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Gothenburg, Sweden climate

Cfb Oceanic / temperate

Gothenburg has a seasonal cool-temperate climate (Oceanic / temperate, Köppen Cfb). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 70°F, while the coldest is February averaging around 26°F at night. Precipitation is fairly even year-round, totalling about 35 inches. At latitude 58°N, day length swings from 6.2 hours in midwinter to 17.8 hours at midsummer.

☀️ Summers

Mild

Highs near 70°F in July.

❄️ Winters

Cold

Lows near 26°F in February.

About 67 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 35 in of rain a year.

Wettest in October

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

+0.4 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Gothenburg climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	37	37	42	52	60	65	70	70	62	52	43	38
Avg temp (°F)	32	31	35	43	52	57	62	62	55	46	39	34
Avg low (°F)	27	26	29	35	43	50	54	54	48	40	34	29
Precipitation (in)	3.4	2.5	2.1	2.3	2.2	3.2	3.0	3.4	2.8	3.8	3.4	3.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	37	37	42	52	60	65
Avg temp (°F)	32	31	35	43	52	57
Avg low (°F)	27	26	29	35	43	50
Precipitation (in)	3.4	2.5	2.1	2.3	2.2	3.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	70	70	62	52	43	38
Avg temp (°F)	62	62	55	46	39	34
Avg low (°F)	54	54	48	40	34	29
Precipitation (in)	3.0	3.4	2.8	3.8	3.4	3.6

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	10	8	7	7	8	8	7	9	8	10	9	10
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	—	—	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	12	12	12	6	1	—	0.0	—	0.6	4	8	11

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	10	8	7	7	8	8
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	12	12	12	6	1	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	7	9	8	10	9	10
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	0.1	—	—	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	0.0	—	0.6	4	8	11

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	79	78	72	66	62	63	62	63	67	72	80	80
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	1	1	2	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	1	1.0
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	7	7	10	9	12	12	12	11	11	9	6	7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	23	20	19	16	14	14	14	15	16	19	23	23
Relative humidity (%)	94	93	88	83	80	80	81	82	85	89	93	94
Wind speed (mph)	5.1	4.8	4.4	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.1	4.7	5.0	5.1	5.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	79	78	72	66	62	63
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	1	1	2	5	5	5
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	7	7	10	9	12	12
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	23	20	19	16	14	14
Relative humidity (%)	94	93	88	83	80	80
Wind speed (mph)	5.1	4.8	4.4	3.8	3.8	4.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	62	63	67	72	80	80
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	5	5	3	3	1	1.0
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	12	11	11	9	6	7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	14	15	16	19	23	23
Relative humidity (%)	81	82	85	89	93	94
Wind speed (mph)	3.8	4.1	4.7	5.0	5.1	5.0

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 17 years of daily observations at Save, a weather station, about 10 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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