Visby climate — normals and trends
Visby (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 544 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 February (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Visby averages 72 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Visby 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 92 to 52 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.6 °C (on 3 August 2014) and the coldest -20.2 °C (on 25 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
VisbyGotland County
- coords
- 57.64°, 18.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
9.4°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
544mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
25.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
72 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.6 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
42.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
29.6 °C
3 August 2014
Coldest day
-20.2 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
46 mm
12 July 2000
Windiest day
66.5 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
32.6 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-27.8 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
15 January 2024
Sunniest day
17.2 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 90 mm | +45 mm |
| Feb | 1.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 11 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 5.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 11 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 9.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 7 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 10.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 36 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 16.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 26 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 20.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 91 mm | +36 mm |
| Aug | 19.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 47 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 47 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 11.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 79 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 51 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 39 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Visby?
Visby has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 544 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Visby?
The hottest day measured in Visby between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2014, reaching 29.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Visby?
The coldest day measured in Visby between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -20.2 °C.
Does it snow in Visby?
Yes. Visby gets on average 69.6 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.
Has the climate of Visby warmed?
Yes: Visby warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Visby?
The wettest day measured in Visby between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2000, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Visby?
The windiest day measured in Visby between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 66.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Visby?
The warmest month in Visby is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is February (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Visby?
Visby receives on average 544 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Visby?
Visby gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Visby?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Visby between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 2024, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Visby?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Visby.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Visby?
In Visby, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.6 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -27.8 °C on 25 January 1942.
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