Rättvik Weather in August
Rättvik in August
The short of it: Rättvik in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 10° · rain 79 mm · daylight 15 h 45 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Rättvik an average August high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 79 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 79 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 45 min in mid-August, 157 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Rättvik runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Backa, 4 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Rättvik, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h