Göteborg weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Göteborg is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with August and June close behind. Göteborg averages about 1,574 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 101 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,574
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 1,048 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 608k
- Elevation
- 152 m
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When is the best time to visit Göteborg?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Göteborg is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 94 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Göteborg?
Göteborg isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,574 hours of sunshine a year. 69 Sunshine Score points separate July (69) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #33 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 1,048 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 94 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 69 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 61 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 55 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| May | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 70 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| June | 59 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 94 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| July | 69 | 20° / 68°F | 13° / 55°F | 101 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| August | 62 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 110 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| September | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 84 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 110 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 98 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 102 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
Sea temperature in Göteborg by month
The sea off Göteborg is warmest in June at around 19°C / 66°F, and coolest in January at 2°C / 36°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Aalborg Denmark · 159 km · best in Jul · 1,764 h sun/yr
- Aarhus Denmark · 182 km · best in Jul · 1,688 h sun/yr
- Sandefjord(Torp) Norway · 206 km · best in Jul · 1,649 h sun/yr
- Copenhagen Denmark · 229 km · best in Jul · 1,702 h sun/yr
- Malmö Sweden · 246 km · best in Jul · 1,701 h sun/yr
- Kristiansand(Kjevik) Norway · 255 km · best in Jul · 1,709 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Trollhättan Sweden · 73 km · 1,692 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Læsø Denmark · 88 km · 1,766 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Jönköping Sweden · 107 km · 1,631 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Halmstad Sweden · 113 km · 1,563 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ängelholm Sweden · 156 km · 1,559 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Göteborg compares month by month: Göteborg vs Stockholm · Göteborg vs Oslo (Gardermoen) · Göteborg vs Aarhus · Göteborg vs Aalborg · all comparisons
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