Arvidsjaur weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Arvidsjaur is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 56/100), with August close behind. Arvidsjaur averages about 1,798 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 119 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,798
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 56/100
- Rain / year
- 840 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 377 m
When is the best time to visit Arvidsjaur?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Arvidsjaur is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 54 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Arvidsjaur?
Arvidsjaur isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,798 hours of sunshine a year. 56 Sunshine Score points separate July (56) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 840 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -14° / 7°F | 54 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -14° / 7°F | 41 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -11° / 12°F | 43 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| May | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 67 mm | 3 |
| June | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 88 mm | 3 |
| July | 56 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 119 mm | 3 |
| August | 47 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 103 mm | 2 |
| September | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 82 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 68 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -8° / 18°F | 63 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 63 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Luleå Sweden · 131 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Umeå Sweden · 206 km · best in Jul · 1,887 h sun/yr
- Bodø Norway · 287 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
- Oulu / Oulunsalo Finland · 292 km · best in Jul · 1,711 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 314 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 339 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lycksele Sweden · 119 km · 1,785 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Skellefteå Sweden · 136 km · 1,764 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vilhelmina Sweden · 161 km · 1,650 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gällivare Sweden · 185 km · 1,718 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hemavan Sweden · 194 km · 1,418 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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