Lycksele weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇪 Sweden · small town · subarctic climate

The best time to visit Lycksele is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 68/100), with August close behind. Lycksele averages about 1,785 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 112 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

1,785

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

68/100

Rain / year

804 mm

Snow / year

≈2.6 m

Midday UV at peak

3 (moderate)

Population

9k

Elevation

211 m

When is the best time to visit Lycksele?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Lycksele is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 50 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Lycksele?

Lycksele isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,785 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate July (68) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 804 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Umeå Sweden · 113 km · best in Jul · 1,887 h sun/yr
• Luleå Sweden · 194 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
• Oulu / Oulunsalo Finland · 318 km · best in Jul · 1,711 h sun/yr
• Bodø Norway · 361 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
• Rovaniemi Finland · 396 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
• Trondheim Norway · 398 km · best in Jul · 1,425 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Vilhelmina Sweden · 90 km · 1,650 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Skellefteå Sweden · 113 km · 1,764 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Arvidsjaur Sweden · 119 km · 1,798 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Örnsköldsvik Sweden · 127 km · 1,752 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Nyland Sweden · 173 km · 1,719 h sun/yr · best in Jul