Malmö climate — normals and trends
Malmö (Sweden) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 584 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is February (0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Malmö averages 70 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Malmö has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 93 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 9 August 1975) and the coldest -25.5 °C (on 26 January 1942).
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
MalmöSkåne County
- coords
- 55.61°, 13.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
584mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
23.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
70 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
45.2 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
43.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
32.7 °C
9 August 1975
Coldest day
-25.5 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
56 mm
31 July 1993
Windiest day
73.1 km/h
17 October 1967
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
17 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
33.8 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-30.6 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
3 January 1976
Sunniest day
16.4 h
24 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 56 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 16 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 9.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 14 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 56 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 61 mm | +11 mm |
| Jul | 22.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 88 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 28 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 83 mm | +31 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 81 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 41 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 17 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malmö?
Malmö has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 584 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malmö?
The hottest day measured in Malmö between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1975, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malmö?
The coldest day measured in Malmö between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -25.5 °C.
Does it snow in Malmö?
Yes. Malmö gets on average 45.2 cm of snow per year and has around 70 frost days.
Has the climate of Malmö warmed?
Yes: Malmö warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malmö?
The wettest day measured in Malmö between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1993, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malmö?
The windiest day measured in Malmö between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1967, with winds reaching 73.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malmö?
The warmest month in Malmö is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is February (0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Malmö?
Malmö receives on average 584 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malmö?
Malmö gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Malmö?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Malmö between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1976, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Malmö?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Malmö.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malmö?
In Malmö, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.8 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -30.6 °C on 26 January 1942.
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