Luleå weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Luleå is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100). Luleå averages about 1,895 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 79 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,895
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 712 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 78k
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Luleå?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Luleå is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 52 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Luleå?
Luleå gets a moderate 1,895 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate July (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. Luleå is the sunniest of the 36 destinations tracked in Sweden. The year's 712 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 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 52 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -12° / 10°F | 40 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -8° / 18°F | 40 mm | 1 | 0° / 32°F |
| April | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 43 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| May | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 54 mm | 3 | 5° / 41°F |
| June | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 65 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| July | 75 | 20° / 68°F | 13° / 55°F | 79 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| August | 63 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 78 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| September | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 74 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 64 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 60 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 63 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Luleå by month
The sea off Luleå is warmest in July at around 19°C / 66°F, and coolest in January at 0°C / 32°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
- Oulu / Oulunsalo Finland · 165 km · best in Jul · 1,711 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 202 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Umeå Sweden · 214 km · best in Jul · 1,887 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 268 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Bodø Norway · 395 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 404 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Skellefteå Sweden · 113 km · 1,764 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kemi / Tornio Finland · 116 km · 1,747 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Arvidsjaur Sweden · 131 km · 1,798 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gällivare Sweden · 186 km · 1,718 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pajala Sweden · 194 km · 1,757 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Luleå compares month by month: Luleå vs Oulu / Oulunsalo · Luleå vs Umeå · Luleå vs Rovaniemi · Luleå vs Bodø · all comparisons
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