Gävle climate — normals and trends
Gävle (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 574 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Gävle averages 138 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Gävle 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 148 to 128 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 21 July 2022) and the coldest -31.8 °C (on 18 February 1970).
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
GävleGävleborg County
- coords
- 60.67°, 17.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.9°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
2.3°C
Annual rainfall
574mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
138 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
105.8 cm
Average feels-like high
6.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
34.6 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest day
-31.8 °C
18 February 1970
Wettest day
55 mm
9 July 2009
Windiest day
56.2 km/h
3 January 1954
Strongest gust
117.4 km/h
3 January 1954
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
8 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-37.0 °C
18 February 1970
Snowiest day
18.2 cm
28 April 1995
Sunniest day
18.0 h
30 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 70 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | 1.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 12 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 8.0 °C | +5.1 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 39 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 13.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 37 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 19.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 82 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 148 mm | +79 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 55 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 80 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 61 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 5.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 34 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 40 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gävle?
Gävle has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 574 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gävle?
The hottest day measured in Gävle between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2022, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gävle?
The coldest day measured in Gävle between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1970, at -31.8 °C.
Does it snow in Gävle?
Yes. Gävle gets on average 105.8 cm of snow per year and has around 138 frost days.
Has the climate of Gävle warmed?
Yes: Gävle warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gävle?
The wettest day measured in Gävle between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2009, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gävle?
The windiest day measured in Gävle between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1954, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gävle?
The warmest month in Gävle is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Gävle?
Gävle receives on average 574 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gävle?
Gävle gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gävle?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gävle between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1995, with 18.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gävle?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gävle.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gävle?
In Gävle, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 8 August 1975, and the lowest was -37.0 °C on 18 February 1970.
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