Sölvesborg climate by month
What the weather is like
Sölvesborg has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 647 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (63 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (34 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in July to 59% in December.
The sea reaches about 18° 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, Sölvesborg is 1.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · February
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 32% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 18° · August
- Longest day
- 17 h 35 min
- Shortest day
- 6 h 59 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 | 3° | 3° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 21° | 17° | 12° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 52 mm | 42 mm | 41 mm | 34 mm | 44 mm | 59 mm | 63 mm | 63 mm | 61 mm | 68 mm | 64 mm | 56 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 11.9 | 13.8 | 14.8 | 16.1 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 15.9 | 16 |
| Cloud cover | 58% | 55% | 48% | 38% | 33% | 33% | 32% | 34% | 39% | 44% | 54% | 59% |
| Sea temperature | 4° | 3° | 3° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 6° |
| Daylight | 7h 35 | 9h 36 | 11h 46 | 14h 10 | 16h 18 | 17h 35 | 17h 03 | 15h 09 | 12h 49 | 10h 30 | 8h 17 | 6h 59 |
| Month score | 13 | 19 | 26 | 37 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 29 | 15 | 13 |