Värnamo weather in August

In August, Värnamo sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 83 mm of rain across 13.7 wet days and about 15 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 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Värnamo's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Värnamo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 83 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 15 hours; 4:38 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Värnamo is urban area in Värnamo Municipality, Sweden.

Founded: 1620

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Värnamo reaches about 20°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 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 4°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	19	11
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	18	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	9
31	18	9

How August really feels in Värnamo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Värnamo 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	1° / -4°	57	11.5	6.8	7.1	0.0
Feb	1° / -4°	47	10	6.9	9	0.0
Mar	5° / -3°	43	9.7	5	11.4	0.3
Apr	11° / 1°	46	9.7	1.3	13.9	2.5
May	16° / 5°	64	12	0.1	16.2	4.6
Jun	19° / 9°	86	13	0	17.5	5.5
Jul	21° / 11°	91	13.4	0	17	5.8
Aug	20° / 11°	83	13.7	0	15	5.6
Sep	15° / 8°	66	11.3	0	12.5	4.4
Oct	10° / 4°	65	11.7	0.4	10	2.0
Nov	5° / 1°	57	11.3	3	7.7	0.2
Dec	2° / -2°	61	12	6	6.5	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	40	40	40	41	39	40	40	40	39	39	39	40	38	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	33	33	32	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29
Cloudier (%)	60	60	60	59	61	60	60	60	61	61	61	60	62	62	62	63	64	64	65	66	67	67	68	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Värnamo gets around 83 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 44% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	43
16	44
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	46
27	46
28	46
29	45
30	45
31	44

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	58	58	59	59	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	61	62	62	63	63	64	65	67	68	68	69	71	72	74	75	77	78	79	80
Comfortable (%)	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	29	28	27	27	26	25	24	22	21	20	19	18	17
Humid (%)	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	34	8
2	58	34	8
3	59	34	7
4	59	34	7
5	58	35	7
6	58	35	7
7	59	35	6
8	59	35	6
9	59	35	6
10	60	34	6
11	60	34	6
12	60	34	6
13	61	33	6
14	62	32	6
15	62	32	6
16	63	31	6
17	63	31	6
18	64	30	6
19	65	29	6
20	67	28	5
21	68	27	5
22	68	27	5
23	69	26	5
24	71	25	4
25	72	24	4
26	74	22	4
27	75	21	4
28	77	20	3
29	78	19	3
30	79	18	3
31	80	17	3

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 138 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:07 AM to 5:10 AM, and sunset from 8:13 PM to 6:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	16.1	16.0	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	4:07	4:09	4:11	4:13	4:15	4:17	4:19	4:21	4:23	4:25	4:27	4:30	4:32	4:34	4:36	4:38	4:40	4:42	4:44	4:46	4:49	4:51	4:53	4:55	4:57	4:59	5:01	5:03	5:06	5:08	5:10
Sunset (PM)	8:13	8:11	8:09	8:06	8:04	8:02	8:00	7:57	7:55	7:53	7:50	7:48	7:45	7:43	7:40	7:38	7:35	7:33	7:30	7:28	7:25	7:22	7:20	7:17	7:14	7:12	7:09	7:06	7:03	7:01	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.1	4:07	8:13
2	16.0	4:09	8:11
3	16.0	4:11	8:09
4	15.9	4:13	8:06
5	15.8	4:15	8:04
6	15.7	4:17	8:02
7	15.7	4:19	8:00
8	15.6	4:21	7:57
9	15.5	4:23	7:55
10	15.5	4:25	7:53
11	15.4	4:27	7:50
12	15.3	4:30	7:48
13	15.2	4:32	7:45
14	15.2	4:34	7:43
15	15.1	4:36	7:40
16	15.0	4:38	7:38
17	14.9	4:40	7:35
18	14.8	4:42	7:33
19	14.8	4:44	7:30
20	14.7	4:46	7:28
21	14.6	4:49	7:25
22	14.5	4:51	7:22
23	14.4	4:53	7:20
24	14.4	4:55	7:17
25	14.3	4:57	7:14
26	14.2	4:59	7:12
27	14.1	5:01	7:09
28	14.0	5:03	7:06
29	14.0	5:06	7:03
30	13.9	5:08	7:01
31	13.8	5:10	6:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.26 kWh/m² to a high of 5.28 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Värnamo?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Värnamo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Värnamo in August

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

In August, Värnamo sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Värnamo 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 Värnamo peaks around June 20 at about 5 (high) — 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 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	5	5	5	4	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	5	High
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Värnamo?

Värnamo sits at 57.2°N, 14.0°E, 156 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Ljungby, 40 km away.

Topography around Värnamo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Värnamo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 172 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m.

The land around Värnamo is covered by trees (50%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (67%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

119 m

trees 50%

16 km

137 m

trees 67%

80 km

366 m

trees 79%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← July Värnamo year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Ljungby 40 km · Växjö 58 km · Nässjö 65 km · Jönköping 67 km · Huskvarna 69 km · Kinna 88 km · Borås 89 km · Halmstad 92 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

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 Värnamo (57.186°, 14.04°, elevation 156 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	19	11
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	18	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	9
31	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	43
16	44
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	46
27	46
28	46
29	45
30	45
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	34	8
2	58	34	8
3	59	34	7
4	59	34	7
5	58	35	7
6	58	35	7
7	59	35	6
8	59	35	6
9	59	35	6
10	60	34	6
11	60	34	6
12	60	34	6
13	61	33	6
14	62	32	6
15	62	32	6
16	63	31	6
17	63	31	6
18	64	30	6
19	65	29	6
20	67	28	5
21	68	27	5
22	68	27	5
23	69	26	5
24	71	25	4
25	72	24	4
26	74	22	4
27	75	21	4
28	77	20	3
29	78	19	3
30	79	18	3
31	80	17	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	19	11
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	18	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	9
31	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	43
16	44
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	46
27	46
28	46
29	45
30	45
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	34	8
2	58	34	8
3	59	34	7
4	59	34	7
5	58	35	7
6	58	35	7
7	59	35	6
8	59	35	6
9	59	35	6
10	60	34	6
11	60	34	6
12	60	34	6
13	61	33	6
14	62	32	6
15	62	32	6
16	63	31	6
17	63	31	6
18	64	30	6
19	65	29	6
20	67	28	5
21	68	27	5
22	68	27	5
23	69	26	5
24	71	25	4
25	72	24	4
26	74	22	4
27	75	21	4
28	77	20	3
29	78	19	3
30	79	18	3
31	80	17	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	19	11
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	18	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	9
31	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	43
16	44
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	46
27	46
28	46
29	45
30	45
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	34	8
2	58	34	8
3	59	34	7
4	59	34	7
5	58	35	7
6	58	35	7
7	59	35	6
8	59	35	6
9	59	35	6
10	60	34	6
11	60	34	6
12	60	34	6
13	61	33	6
14	62	32	6
15	62	32	6
16	63	31	6
17	63	31	6
18	64	30	6
19	65	29	6
20	67	28	5
21	68	27	5
22	68	27	5
23	69	26	5
24	71	25	4
25	72	24	4
26	74	22	4
27	75	21	4
28	77	20	3
29	78	19	3
30	79	18	3
31	80	17	3