Kiruna is typically mild in August.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +61°F to +57°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +46°F to +43°F.

Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.

August is one of the warmest months in Kiruna, here is the comparison with other months:

August typically has worse weather conditions compared to July. It’s getting colder in August. From +61°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +57°F. As August arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 106 mm to 80 mm. Humidity rises from 72% to 77%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during August, staying around 2 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 2 sunny days during the month.

September brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

The climate in Kiruna in August has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1985 (+31°F) and the highest in 2020 (+39°F). The driest year was 1994 with only 161 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2004 with 567 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Kiruna, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.