Climate averages 1991–2020
Weather in Sweden.
ClimaNote covers 21 cities in Sweden, starting with Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.
Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 5.3°C in Luleå to 11.5°C in Malmö, and yearly precipitation from 555 mm in Gävle to 941 mm in Gothenburg. The hottest city-month is July in Västerås, with an average high of 22.1°C, and the coolest is February in Luleå, at -5.9°C. By single month, the most precipitation falls in August in Gothenburg, with 118 mm, and the least in February in Uppsala, with 27 mm.
July is the warmest month in every city; January is the coolest in 19 cities and February in 2. August is the wettest month in 14 cities, July in 6 and June in 1; March is the driest in 8 cities, April in 3 and February in 2 (in 8 other cities two or more months tie). Of these cities, 16 have a month with an average high below 2.0°C; none has a month with under 1 mm of precipitation or a month with more than 300 mm of precipitation.
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Cities in Sweden
| City | Average high | Average low | Precipitation mm/year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | 10°C | 5°C | 558 |
| Gothenburg | 11°C | 5°C | 941 |
| Malmö | 12°C | 6°C | 595 |
| Uppsala | 10°C | 4°C | 562 |
| Linköping | 11°C | 4°C | 602 |
| Örebro | 10°C | 4°C | 634 |
| Sollentuna | 10°C | 4°C | 566 |
| Umeå | 7°C | 2°C | 670 |
| Västerås | 10°C | 4°C | 593 |
| Jönköping | 10°C | 5°C | 702 |
| Helsingborg | 11°C | 6°C | 732 |
| Norrköping | 11°C | 5°C | 587 |
| Huddinge | 10°C | 5°C | 558 |
| Lund | 11°C | 5°C | 691 |
| Luleå | 5°C | 1°C | 567 |
| Haninge | 9°C | 5°C | 568 |
| Gävle | 10°C | 3°C | 555 |
| Borås | 10°C | 4°C | 902 |
| Växjö | 10°C | 4°C | 699 |
| Södertälje | 10°C | 4°C | 572 |
| Halmstad | 11°C | 5°C | 853 |
Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.