Skellefteå weather in August

In August, Skellefteå sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 69 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 54 min at the start of August to 14 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Skellefteå's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Skellefteå's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
16 h 12 min
3:34 AM – 7:46 PM
Cloud cover
67%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Skellefteå is urban area in Skellefteå Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM10 18.5 µg/m³ · 2019

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 19°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical August day in Skellefteå reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°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 Skellefteå

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.

Skellefteå 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-4° / -9°419.910.44.60.0
Feb-5° / -10°2978.47.80.0
Mar-1° / -7°327.48.111.20.0
Apr / -2°327.14.814.70.2
May10° / 418.60.718.12.2
Jun14° / 589.6020.64.2
Jul18° / 13°7312019.55.6
Aug17° / 12°6911016.25.3
Sep12° / 589.3012.73.3
Oct / 6310.92.79.20.6
Nov / -2°5511.685.80.0
Dec-2° / -6°5110.810.23.40.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 (%)
14456
24456
34258
44258
54159
64060
73961
83763
93763
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113664
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Skellefteå gets around 69 mm of rain over 11 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
134
234
334
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534
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734
834
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1135
1235
1335
1436
1536
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1937
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2238
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3135

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 75% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1603271
2623161
3633061
4633061
5652951
6662851
7672751
8692650
9702640
10712540
11712540
12722530
13722530
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29881200
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112calm
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1012light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 54 min at the start of August to 14 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 204 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 2:45 AM to 4:22 AM, and sunset from 8:39 PM to 6:51 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.92:458:39
217.82:488:36
317.72:528:33
417.62:558:29
517.52:588:26
617.33:028:22
717.23:058:19
817.13:088:15
917.03:118:12
1016.93:158:08
1116.83:188:05
1216.73:218:01
1316.53:247:57
1416.43:287:54
1516.33:317:50
1616.23:347:46
1716.13:377:43
1816.03:417:39
1915.93:447:35
2015.73:477:32
2115.63:507:28
2215.53:537:24
2315.43:577:21
2415.34:007:17
2515.24:037:13
2615.14:067:10
2714.94:097:06
2814.84:127:02
2914.74:156:58
3014.64:196:55
3114.54:226:51

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.75 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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64.3Bright
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104.1Bright
114.0Bright
124.0Moderate
133.9Moderate
143.8Moderate
153.8Moderate
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183.6Moderate
193.5Moderate
203.5Moderate
213.4Moderate
223.4Moderate
233.3Moderate
243.3Moderate
253.2Moderate
263.2Moderate
273.1Moderate
283.1Moderate
293.0Moderate
303.0Moderate
312.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Skellefteå?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Skellefteå for sightseeing.

What to pack for Skellefteå in August

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

In August, Skellefteå sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Skellefteå in August

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 24 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
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Mar0Bracing
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Jun8Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep12Bracing
Oct8Bracing
Nov5Bracing
Dec3Bracing

UV index in Skellefteå in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Skellefteå peaks around July 15 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 15UV 5Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Skellefteå?

Skellefteå sits at 64.8°N, 21.0°E, 34 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Piteå, 68 km away.

UmeåLuleåBodenKokkolaJakobstadRaaheKorsholm

Topography around Skellefteå

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Skellefteå has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 515 m.

The land around Skellefteå is covered by trees (58%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (65%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
138 m
16 km
224 m
80 km
515 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Piteå 68 km · Umeå 108 km · Luleå 108 km · Boden 124 km · Kokkola 146 km · Jakobstad 147 km · Raahe 168 km · Korsholm 185 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 Skellefteå (64.7507°, 20.9528°, elevation 34 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).