Climate averages 1991–2020
Malmö 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 Malmö: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 53 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lund (16 km away). In July its highs average 21.1°C, about as warm as Malmö, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Malmö ranks 9th of 21 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 21.0°C; Malmö is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 66 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
Malmö climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 49 | 11.3 | 7.78 h |
| February | 3.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 40 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March | 6.0°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 40 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 36 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 41 | 9.5 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 57 | 10.5 | 17.417 h |
| July, selected | 21.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 58 | 10.8 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 66 | 11.4 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 53 | 9.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.511 h |
| November | 7.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 48 | 11.1 | 8.48 h |
| December | 3.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 53 | 11.3 | 7.27 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
- Lund in JulySweden · 16 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Copenhagen in JulyDenmark · 28 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Helsingborg in JulySweden · 53 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Halmstad in JulySweden · 119 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Odense in JulyDenmark · 166 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Rostock in JulyGermany · 177 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Växjö in JulySweden · 180 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Århus in JulyDenmark · 184 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 Malmö) is explained once on the Malmö year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.