Climate averages 1991–2020
Gävle weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Gävle: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 18 h 13 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uppsala (95 km away). In July its highs average 21.7°C, about as warm as Gävle, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gävle ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 21.0°C; Gävle is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gävle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 33 | 8.1 | 6.67 h |
| February | -0.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 28 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
| March | 3.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 28 | 7.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 9.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 33 | 7.6 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 44 | 9.2 | 17.317 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 10.5 | 19.019 h |
| July, selected | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 68 | 11.5 | 18.218 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.816 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| October | 8.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 9.9 | 7.57 h |
| December | 0.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 9.6 | 5.86 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Uppsala in JulySweden · 95 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Västerås in JulySweden · 122 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Sollentuna in JulySweden · 146 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Stockholm in JulySweden · 158 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Mariehamn in JulyAland Islands · 166 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Huddinge in JulySweden · 167 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Södertälje in JulySweden · 167 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Haninge in JulySweden · 177 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 61 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gävle) is explained once on the Gävle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.