Malmö weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Malmö is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with August close behind. Malmö averages about 1,701 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 69 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,701
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 703 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈43 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 18°C / 64°F
- Population
- 362k
- Elevation
- 70 m
When is the best time to visit Malmö?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Malmö is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 63 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Malmö?
Malmö isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,701 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate July (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #18 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 703 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 | -1° / 30°F | 63 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 49 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 43 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 34 mm | 3 | 6° / 43°F |
| May | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 8° / 46°F | 45 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| June | 65 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 59 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| July | 76 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 69 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| August | 73 | 20° / 68°F | 15° / 59°F | 83 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| September | 59 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 54 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| October | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 73 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 66 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 65 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Malmö by month
The sea off Malmö is warmest in August at around 18°C / 64°F, and coolest in January at 3°C / 37°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
- Copenhagen Denmark · 46 km · best in Jul · 1,702 h sun/yr
- Aarhus Denmark · 192 km · best in Jul · 1,688 h sun/yr
- Szczecin(Glewice) Poland · 238 km · best in Jun · 1,621 h sun/yr
- Göteborg Sweden · 246 km · best in Jul · 1,574 h sun/yr
- Billund Denmark · 266 km · best in Jul · 1,625 h sun/yr
- Aalborg Denmark · 278 km · best in Jul · 1,764 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Roskilde Denmark · 78 km · 1,701 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ängelholm Sweden · 91 km · 1,559 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Rønne Denmark · 102 km · 1,789 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Halmstad Sweden · 133 km · 1,563 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ronneby Sweden · 143 km · 1,578 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Malmö compares month by month: Malmö vs Copenhagen · Malmö vs Szczecin(Glewice) · Malmö vs Aarhus · all comparisons
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