Climate averages 1991–2020
Umeå 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 Umeå: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 74 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 19 h 31 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (215 km away). In July its highs average 18.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Umeå, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Umeå ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest July highs and joint 10th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 21.0°C; Umeå is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 75 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
Umeå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 49 | 10.2 | 5.66 h |
| February | -3.5°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 37 | 7.9 | 8.59 h |
| March | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 35 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 35 | 7.7 | 15.015 h |
| May | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 42 | 8.7 | 18.318 h |
| June | 15.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 20.621 h |
| July, selected | 18.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.520 h |
| August | 17.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 10.9 | 16.416 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| October | 6.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 72 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| November | 1.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 12.2 | 6.77 h |
| December | -0.8°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 62 | 12.0 | 4.65 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
- Luleå in JulySweden · 215 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Pori in JulyFinland · 272 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Oulu in JulyFinland · 282 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Tampere in JulyFinland · 315 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in JulyFinland · 327 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Kuopio in JulyFinland · 384 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Gävle in JulySweden · 386 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Turku in JulyFinland · 390 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 85 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 Umeå) is explained once on the Umeå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.