Climate averages 1991–2020
Halmstad weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Halmstad: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Helsingborg (71 km away). In August its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Halmstad, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Halmstad ranks joint 9th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 19th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 20.0°C; Halmstad is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Halmstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 68 | 12.3 | 7.58 h |
| February | 2.6°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 54 | 10.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | 5.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 48 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 63 | 12.3 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.718 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 90 | 13.7 | 17.117 h |
| August, selected | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 102 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 84 | 14.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 12.0 | 8.28 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 6.97 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Helsingborg in AugustSweden · 71 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Lund in AugustSweden · 110 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Copenhagen in AugustDenmark · 112 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Borås in AugustSweden · 116 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Malmö in AugustSweden · 119 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Växjö in AugustSweden · 121 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Gothenburg in AugustSweden · 127 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Jönköping in AugustSweden · 146 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Halmstad) is explained once on the Halmstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.