Linköping weather in August

In August, Linköping sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 69 mm of rain across 12.4 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 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 Linköping's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Linköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
11°
11th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:27 AM – 7:36 PM
Cloud cover
66%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Linköping is city in Östergötland, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.3 µg/m³ · 2015
Founded
1150

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 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Linköping reaches about 21°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 17°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22212
32212
42212
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How August really feels in Linköping

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.

Linköping 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°388.75.96.80.0
Feb / -4°327.968.90.0
Mar / -2°307.94.511.40.3
Apr11° / 378.11.6142.6
May16° / 5210.20.116.44.9
Jun19° / 7111.7017.85.8
Jul22° / 12°7711.6017.36.3
Aug21° / 11°6912.4015.16.0
Sep16° / 539.5012.54.8
Oct10° / 5310.30.59.92.2
Nov / 4810.13.27.50.2
Dec / -2°4510.35.66.20.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44060
54060
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94060
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114060
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134060
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313367

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Linköping gets around 69 mm of rain over 12.4 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 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
236
337
437
537
637
737
837
937
1038
1138
1238
1338
1439
1539
1640
1740
1841
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2041
2142
2242
2342
2442
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2642
2741
2841
2940
3039
3139

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 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15435101
25435101
3553591
4563491
5563491
6573481
7583381
8583381
9593371
10603271
11603271
12613261
13623161
14633160
15633160
16643060
17662950
18662950
19672850
20682750
21682750
22692650
23712540
24722440
25732340
26742240
27752140
28762040
29781840
30801730
31811630

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
110calm
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411calm
511calm
611calm
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811calm
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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 3:54 AM to 5:01 AM, and sunset from 8:13 PM to 6:54 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.33:548:13
216.23:568:11
316.23:588:09
416.14:008:06
516.04:038:04
615.94:058:02
715.94:077:59
815.84:097:57
915.74:117:54
1015.64:147:52
1115.64:167:49
1215.54:187:47
1315.44:207:44
1415.34:237:41
1515.24:257:39
1615.24:277:36
1715.14:297:34
1815.04:317:31
1914.94:347:28
2014.84:367:25
2114.74:387:23
2214.74:417:20
2314.64:437:17
2414.54:457:14
2514.44:477:12
2614.34:507:09
2714.24:527:06
2814.14:547:03
2914.14:567:00
3014.04:596:57
3113.95:016:54

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.08 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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
184.0Bright
194.0Moderate
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 Linköping?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Linköping for sightseeing.

What to pack for Linköping in August

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

In August, Linköping sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Linköping 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 Linköping peaks around June 16 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 16UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul4Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Linköping?

Linköping sits at 58.4°N, 15.6°E, 58 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Motala, 37 km away.

VästervikÖrebroNässjö

Topography around Linköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Linköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m.

The land around Linköping is covered by artificial surfaces (41%), trees (27%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (34%), cropland (27%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
121 m
80 km
340 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Motala 37 km · Norrköping 38 km · Katrineholm 73 km · Kumla 84 km · Nyköping 89 km · Västervik 94 km · Örebro 99 km · Nässjö 100 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 Linköping (58.4109°, 15.6216°, elevation 58 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).