According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Sweden is May and September. Plan 7–10 days.
Best months for Sweden
- Best months
- May and September
- How long to stay
- 7–10 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Sweden is best for
Explore Stockholm's island museums, historic Gamla Stan, scenic waterways, and traditional Swedish cuisine.
- Prices
- €€€ · more expensive than in Slovakia
Weather in Sweden by month
Monthly averages around Stockholm; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about −3 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| February | about −3 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| March | about 0 °C | some rain (39 mm) |
| April | about 5 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| May best | about 10 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| June | about 15 °C | some rain (78 mm) |
| July | about 18 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| August | about 17 °C | some rain (69 mm) |
| September best | about 13 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| October | about 7 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| November | about 2 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| December | about −1 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Sweden
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Language
- Swedish
- Currency
- Swedish Krona (SEK)
- Time
- UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +46
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
Our posts about Sweden
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