Lidköping weather in August

In August, Lidköping sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 89 mm of rain across 13.7 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 23% 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 Lidköping's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lidköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
13.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:36 AM – 7:46 PM
Cloud cover
64%
5th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Lidköping is urban area in Lidköping Municipality, Sweden.

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 Lidköping reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 24°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 Lidköping

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.

Lidköping 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 / -2°5411.35.66.80.0
Feb / -3°429.36.18.80.0
Mar / -1°398.83.711.40.0
Apr / 448.41.3141.6
May14° / 6010.9016.44.0
Jun18° / 12°9213017.95.4
Jul20° / 14°9012.7017.36.0
Aug19° / 14°8913.7015.15.7
Sep15° / 10°7411012.54.4
Oct10° / 7813.30.39.92.0
Nov / 6512.52.97.50.2
Dec / -1°6311.756.10.0

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 20% 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 (%)
14654
24654
34555
44555
54555
64456
74456
84456
94555
104555
114456
124456
134456
144456
154456
164357
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204159
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224060
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314060

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lidköping gets around 89 mm of rain over 13.7 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 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
139
240
340
441
541
642
742
843
943
1043
1143
1244
1344
1444
1544
1645
1745
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2245
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2744
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3043
3142

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 56% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14342141
24342141
34442131
44443131
54443121
64543121
74543111
84643111
94743100
104742100
114842100
124941100
13514090
14523990
15533890
16543790
17563680
18573580
19583480
20593380
21613270
22623170
23633070
24662860
25672760
26682660
27712450
28722350
29742240
30752140
31771940

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 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
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
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514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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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 4:03 AM to 5:10 AM, and sunset from 8:23 PM to 7:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.34:038:23
216.34:068:21
316.24:088:19
416.14:108:17
516.04:128:14
616.04:148:12
715.94:168:09
815.84:198:07
915.74:218:05
1015.74:238:02
1115.64:257:59
1215.54:277:57
1315.44:307:54
1415.34:327:52
1515.24:347:49
1615.24:367:46
1715.14:397:44
1815.04:417:41
1914.94:437:38
2014.84:467:36
2114.84:487:33
2214.74:507:30
2314.64:527:27
2414.54:557:24
2514.44:577:22
2614.34:597:19
2714.25:017:16
2814.25:047:13
2914.15:067:10
3014.05:087:07
3113.95:107:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.7Bright
34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.6Bright
64.6Bright
74.5Bright
84.5Bright
94.4Bright
104.4Bright
114.3Bright
124.3Bright
134.3Bright
144.2Bright
154.2Bright
164.1Bright
174.1Bright
184.0Bright
194.0Moderate
203.9Moderate
213.9Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.8Moderate
243.7Moderate
253.6Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.5Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.4Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Lidköping?

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
2.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Lidköping for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lidköping in August

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

In August, Lidköping sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Lidköping 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 Lidköping 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 4 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 Lidköping?

Lidköping sits at 58.5°N, 13.2°E, 52 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Skövde, 42 km away.

Borås

Topography around Lidköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lidköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m.

The land around Lidköping is covered by water (35%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (40%), trees (24%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
150 m
80 km
362 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Skövde 42 km · Falköping 43 km · Mariestad 45 km · Vänersborg 50 km · Trollhättan 56 km · Uddevalla 73 km · Alingsås 74 km · Borås 88 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 Lidköping (58.5052°, 13.1577°, elevation 52 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).