Gothenburg climate

Name: Gothenburg
Address: SE

Gothenburg is warmest in July, with average highs of 21 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -2.4 °C. August is the wettest month (115 mm) and March the driest (50 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gothenburg averages 951 mm of rain, 10 days above 25 °C and 83 days below freezing.

Sweden · population 608,462 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 21 °C
Coldest month February -2.4 °C
Driest month March 50 mm
Wettest month August 115 mm
Least cloud May 56 % cloud
Hottest on record July 31 °C
Coldest on record February -19 °C
Warmest sea August 18 °C

What to expectGothenburg through the year

Gothenburg has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.4 °C in February to 21 °C in July, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 10 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 83 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 115 mm against 50 mm in March — 2.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Gothenburg is warmest in August at 18 °C and coldest in February at 2.2 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.1 °C	73 mm	75 %
February	2.4 °C	56 mm	73 %
March	5.4 °C	50 mm	66 %
April	10.8 °C	54 mm	59 %
May	15.4 °C	72 mm	56 %
June	18.4 °C	97 mm	58 %
July	20.6 °C	93 mm	58 %
August	19.9 °C	115 mm	62 %
September	16.1 °C	95 mm	64 %
October	10.8 °C	95 mm	69 %
November	6.2 °C	73 mm	77 %
December	3.2 °C	76 mm	77 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	2.1 °C	-1.9 °C	0.2 °C	9.9 °C	-18.5 °C	0	19
February	2.4 °C	-2.4 °C	0.1 °C	9.7 °C	-18.6 °C	0	18
March	5.4 °C	-0.8 °C	2.3 °C	16.0 °C	-16.1 °C	0	17
April	10.8 °C	2.7 °C	6.8 °C	25.4 °C	-5.0 °C	0	6
May	15.4 °C	7.3 °C	11.6 °C	28.5 °C	-0.7 °C	1	0
June	18.4 °C	11.1 °C	15.0 °C	28.9 °C	5.1 °C	2	0
July	20.6 °C	13.6 °C	17.3 °C	31.2 °C	8.1 °C	4	0
August	19.9 °C	13.6 °C	16.8 °C	30.3 °C	7.6 °C	3	0
September	16.1 °C	10.4 °C	13.2 °C	24.9 °C	0.7 °C	0	0
October	10.8 °C	6.2 °C	8.5 °C	19.2 °C	-7.5 °C	0	2
November	6.2 °C	2.7 °C	4.5 °C	14.3 °C	-10.7 °C	0	8
December	3.2 °C	-0.4 °C	1.5 °C	11.2 °C	-17.6 °C	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	73 mm	12	7.3 h/day	75 %	87 %	21 km/h	3.2 °C
February	56 mm	10	9.4 h/day	73 %	85 %	20 km/h	2.2 °C
March	50 mm	10	12 h/day	66 %	80 %	19 km/h	2.9 °C
April	54 mm	10	14 h/day	59 %	75 %	18 km/h	6.3 °C
May	72 mm	11	17 h/day	56 %	72 %	18 km/h	11.0 °C
June	97 mm	12	18 h/day	58 %	74 %	18 km/h	15.0 °C
July	93 mm	12	17 h/day	58 %	77 %	17 km/h	17.7 °C
August	115 mm	15	15 h/day	62 %	79 %	17 km/h	18.2 °C
September	95 mm	13	13 h/day	64 %	81 %	19 km/h	15.5 °C
October	95 mm	14	10 h/day	69 %	85 %	20 km/h	11.7 °C
November	73 mm	12	8.0 h/day	77 %	88 %	20 km/h	8.2 °C
December	76 mm	13	6.6 h/day	77 %	89 %	20 km/h	5.2 °C

Where Gothenburg ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in July	50th of 50	21 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Gothenburg.

QuestionsCommon questions about Gothenburg’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gothenburg?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Gothenburg get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 21 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.4 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 83 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Gothenburg?

August, averaging 115 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is March with 50 mm. The year as a whole averages 951 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Gothenburg rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 57.707°, 11.967° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.