Climate averages 1991–2020
Luleå weather
in April.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Luleå: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (167 km away). In April its highs average 4.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Luleå, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Luleå ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Luleå is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Luleå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 41 | 8.9 | 4.85 h |
| February | -5.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 31 | 7.5 | 8.28 h |
| March | -2.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.712 h |
| April, selected | 2.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 15.215 h |
| May | 9.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 38 | 7.6 | 19.019 h |
| June | 14.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 8.3 | 22.422 h |
| July | 18.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.9 | 20.721 h |
| August | 16.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 62 | 10.1 | 16.817 h |
| September | 12.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 9.3 | 13.213 h |
| October | 5.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 56 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| November | 0.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 56 | 11.4 | 6.16 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 51 | 11.3 | 3.54 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
April in nearby cities
- Oulu in AprilFinland · 167 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -2.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Umeå in AprilSweden · 215 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Kuopio in AprilFinland · 401 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in AprilFinland · 410 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Pori in AprilFinland · 457 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Tampere in AprilFinland · 461 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Joensuu in AprilFinland · 496 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Lahti in AprilFinland · 541 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 35 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 Luleå) is explained once on the Luleå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.