Gällivare weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Gällivare is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 56/100), with August close behind. Gällivare averages about 1,718 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 117 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,718
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 56/100
- Rain / year
- 799 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 304 m
When is the best time to visit Gällivare?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Gällivare is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Gällivare?
Gällivare isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,718 hours of sunshine a year. 56 Sunshine Score points separate July (56) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #14 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 799 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 | -10° / 14°F | -15° / 5°F | 47 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -15° / 5°F | 39 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -11° / 12°F | 36 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 43 mm | 2 |
| May | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 73 mm | 3 |
| June | 42 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 93 mm | 3 |
| July | 56 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 117 mm | 3 |
| August | 47 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 99 mm | 2 |
| September | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 81 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -3° / 27°F | 60 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -9° / 16°F | 56 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -13° / 9°F | 55 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kittilä Finland · 183 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 186 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 228 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 230 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Bodø Norway · 278 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 294 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kiruna Sweden · 79 km · 1,731 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pajala Sweden · 98 km · 1,757 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Enontekio Finland · 175 km · 1,777 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Arvidsjaur Sweden · 185 km · 1,798 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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