Motala weather in August

In August, Motala sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 15.2 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 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 Motala's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Motala's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:29 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
66%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Motala is urban area in Motala Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 10.2 µg/m³ · 2016
Founded
1288

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 Motala 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 16°C and 24°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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How August really feels in Motala

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.

Motala 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 / -3°409.36.26.80.0
Feb / -4°338.26.18.80.0
Mar / -2°3084.511.40.1
Apr / 357.71.7142.0
May14° / 499.90.116.44.3
Jun18° / 10°7412017.95.6
Jul21° / 13°8012.1017.36.1
Aug20° / 13°7512.6015.25.8
Sep15° / 5710.2012.54.5
Oct10° / 5711.10.59.92.1
Nov / 5010.73.17.50.2
Dec / -1°4610.45.56.10.0

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 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24357
34357
44456
54357
64258
74258
84456
94456
104456
114357
124357
134357
144357
154258
164258
174159
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213862
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Motala gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.6 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
237
337
438
538
638
739
839
939
1039
1139
1239
1340
1440
1540
1640
1740
1841
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2041
2142
2242
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2543
2643
2742
2842
2942
3041
3141

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 (%)
14343131
24443131
34443121
44542121
54542111
64642111
74742101
84842101
9494191
10494191
11504191
12514090
13524080
14533980
15533980
16543880
17543880
18563770
19563770
20573670
21593560
22603460
23623260
24643150
25662950
26672850
27692650
28722440
29742240
30752140
31771940

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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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1212light 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 3:56 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 8:16 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.33:568:16
216.33:588:14
316.24:008:12
416.14:028:09
516.04:048:07
616.04:068:05
715.94:098:02
815.84:118:00
915.74:137:57
1015.74:157:55
1115.64:187:52
1215.54:207:50
1315.44:227:47
1415.34:247:44
1515.34:277:42
1615.24:297:39
1715.14:317:36
1815.04:337:34
1914.94:367:31
2014.84:387:28
2114.84:407:25
2214.74:427:23
2314.64:457:20
2414.54:477:17
2514.44:497:14
2614.34:527:11
2714.24:547:09
2814.24:567:06
2914.14:587:03
3014.05:017:00
3113.95:036:57

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 5.66 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
64.6Bright
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
233.7Moderate
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 Motala?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Motala for sightseeing.

What to pack for Motala in August

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

In August, Motala sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Motala 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 Motala 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 Motala?

Motala sits at 58.5°N, 15.0°E, 107 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Linköping, 37 km away.

Karlskoga

Topography around Motala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Motala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 106 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 350 m.

The land around Motala is covered by trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (32%), water (30%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
175 m
80 km
350 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Linköping 37 km · Kumla 66 km · Norrköping 67 km · Skövde 71 km · Mariestad 73 km · Örebro 83 km · Katrineholm 85 km · Karlskoga 93 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 Motala (58.5371°, 15.0365°, elevation 107 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).