Halmstad weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Halmstad is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with August and June close behind. Halmstad averages about 1,563 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 99 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,563
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 924 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈92 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 70k
- Elevation
- 26 m
When is the best time to visit Halmstad?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Halmstad is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 84 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Halmstad?
Halmstad isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,563 hours of sunshine a year. 69 Sunshine Score points separate July (69) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #34 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 924 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 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 84 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -3° / 27°F | 65 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 53 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 46 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| May | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 61 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 66 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 84 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| July | 69 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 99 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| August | 69 | 20° / 68°F | 14° / 57°F | 101 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| September | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 68 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 93 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 82 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 88 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
Sea temperature in Halmstad by month
The sea off Halmstad is warmest in July 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
- Göteborg Sweden · 113 km · best in Jul · 1,574 h sun/yr
- Copenhagen Denmark · 120 km · best in Jul · 1,702 h sun/yr
- Malmö Sweden · 133 km · best in Jul · 1,701 h sun/yr
- Aarhus Denmark · 142 km · best in Jul · 1,688 h sun/yr
- Aalborg Denmark · 186 km · best in Jul · 1,764 h sun/yr
- Billund Denmark · 250 km · best in Jul · 1,625 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ängelholm Sweden · 44 km · 1,559 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Växjö Sweden · 119 km · 1,584 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Læsø Denmark · 128 km · 1,766 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Roskilde Denmark · 130 km · 1,701 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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