Växjö weather in August

In August, Växjö sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 76 mm of rain across 13.1 wet days and about 14.9 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 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
11°
11th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:36 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover
68%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
3.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Växjö is urban area in Växjö Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1342

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 Växjö reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 8°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 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 Växjö

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.

Växjö 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°5111.27.67.20.0
Feb / -4°429.679.10.0
Mar / -2°399.55.311.40.2
Apr10° / 408.91.513.92.3
May15° / 5811.8016.14.4
Jun18° / 7612.8017.45.4
Jul20° / 12°8813.4016.95.8
Aug20° / 11°7613.1014.95.7
Sep15° / 5910.6012.54.4
Oct10° / 6111.20.5102.0
Nov / 5411.42.87.80.2
Dec / -2°5511.95.96.60.0

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 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33763
43763
53862
63664
73763
83763
93664
103664
113763
123664
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Växjö gets around 76 mm of rain over 13.1 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 42% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
140
240
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440
539
639
739
839
939
1039
1139
1240
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1440
1541
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1742
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2144
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3043
3142

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 63% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
155369
255369
355369
455369
555369
656368
756368
857358
957358
1057358
1158348
1258348
1358348
1460337
1560337
1661327
1762317
1862317
1963307
2064306
2165296
2266286
2367285
2468275
2569265
2671254
2773234
2874224
2975214
3077203
3178193

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
111calm
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3012light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 hours 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 132 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:06 AM to 5:07 AM, and sunset from 8:08 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.04:068:08
216.04:088:06
315.94:098:04
415.84:118:02
515.84:138:00
615.74:157:57
715.64:177:55
815.64:207:53
915.54:227:51
1015.44:247:48
1115.34:267:46
1215.34:287:44
1315.24:307:41
1415.14:327:39
1515.04:347:36
1615.04:367:34
1714.94:387:31
1814.84:407:29
1914.74:427:26
2014.74:447:24
2114.64:467:21
2214.54:497:18
2314.44:517:16
2414.34:537:13
2514.34:557:10
2614.24:577:08
2714.14:597:05
2814.05:017:02
2913.95:037:00
3013.95:056:57
3113.85:076:54

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.27 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.5Bright
34.5Bright
44.4Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.2Bright
104.2Bright
114.2Bright
124.1Bright
134.1Bright
144.0Bright
154.0Moderate
163.9Moderate
173.9Moderate
183.8Moderate
193.8Moderate
203.7Moderate
213.7Moderate
223.6Moderate
233.6Moderate
243.6Moderate
253.5Moderate
263.5Moderate
273.4Moderate
283.4Moderate
293.3Moderate
303.3Moderate
313.2Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Växjö?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Växjö for sightseeing.

What to pack for Växjö in August

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

In August, Växjö sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Växjö 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 Växjö peaks around June 20 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Växjö?

Växjö sits at 56.9°N, 14.8°E, 169 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Ljungby, 53 km away.

NässjöKarlskronaHässleholmKristianstad

Topography around Växjö

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Växjö has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 177 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 393 m.

The land around Växjö is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, trees (68%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
115 m
80 km
393 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Ljungby 53 km · Värnamo 58 km · Karlshamn 79 km · Nässjö 86 km · Karlskrona 93 km · Kalmar 98 km · Hässleholm 102 km · Kristianstad 102 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 Växjö (56.8777°, 14.8091°, elevation 169 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).