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Gothenburg in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Gothenburg is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 15 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Gothenburg is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
15h 11mon average

Is August a good time to visit Gothenburg?

Yes. August is one of Gothenburg's best months (June to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in August, against 39°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in August, against 4°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in August, against 35% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in August, against 48% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

15h 11m in August, against 6h 39m to 17h 58m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July72°22°low 56°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August72°22°low 57°low 14°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September66°19°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Gothenburg sits, in August

Europe/Stockholm
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:35 AMsets 8:59 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Stockholm397 km north-east

The land around Gothenburg, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Sweden in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Gothenburg

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gothenburg. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (53 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (53 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.