Umeå weather in August

In August, Umeå sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 75 mm of rain across 10.9 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 36 min at the start of August to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Umeå's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Umeå's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
3:43 AM – 7:44 PM
Cloud cover
65%
5th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Umeå is urban area in Umeå Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 4.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1622

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 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical August day in Umeå 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 20°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 Umeå

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.

Umeå weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°4910.210.55.10.0
Feb-3° / -8°367.98.880.0
Mar-0° / -5°358.17.811.20.0
Apr / -1°357.74.314.50.1
May / 428.70.417.82.0
Jun14° / 589.80204.0
Jul18° / 13°7412.30195.5
Aug17° / 12°7510.90165.3
Sep13° / 6210012.73.4
Oct / 7211.22.19.30.7
Nov / -1°6912.26.76.10.0
Dec-1° / -5°62129.740.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24753
34753
44654
54357
64357
74258
84060
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Umeå gets around 75 mm of rain over 10.9 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
337
437
536
636
735
834
934
1034
1133
1233
1333
1433
1533
1633
1733
1834
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2135
2236
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2837
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3037
3136

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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15038102
25038102
35137102
45236102
5553591
6563491
7573391
8583291
9603181
10613180
11623080
12642970
13642970
14662860
15662860
16682750
17682750
18692740
19702640
20712630
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24742420
25752320
26762220
27772120
28792010
29811810
30821710
31831610

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 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 36 min at the start of August to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 192 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 2:57 AM to 4:28 AM, and sunset from 8:33 PM to 6:50 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.62:578:33
217.53:008:30
317.43:038:27
417.33:068:24
517.23:098:21
617.13:128:17
717.03:158:14
816.93:188:11
916.83:218:07
1016.73:248:04
1116.63:278:01
1216.43:307:57
1316.33:337:54
1416.23:367:50
1516.13:397:47
1616.03:437:44
1715.93:467:40
1815.83:497:37
1915.73:527:33
2015.63:557:30
2115.53:587:26
2215.44:017:23
2315.34:047:19
2415.14:077:16
2515.04:107:12
2614.94:137:08
2714.84:167:05
2814.74:197:01
2914.64:226:58
3014.54:256:54
3114.44:286:50

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.03 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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164.0Bright
174.0Moderate
183.9Moderate
193.9Moderate
203.8Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.7Moderate
233.6Moderate
243.6Moderate
253.5Moderate
263.5Moderate
273.4Moderate
283.3Moderate
293.3Moderate
303.2Moderate
313.2Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Umeå?

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
1.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Umeå for sightseeing.

What to pack for Umeå in August

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

In August, Umeå 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 Umeå in August

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°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°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
Feb0Bracing
Mar0Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May5Bracing
Jun10Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep13Bracing
Oct8Bracing
Nov5Bracing
Dec3Bracing

UV index in Umeå 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 Umeå peaks around July 14 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 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 14UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Umeå?

Umeå sits at 63.8°N, 20.3°E, 24 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Örnsköldsvik, 97 km away.

ÖrnsköldsvikVaasaKorsholmSkellefteåJakobstadKokkolaKauhavaSeinäjoki

Topography around Umeå

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Umeå has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 486 m.

The land around Umeå is covered by trees (39%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, trees (68%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and water (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
81 m
16 km
197 m
80 km
486 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Örnsköldsvik 97 km · Vaasa 106 km · Korsholm 106 km · Skellefteå 108 km · Jakobstad 121 km · Kokkola 141 km · Kauhava 161 km · Seinäjoki 172 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 Umeå (63.8284°, 20.2597°, elevation 24 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).