Östersund weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Östersund is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 58/100), with August close behind. Östersund averages about 1,618 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 132 mm of rain in July.
Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 1,618
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 58/100
- Rain / year
- 895 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 50k
- Elevation
- 360 m
When is the best time to visit Östersund?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Östersund is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 53 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Östersund?
Östersund isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,618 hours of sunshine a year. 58 Sunshine Score points separate July (58) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #28 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,697 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 40% of the annual 895 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -10° / 14°F | 53 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -10° / 14°F | 38 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 45 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 46 mm | 2 |
| May | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 82 mm | 3 |
| June | 46 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 102 mm | 4 |
| July | 58 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 132 mm | 4 |
| August | 49 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 126 mm | 3 |
| September | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 82 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 75 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 58 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -9° / 16°F | 56 mm | 0 |
See Östersund on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Trondheim Norway · 181 km · best in Jul · 1,425 h sun/yr
- Umeå Sweden · 294 km · best in Jul · 1,887 h sun/yr
- Molde Norway · 369 km · best in Jul · 1,233 h sun/yr
- Oslo (Gardermoen) Norway · 379 km · best in Jul · 1,634 h sun/yr
- Ålesund Norway · 431 km · best in Jul · 1,230 h sun/yr
- Stockholm Sweden · 434 km · best in Jul · 1,710 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sveg Sweden · 127 km · 1,648 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nyland Sweden · 165 km · 1,719 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sundsvall/ Härnösand Sweden · 166 km · 1,720 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Røros Norway · 174 km · 1,674 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vilhelmina Sweden · 192 km · 1,650 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Put the Östersund sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Östersund's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: