Kiruna climate

Kiruna Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kiruna, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 16°C on August 1 to 11°C on August 31, and lows from 8°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 mm over about 16 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kiruna, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
13°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
90 mm
Reanalysis high
24°CAug 8, 2007
Reanalysis low
-2°CAug 30, 1994
Daylight
19 h 34 min to 15 h 12 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
10.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 116°C8°C23°C 20183°C 200555%
Aug 216°C8°C21°C 20042°C 200155%
Aug 316°C8°C23°C 19941°C 200156%
Aug 416°C8°C24°C 19912°C 199955%
Aug 515°C8°C22°C 20142°C 199955%
Aug 615°C8°C22°C 20143°C 199955%
Aug 715°C8°C23°C 20091°C 199955%
Aug 815°C7°C24°C 20071°C 199954%
Aug 915°C7°C21°C 20022°C 199255%
Aug 1014°C7°C21°C 20050°C 199256%
Aug 1114°C7°C21°C 19962°C 199457%
Aug 1214°C7°C21°C 19961°C 201157%
Aug 1314°C7°C20°C 20061°C 199757%
Aug 1414°C7°C22°C 20120°C 199956%
Aug 1514°C6°C19°C 20121°C 199755%
Aug 1613°C6°C19°C 20022°C 201055%
Aug 1713°C6°C20°C 20152°C 201054%
Aug 1813°C6°C20°C 20151°C 201054%
Aug 1913°C6°C21°C 20150°C 201053%
Aug 2013°C6°C22°C 20151°C 200952%
Aug 2113°C6°C22°C 20151°C 199953%
Aug 2213°C6°C21°C 20150°C 199953%
Aug 2312°C6°C21°C 20151°C 199952%
Aug 2412°C5°C21°C 20152°C 201052%
Aug 2512°C5°C21°C 20021°C 199950%
Aug 2612°C5°C18°C 20060°C 199950%
Aug 2712°C5°C19°C 20190°C 201649%
Aug 2812°C5°C21°C 2019-1°C 199548%
Aug 2912°C5°C18°C 2019-2°C 199547%
Aug 3011°C4°C18°C 1997-2°C 199448%
Aug 3111°C4°C16°C 1996-2°C 199448%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kiruna, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

August 1
sunrise 2:56 AM, sunset 10:30 PM
August 31
sunrise 5:02 AM, sunset 8:14 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.