Climate averages 1991–2020
Jönköping weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Jönköping: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borås (72 km away). In August its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Jönköping, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Jönköping ranks 17th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 20.0°C; Jönköping is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Jönköping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 47 | 10.5 | 7.37 h |
| February | 1.2°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 39 | 9.5 | 9.39 h |
| March | 4.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 42 | 9.5 | 14.314 h |
| May | 14.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 63 | 12.1 | 16.617 h |
| June | 17.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 85 | 13.4 | 18.018 h |
| July | 20.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 84 | 13.3 | 17.417 h |
| August, selected | 19.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 82 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 62 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 57 | 11.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 4.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 52 | 11.1 | 8.08 h |
| December | 1.9°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 53 | 11.2 | 6.77 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Borås in AugustSweden · 72 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Växjö in AugustSweden · 108 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Linköping in AugustSweden · 111 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Gothenburg in AugustSweden · 130 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Halmstad in AugustSweden · 146 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Norrköping in AugustSweden · 149 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Örebro in AugustSweden · 177 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AugustSweden · 212 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 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 Jönköping) is explained once on the Jönköping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.