Stockholm climate

Name: Stockholm
Address: SE

Stockholm is warmest in July, with average highs of 21 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -4.0 °C. August is the wettest month (69 mm) and February the driest (31 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Stockholm averages 567 mm of rain, 7 days above 25 °C and 106 days below freezing.

Sweden · population 1,515,017 · 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 -4.0 °C
Driest month February 31 mm
Wettest month August 69 mm
Least cloud May 56 % cloud
Hottest on record July 31 °C
Coldest on record February -21 °C
Warmest sea August 17 °C

What to expectStockholm through the year

Stockholm has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.6 °C in February to 21 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 7 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 106 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 31 mm in February to 69 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Stockholm is warmest in August at 17 °C and coldest in March at 1.8 °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	0.4 °C	37 mm	75 %
February	0.6 °C	31 mm	73 %
March	3.7 °C	32 mm	65 %
April	8.9 °C	33 mm	61 %
May	14.0 °C	43 mm	56 %
June	18.2 °C	64 mm	59 %
July	21.1 °C	65 mm	57 %
August	20.1 °C	69 mm	61 %
September	15.5 °C	51 mm	63 %
October	9.4 °C	50 mm	70 %
November	4.7 °C	48 mm	78 %
December	1.7 °C	46 mm	76 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	0.4 °C	-3.4 °C	-1.4 °C	10.7 °C	-19.2 °C	0	23
February	0.6 °C	-4.0 °C	-1.6 °C	10.2 °C	-20.8 °C	0	23
March	3.7 °C	-2.1 °C	0.7 °C	16.1 °C	-19.6 °C	0	20
April	8.9 °C	1.6 °C	5.1 °C	22.7 °C	-7.5 °C	0	8
May	14.0 °C	6.4 °C	10.2 °C	27.6 °C	-5.5 °C	0	1
June	18.2 °C	11.1 °C	14.8 °C	30.1 °C	3.9 °C	1	0
July	21.1 °C	14.3 °C	17.7 °C	31.3 °C	7.0 °C	3	0
August	20.1 °C	14.0 °C	17.0 °C	29.8 °C	3.4 °C	2	0
September	15.5 °C	10.2 °C	12.7 °C	24.9 °C	1.1 °C	0	0
October	9.4 °C	5.3 °C	7.3 °C	19.2 °C	-6.6 °C	0	2
November	4.7 °C	1.5 °C	3.2 °C	15.1 °C	-13.0 °C	0	10
December	1.7 °C	-1.8 °C	0.0 °C	11.4 °C	-19.6 °C	0	19

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	37 mm	8	6.9 h/day	75 %	85 %	20 km/h	3.0 °C
February	31 mm	8	9.2 h/day	73 %	83 %	19 km/h	1.9 °C
March	32 mm	8	12 h/day	65 %	79 %	19 km/h	1.8 °C
April	33 mm	8	15 h/day	61 %	74 %	18 km/h	3.3 °C
May	43 mm	9	17 h/day	56 %	71 %	17 km/h	6.8 °C
June	64 mm	11	19 h/day	59 %	72 %	17 km/h	11.8 °C
July	65 mm	10	18 h/day	57 %	74 %	16 km/h	16.1 °C
August	69 mm	11	16 h/day	61 %	77 %	16 km/h	17.1 °C
September	51 mm	8	13 h/day	63 %	80 %	18 km/h	14.0 °C
October	50 mm	9	10 h/day	70 %	84 %	19 km/h	10.1 °C
November	48 mm	10	7.7 h/day	78 %	88 %	19 km/h	7.1 °C
December	46 mm	10	6.1 h/day	76 %	87 %	20 km/h	4.9 °C

How Stockholm compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Stockholm	21 °C	-4.0 °C	567 mm	7
Uppsala · Sweden	22 °C	-5.4 °C	569 mm	12
Mariehamn · Aland Islands	19 °C	-3.1 °C	509 mm	1
Örebro · Sweden	22 °C	-4.9 °C	641 mm	13
Linköping · Sweden	22 °C	-4.2 °C	606 mm	13
Turku · Finland	22 °C	-7.3 °C	669 mm	10

Where Stockholm ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in May	33rd of 50	14 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in January	34th of 50	15/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	35th of 50	88/100
The driest places in Europe in April	35th of 50	33 mm
Best beach destinations in Europe in February	36th of 50	16/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in March	37th of 50	16/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Stockholm’s climate

When is the best time to visit Stockholm?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Stockholm 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 -4.0 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 106 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Stockholm?

August, averaging 69 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 31 mm. The year as a whole averages 567 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 Stockholm 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: 59.329°, 18.069° (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.