Sweden Climatic Classifications

Code Description Group Number of states/regions States/regions
Dfb Humid continental, no dry season, warm summer Cold (continental) 9 Jonkoping Orebro Ostergotland Sodermanland Stockholm Uppsala Varmland Vastmanland Vastra Gotaland
Cfb Marine west coast, warm summer Temperate 6 Blekinge Gotland Halland Kalmar Kronoberg Skane
Dfc Subartic, severe winter, no dry season, cool summer Cold (continental) 6 Dalarna Gavleborg Jamtland Norrbotten Vasterbotten Vasternorrland

Summary: Most regions (9) in Sweden lie in the Humid continental, no dry season, warm summer climate zone (Köppen: Dfb). The mean average of annual temperatures range from a high of 9.65°C (49.37°F) in Skane to a low of 0.91°C (33.64°F) in Norrbotten.

Climate Sweden: Weather By Month

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Nov Oct Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 2.03(35.65) 2.45(36.41) 6.13(43.03) 11.82(53.28) 16.74(62.13) 20.3(68.54) 22.43(72.37) 21.6(70.88) 17.67(63.81) 12.01(53.62) 7.37(45.27) 4.11(39.4) 22.43(72.37)
Average high °C (°F) -1.8(28.76) -0.82(30.52) 2.68(36.82) 8.52(47.34) 14.2(57.56) 18.37(65.07) 20.86(69.55) 19.68(67.42) 15.25(59.45) 8.9(48.02) 3.86(38.95) 0.38(32.68) 9.17(48.51)
Daily mean °C (°F) -3.1(26.42) -2.37(27.73) 0.65(33.17) 6.21(43.18) 11.91(53.44) 16.2(61.16) 18.62(65.52) 17.26(63.07) 12.81(55.06) 7.0(44.6) 2.61(36.7) -0.77(30.61) 7.25(45.05)
Average low °C (°F) -5.36(22.35) -5.16(22.71) -3.03(26.55) 1.1(33.98) 5.5(41.9) 9.57(49.23) 11.99(53.58) 11.4(52.52) 8.42(47.16) 4.21(39.58) 0.57(33.03) -2.93(26.73) 3.02(37.44)
Record low °C (°F) -15.21(4.62) -14.57(5.77) -11.72(10.9) -6.27(20.71) 0.45(32.81) 6.62(43.92) 9.17(48.51) 7.09(44.76) 3.63(38.53) -1.97(28.45) -7.93(17.73) -11.51(11.28) -15.21(4.62)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 62.44(2.46) 56.55(2.23) 49.26(1.94) 45.16(1.78) 73.81(2.91) 86.43(3.4) 94.04(3.7) 91.76(3.61) 72.02(2.84) 79.03(3.11) 67.21(2.65) 69.77(2.75) 70.62(2.78)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 12.63 11.72 10.11 9.67 13.03 13.41 14.58 14.89 11.26 12.16 12.19 13.72 12.45
Average relative humidity (%) 89.74 89.55 84.52 75.02 71.04 70.46 73.06 76.01 80.15 83.7 88.22 89.16 80.89
Mean monthly sunshine hours 4.05 5.33 8.49 12.38 14.28 16.27 15.41 13.22 10.96 6.36 4.79 3.29 9.57

Sweden Climate Graph

Sweden’s Cities by Temperature

Sweden’s states/regions ranking by average yearly temperature:

Skane
9.65°C | 49.37°F
Halland
9.64°C | 49.35°F
Kalmar
9.37°C | 48.87°F
Blekinge
9.35°C | 48.83°F
Gotland
8.98°C | 48.16°F
Kronoberg
8.72°C | 47.7°F
Ostergotland
8.63°C | 47.53°F
Vastra Gotaland
8.51°C | 47.32°F
Sodermanland
8.35°C | 47.03°F
Stockholm
8.29°C | 46.92°F
Uppsala
8.06°C | 46.51°F
Orebro
8.06°C | 46.51°F
Jonkoping
7.92°C | 46.26°F
Vastmanland
7.87°C | 46.17°F
Varmland
7.1°C | 44.78°F
Gavleborg
6.34°C | 43.41°F
Dalarna
5.33°C | 41.59°F
Vasternorrland
4.87°C | 40.77°F
Jamtland
4.17°C | 39.51°F
Vasterbotten
2.17°C | 35.91°F
Norrbotten
0.91°C | 33.64°F

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