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Halmstad climate by month
What the weather is like
Halmstad has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 2° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 1,010 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (109 mm, 18 wet days) and April the driest (51 mm, 11 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 34% in July to 58% in December.
The sea reaches about 19° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Stockholm, the capital, Halmstad is 0.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · February
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 34% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 19° · August
- Longest day
- 17 h 45 min
- Shortest day
- 6 h 51 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 2° | 3° | 6° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 23° | 22° | 18° | 12° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -2° | -1° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 13° | 9° | 6° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 86 mm | 62 mm | 67 mm | 51 mm | 63 mm | 89 mm | 100 mm | 109 mm | 91 mm | 109 mm | 96 mm | 87 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 16.3 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 11 | 13.1 | 14.9 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 17.1 | 16.9 |
| Cloud cover | 57% | 54% | 48% | 39% | 35% | 35% | 34% | 36% | 40% | 46% | 54% | 58% |
| Sea temperature | 3° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 19° | 16° | 11° | 8° | 5° |
| Daylight | 7h 27 | 9h 32 | 11h 45 | 14h 13 | 16h 25 | 17h 45 | 17h 12 | 15h 13 | 12h 50 | 10h 28 | 8h 11 | 6h 51 |
| Month score | 14 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 61 | 28 | 15 | 13 |