Stockholm / Västerås weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Stockholm / Västerås is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with June and July close behind. Stockholm / Västerås averages about 1,709 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 81 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,709
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 727 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 1.5M
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Stockholm / Västerås?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Stockholm / Västerås is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 48 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Stockholm / Västerås?
Stockholm / Västerås isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,709 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate August (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #16 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 727 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 48 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -6° / 21°F | 41 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 39 mm | 1 |
| April | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 39 mm | 2 |
| May | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 63 mm | 4 |
| June | 72 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 88 mm | 4 |
| July | 72 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 89 mm | 4 |
| August | 74 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 81 mm | 3 |
| September | 59 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 55 mm | 2 |
| October | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 69 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 61 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 54 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Stockholm Sweden · 73 km · best in Jul · 1,710 h sun/yr
- Oslo (Gardermoen) Norway · 316 km · best in Jul · 1,634 h sun/yr
- Göteborg Sweden · 331 km · best in Jul · 1,574 h sun/yr
- Sandefjord(Torp) Norway · 364 km · best in Jul · 1,649 h sun/yr
- Tallinn Estonia · 463 km · best in Jul · 1,693 h sun/yr
- Helsinki (Vantaa) Finland · 470 km · best in Jul · 1,584 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Örebro Sweden · 99 km · 1,655 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Borlange Sweden · 112 km · 1,634 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Norrköping Sweden · 114 km · 1,743 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Linköping Sweden · 142 km · 1,707 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Råda Sweden · 177 km · 1,613 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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