:58
615.64:227:56
715.54:247:54
815.44:267:52
915.44:287:50
1015.34:307:47
1115.24:327:45
1215.24:347:43
1315.14:367:41
1415.04:387:38
1514.94:407:36
1614.94:427:33
1714.84:447:31
1814.74:467:29
1914.64:487:26
2014.64:507:24
2114.54:527:21
2214.44:547:19
2314.34:567:16
2414.34:587:13
2514.25:007:11
2614.15:027:08
2714.05:047:06
2814.05:067:03
2913.95:087:00
3013.85:106:58
3113.75:126:55

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.34 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.0Bright
254.0Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kristianstad?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kristianstad for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kristianstad in August

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

In August, Kristianstad 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 Kristianstad 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 at the nearest coast (about 22 km away) 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
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Kristianstad 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 Kristianstad peaks around July 10 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 10UV 5Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kristianstad?

Kristianstad sits at 56.0°N, 14.2°E, 8 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Hässleholm, 28 km away.

Topography around Kristianstad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kristianstad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m.

The land around Kristianstad is covered by grassland (37%), artificial surfaces (22%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), trees (31%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
157 m
80 km
247 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Hässleholm 28 km · Karlshamn 47 km · Eslöv 57 km · Lund 70 km · Ystad 70 km · Staffanstorp 73 km · Ängelholm 83 km · Landskrona 84 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 Kristianstad (56.0313°, 14.1524°, elevation 8 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).