Climate averages 1991–2020
Gothenburg weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Gothenburg: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 22 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borås (58 km away). In July its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Gothenburg, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gothenburg ranks 16th of 21 for the warmest July highs and joint 20th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 21.0°C; Gothenburg is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Gothenburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 7.37 h |
| February | 2.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 55 | 10.2 | 9.49 h |
| March | 5.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 49 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 53 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
| May | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 72 | 11.2 | 16.617 h |
| June | 18.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 12.4 | 18.018 h |
| July, selected | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 94 | 12.8 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 118 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| September | 16.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 93 | 12.9 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 94 | 13.8 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 71 | 12.4 | 8.08 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 12.6 | 6.77 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Borås in JulySweden · 58 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Halmstad in JulySweden · 127 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Jönköping in JulySweden · 130 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Aalborg in JulyDenmark · 143 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in JulyNorway · 179 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Helsingborg in JulySweden · 190 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Växjö in JulySweden · 194 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Århus in JulyDenmark · 203 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 66 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 Gothenburg) is explained once on the Gothenburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.