Malmberget climate — normals and trends
Malmberget (Sweden) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -0.4 °C and it receives 598 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 (13.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Malmberget averages 222 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Malmberget has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 234 to 210 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.1 °C (on 4 July 2021) and the coldest -40.1 °C (on 27 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
MalmbergetNorrbotten County
- coords
- 67.18°, 20.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-0.4°C
Average daily high
2.8°C
Average daily low
-4.0°C
Annual rainfall
598mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
26.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
222 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
178.1 cm
Average feels-like high
-1.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
30.1 °C
4 July 2021
Coldest day
-40.1 °C
27 January 1999
Wettest day
44 mm
24 August 1963
Windiest day
42.5 km/h
1 January 1973
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
1 February 2024
Hottest feels-like
29.3 °C
4 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-45.6 °C
27 January 1999
Snowiest day
17.1 cm
7 May 1998
Sunniest day
22.5 h
2 July 2003
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -8.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 40 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | -2.6 °C | +6.3 °C | 25 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | -0.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 27 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 2.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 27 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 8.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 36 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 13.6 °C | -0.8 °C | 95 mm | +25 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 55 mm | -37 mm |
| Aug | 15.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 113 mm | +31 mm |
| Sep | 12.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 61 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 4.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 69 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | -5.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 42 mm | -0 mm |
| Dec | -5.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 61 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malmberget?
Malmberget has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -0.4 °C and it receives 598 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malmberget?
The hottest day measured in Malmberget between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2021, reaching 30.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malmberget?
The coldest day measured in Malmberget between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1999, at -40.1 °C.
Does it snow in Malmberget?
Yes. Malmberget gets on average 178.1 cm of snow per year and has around 222 frost days.
Has the climate of Malmberget warmed?
Yes: Malmberget warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malmberget?
The wettest day measured in Malmberget between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1963, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malmberget?
The windiest day measured in Malmberget between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1973, with winds reaching 42.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malmberget?
The warmest month in Malmberget is July (13.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Malmberget?
Malmberget receives on average 598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malmberget?
Malmberget gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Malmberget?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Malmberget between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1998, with 17.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Malmberget?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Malmberget.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malmberget?
In Malmberget, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.3 °C on 4 July 2021, and the lowest was -45.6 °C on 27 January 1999.
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