Gävle Weather in August
Gävle in August
The short of it: Gävle in August averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 11° · rain 78 mm · daylight 15 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Gävle an average August high of 21°, a low of 11° and some 78 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 21°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 78 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 43 min in mid-August, 155 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Gävle runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Valbo, 7 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Gävle, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ValboGävleborg | 7 km WSW | 21° | 11° | 76 mm |
| ÅbyggebyGävleborg | 7 km NNW | 21° | 11° | 77 mm |
| BönanGävleborg | 12 km NE | 20° | 11° | 76 mm |
| ForsbackaGävleborg | 15 km WSW | 21° | 11° | 76 mm |
| SkutskärUppsala | 16 km ESE | 21° | 11° | 77 mm |
| ÄlvkarlebyUppsala | 20 km SE | 21° | 11° | 78 mm |
| SandvikenGävleborg | 21 km WSW | 21° | 11° | 80 mm |
| ÅrsundaGävleborg | 28 km SW | 21° | 11° | 79 mm |