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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Yearly averages
Yearly climate averages for cities in Sweden
CityAverage highAverage lowPrecipitation mm/year
Stockholm10°C5°C558
Gothenburg11°C5°C941
Malmö12°C6°C595
Uppsala10°C4°C562
Linköping11°C4°C602
Örebro10°C4°C634
Sollentuna10°C4°C566
Umeå7°C2°C670
Västerås10°C4°C593
Jönköping10°C5°C702
Helsingborg11°C6°C732
Norrköping11°C5°C587
Huddinge10°C5°C558
Lund11°C5°C691
Luleå5°C1°C567
Haninge9°C5°C568
Gävle10°C3°C555
Borås10°C4°C902
Växjö10°C4°C699
Södertälje10°C4°C572
Halmstad11°C5°C853

Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.