Visby weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Visby is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with August close behind. Visby averages about 1,890 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 65 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,890
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 648 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈49 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 23k
- Elevation
- 40 m
When is the best time to visit Visby?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Visby is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 54 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Visby?
Visby gets a moderate 1,890 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate July (78) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 648 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 | 0° / 32°F | 54 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -1° / 30°F | 44 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 38 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 31 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| May | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 36 mm | 4 | 9° / 48°F |
| June | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 50 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| July | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 16° / 61°F | 65 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| August | 77 | 20° / 68°F | 16° / 61°F | 70 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| September | 53 | 16° / 61°F | 13° / 55°F | 52 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| October | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 8° / 46°F | 70 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 74 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 64 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Visby by month
The sea off Visby is warmest in August at around 19°C / 66°F, and coolest in February 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
- Stockholm Sweden · 222 km · best in Jul · 1,710 h sun/yr
- Kaliningrad Russia · 338 km · best in Aug · 1,700 h sun/yr
- Riga Latvia · 348 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
- Göteborg Sweden · 361 km · best in Jul · 1,574 h sun/yr
- Gdańsk Poland · 365 km · best in Aug · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Malmö Sweden · 385 km · best in Jul · 1,701 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Norrköping Sweden · 160 km · 1,743 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Kalmar Sweden · 165 km · 1,876 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Linköping Sweden · 177 km · 1,707 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Växjö Sweden · 232 km · 1,584 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Stockholm / Västerås Sweden · 236 km · 1,709 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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