Climate averages 1991–2020
Lund 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 Lund: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 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 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malmö (16 km away). In August its highs average 20.8°C, about as warm as Lund, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Lund ranks joint 4th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 20.0°C; Lund is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 58 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
Lund climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 53 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | 2.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 45 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| March | 5.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 44 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 53 | 10.9 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 76 | 12.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 74 | 12.5 | 16.917 h |
| August, selected | 20.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 80 | 13.1 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 58 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 60 | 11.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | 6.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 50 | 11.0 | 8.48 h |
| December | 3.5°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 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
- Malmö in AugustSweden · 16 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Copenhagen in AugustDenmark · 39 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AugustSweden · 49 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Halmstad in AugustSweden · 110 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Växjö in AugustSweden · 164 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Odense in AugustDenmark · 180 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Rostock in AugustGermany · 192 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Århus in AugustDenmark · 192 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 70 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 Lund) is explained once on the Lund year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.