Climate averages 1991–2020
Växjö weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Växjö: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jönköping (108 km away). In August its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Växjö, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Växjö ranks 16th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 20.0°C; Växjö is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 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
Växjö climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 51 | 11.2 | 7.57 h |
| February | 1.2°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 42 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| March | 4.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 39 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 40 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 58 | 11.8 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.8 | 17.718 h |
| July | 20.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 88 | 13.4 | 17.217 h |
| August, selected | 19.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 76 | 13.0 | 15.215 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 59 | 10.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 61 | 11.2 | 10.410 h |
| November | 4.8°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 54 | 11.4 | 8.28 h |
| December | 1.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 55 | 11.9 | 6.97 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
- Jönköping in AugustSweden · 108 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Halmstad in AugustSweden · 121 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Borås in AugustSweden · 146 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AugustSweden · 159 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Lund in AugustSweden · 164 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Linköping in AugustSweden · 177 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Malmö in AugustSweden · 180 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Copenhagen in AugustDenmark · 192 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 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 Växjö) is explained once on the Växjö year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.