Kiruna weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Kiruna is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 50/100), with August close behind. Kiruna averages about 1,731 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 120 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,731
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 50/100
- Rain / year
- 729 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 446 m
When is the best time to visit Kiruna?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kiruna is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 38 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kiruna?
Kiruna isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,731 hours of sunshine a year. 50 Sunshine Score points separate July (50) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #11 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,697 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 42% of the annual 729 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -16° / 3°F | 38 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 33 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -12° / 10°F | 29 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 38 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 73 mm | 3 |
| June | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 92 mm | 3 |
| July | 50 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 120 mm | 3 |
| August | 42 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 93 mm | 2 |
| September | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 74 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 52 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -10° / 14°F | 44 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -13° / 9°F | 43 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 169 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 190 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 215 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Bodø Norway · 261 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 265 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Alta Norway · 269 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gällivare Sweden · 79 km · 1,718 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pajala Sweden · 133 km · 1,757 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Enontekio Finland · 141 km · 1,777 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Målselv Norway · 156 km · 1,703 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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