Luleå climate — normals and trends
Luleå (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.5 °C and it receives 571 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 (15.1 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Luleå averages 173 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Luleå has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 182 to 164 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.3 °C (on 24 July 2025) and the coldest -33.7 °C (on 28 January 1999).
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
LuleåNorrbotten County
- coords
- 65.58°, 22.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.5°C
Average daily high
4.4°C
Average daily low
0.4°C
Annual rainfall
571mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
24.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
173 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
145.6 cm
Average feels-like high
0.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.2 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
27.3 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest day
-33.7 °C
28 January 1999
Wettest day
41 mm
6 August 1967
Windiest day
70.6 km/h
22 December 2004
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
22 December 2004
Hottest feels-like
29.1 °C
31 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-39.1 °C
7 January 1987
Snowiest day
20.5 cm
18 December 1966
Sunniest day
20.7 h
29 June 2014
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -5.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 56 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | -2.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 21 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 0.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 23 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 4.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 17 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 8.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 43 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 13.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 66 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 44 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 17.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 70 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 14.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 100 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 8.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 89 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 0.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 52 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | -0.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 68 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Luleå?
Luleå has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.5 °C and it receives 571 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luleå?
The hottest day measured in Luleå between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2025, reaching 27.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Luleå?
The coldest day measured in Luleå between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1999, at -33.7 °C.
Does it snow in Luleå?
Yes. Luleå gets on average 145.6 cm of snow per year and has around 173 frost days.
Has the climate of Luleå warmed?
Yes: Luleå warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Luleå?
The wettest day measured in Luleå between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1967, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Luleå?
The windiest day measured in Luleå between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 2004, with winds reaching 70.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Luleå?
The warmest month in Luleå is July (15.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (-8.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Luleå?
Luleå receives on average 571 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Luleå?
Luleå gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Luleå?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Luleå between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1966, with 20.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Luleå?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Luleå.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luleå?
In Luleå, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.1 °C on 31 July 2025, and the lowest was -39.1 °C on 7 January 1987.
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