Falun climate — normals and trends
Falun (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 628 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Falun averages 153 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Falun has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 161 to 145 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 7 August 1975) and the coldest -31.5 °C (on 10 February 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
FalunDalarna County
- coords
- 60.60°, 15.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
8.6°C
Average daily low
1.3°C
Annual rainfall
628mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
153 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
118.4 cm
Average feels-like high
5.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
33.6 °C
7 August 1975
Coldest day
-31.5 °C
10 February 1985
Wettest day
56 mm
10 August 1951
Windiest day
43.5 km/h
30 December 1988
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
22 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
7 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-37.3 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
18.2 cm
31 October 2006
Sunniest day
18.0 h
21 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 74 mm | +35 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 14 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 7.4 °C | +4.8 °C | 5 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 12.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 39 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 13.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 49 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 18.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 111 mm | +43 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 176 mm | +95 mm |
| Aug | 18.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 72 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 87 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 65 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 44 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 42 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Falun?
Falun has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 628 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Falun?
The hottest day measured in Falun between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1975, reaching 33.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Falun?
The coldest day measured in Falun between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1985, at -31.5 °C.
Does it snow in Falun?
Yes. Falun gets on average 118.4 cm of snow per year and has around 153 frost days.
Has the climate of Falun warmed?
Yes: Falun warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Falun?
The wettest day measured in Falun between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1951, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Falun?
The windiest day measured in Falun between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1988, with winds reaching 43.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Falun?
The warmest month in Falun is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Falun?
Falun receives on average 628 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Falun?
Falun gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Falun?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Falun between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2006, with 18.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Falun?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Falun.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Falun?
In Falun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 7 August 1975, and the lowest was -37.3 °C on 1 January 1979.
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