Weather in Stockholm in July

Prime time. July is about as good as Stockholm gets. Highs average 22.6 °C, lows 14.1 °C, and rain falls on 12 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

July is the highest-scoring month of the twelve. The nearest rival is August, and the month at the other end of the year is December.

Rain on 12 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 31.9 °C and the coldest night fell to 7.5 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 40 mm — roughly 57% of the month's rain in one day.

July is moderately variable: 19 mm in the driest year against 141 mm in the wettest, around an average of 70 mm. Roughly two Julys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 3 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 73%.

How July sits in the year

This is a turning point in the year — June and August sit on opposite sides of it, so the month contains the change rather than following it.

Daylight in July

17.9 hours of daylight, losing 1.6 hours across the month. That is between Stockholm's extremes of 18.6 and 6.2 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 27.8 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

July in Stockholm versus nearby

If Stockholm is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Linköping is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 4 days more rain. Gothenburg is close enough to be a coin toss — 2.7 °C cooler, 3 days more rain.

So: July is the answer for Stockholm. If it is booked out or priced out, August is the next best thing at 2 points behind, and December is the month to keep off the shortlist.

Every month in Stockholm

See all twelve months in Stockholm, or where else to go in July.