Monthly Climate
Menu

Best time to visit Stockholm

July is the best time to visit Stockholm for general sightseeing, with average highs of 21 °C and about 10 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly June to August.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking July comfort 88/100
A beach holiday July sea 16 °C
The least cloud May 56 % average cloud cover
The least rain February 31 mm
Warmth July 21 °C
Cooler weather January 0.4 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 July 88 21 °C 10 41
2 August 85 20 °C 11 40
3 June 81 18 °C 11 23
4 September 73 16 °C 8 19
5 May 65 14 °C 9 12
6 October 45 9.4 °C 9 12
7 April 45 8.9 °C 8 16
8 March 29 3.7 °C 8 16
9 November 28 4.7 °C 10 11
10 February 28 0.6 °C 8 16
11 January 26 0.4 °C 8 15
12 December 23 1.7 °C 10 10

For a beach holiday

July scores highest, with a sea temperature of 16 °C and air temperatures around 21 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 3.0 °C 0.4 °C 75 % 15
February 1.9 °C 0.6 °C 73 % 16
March 1.8 °C 3.7 °C 65 % 16
April 3.3 °C 8.9 °C 61 % 16
May 6.8 °C 14 °C 56 % 12
June 12 °C 18 °C 59 % 23
July 16 °C 21 °C 57 % 41
August 17 °C 20 °C 61 % 40
September 14 °C 16 °C 63 % 19
October 10 °C 9.4 °C 70 % 12
November 7.1 °C 4.7 °C 78 % 11
December 4.9 °C 1.7 °C 76 % 10

When to think twice

December scores lowest with about 10 wet days and highs near 1.7 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

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 %

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. 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.