Climate averages 1991–2020
Helsingborg weather
in August.
A mild, moderately 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 Helsingborg: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Copenhagen (42 km away). In August its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Helsingborg, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Helsingborg ranks 6th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 18th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 20.0°C; Helsingborg is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 62 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
Helsingborg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 54 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | 3.0°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 45 | 10.3 | 9.510 h |
| March | 6.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 45 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 44 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| June | 18.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 81 | 12.2 | 17.518 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 81 | 12.6 | 17.017 h |
| August, selected | 20.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 87 | 13.3 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 62 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 65 | 12.5 | 10.510 h |
| November | 6.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 53 | 11.6 | 8.38 h |
| December | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 57 | 11.8 | 7.17 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
- Copenhagen in AugustDenmark · 42 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Lund in AugustSweden · 49 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Malmö in AugustSweden · 53 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Halmstad in AugustSweden · 71 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Århus in AugustDenmark · 154 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Växjö in AugustSweden · 159 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Odense in AugustDenmark · 162 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Borås in AugustSweden · 187 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 106 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 Helsingborg) is explained once on the Helsingborg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.