Umeå weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Umeå is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with August close behind. Umeå averages about 1,887 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 92 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,887
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 816 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 18°C / 64°F
- Population
- 130k
- Elevation
- 6 m
When is the best time to visit Umeå?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Umeå is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 60 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Umeå?
Umeå gets a moderate 1,887 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate July (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 816 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 | -5° / 23°F | -10° / 14°F | 60 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -10° / 14°F | 46 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -7° / 19°F | 43 mm | 1 | 0° / 32°F |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 46 mm | 2 | 1° / 34°F |
| May | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 4° / 39°F | 61 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| June | 59 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 63 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| July | 73 | 20° / 68°F | 13° / 55°F | 92 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| August | 65 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 101 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| September | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 86 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 78 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 69 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 71 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
Sea temperature in Umeå by month
The sea off Umeå is warmest in July at around 18°C / 64°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
- Luleå Sweden · 214 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Oulu / Oulunsalo Finland · 275 km · best in Jul · 1,711 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 402 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Helsinki (Vantaa) Finland · 457 km · best in Jul · 1,584 h sun/yr
- Trondheim Norway · 463 km · best in Jul · 1,425 h sun/yr
- Bodø Norway · 473 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Örnsköldsvik Sweden · 77 km · 1,752 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Skellefteå Sweden · 100 km · 1,764 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vaasa Finland · 111 km · 1,870 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Lycksele Sweden · 113 km · 1,785 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kokkola / Kruunupyy Finland · 141 km · 1,706 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Umeå compares month by month: Umeå vs Oulu / Oulunsalo · Umeå vs Luleå · Umeå vs Rovaniemi · all comparisons
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