Climate averages 1991–2020
Luleå 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 Luleå: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (167 km away). In August its highs average 17.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Luleå, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Luleå ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 20.0°C; Luleå is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 59 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
Luleå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 41 | 8.9 | 4.85 h |
| February | -5.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 31 | 7.5 | 8.28 h |
| March | -2.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 2.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 15.215 h |
| May | 9.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 38 | 7.6 | 19.019 h |
| June | 14.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 8.3 | 22.422 h |
| July | 18.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.9 | 20.721 h |
| August, selected | 16.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 62 | 10.1 | 16.817 h |
| September | 12.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 9.3 | 13.213 h |
| October | 5.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 56 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| November | 0.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 56 | 11.4 | 6.16 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 51 | 11.3 | 3.54 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
- Oulu in AugustFinland · 167 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Umeå in AugustSweden · 215 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Kuopio in AugustFinland · 401 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in AugustFinland · 410 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Pori in AugustFinland · 457 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Tampere in AugustFinland · 461 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Joensuu in AugustFinland · 496 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Lahti in AugustFinland · 541 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 68 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 Luleå) is explained once on the Luleå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.