Malmö weather by month

The best time to visit Malmö is June to August — 93/100 in July, 23°C and 9 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (91/100 on average).

The worst month is January at 41/100 — cold, a little rain, clean air. See January →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Sweden →

Malmö🇸🇪 Sweden · Scandinavia · City93
  1. 41Jan
  2. 50Feb
  3. 63Mar
  4. 75Apr
  5. 85May
  6. 91Jun
  7. 93Jul
  8. 90Aug
  9. 82Sep
  10. 67Oct
  11. 56Nov
  12. 44Dec

Best season: June to August (91/100 on average) · worst January (41/100)

Days
23°C
Nights
14°C
Wet days
9
Sun
12.4 h
Humidity
74%
Daylight
17 h
Malmö, Sweden
Photo: Nik Nikolla · Pexels

Malmö, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Malmö is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan41F4°C12 d3 hBusy—
Feb50D5°C9 d5 hBusy—
Mar63C8°C9 d7 hPeak1
Apr75B13°C6 d11 hPeak1
May85A18°C6 d13 hBusy1
Jun91S22°C8 d13 hPeak2
Jul93S23°C9 d12 hPeak1
Aug90S23°C9 d11 hPeak1
Sep82A20°C8 d9 hBusy1
Oct67C14°C12 d6 hBusy—
Nov56D8°C10 d3 hPeak1
Dec44F6°C12 d2 hPeak1

What's on in Malmö through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

March
  • BUFF Malmö Film Festival5–20 Mar (usually)Festival
April
  • Valborg and May Day30 Apr – 1 MayHoliday
June
  • Malmö Pride1–4 JulFestival
  • Midsummer19–26 Jun (usually)Holiday
August
  • Malmofestivalen5–20 Aug (usually)Festival
September
  • Nordisk Panorama17–22 SepFestival
November
  • Christmas market season20 Nov – 23 Dec (usually)Opening

Everything on in Malmö through the year →

Crowds in Malmö in July

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

Peak crowdsMalmö Pride, Summer holidays in Sweden, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Good to know before you go to Malmö

Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.

Getting around

A visitor's account of Malmö describes renting a bike on day two of the trip and barely walking anywhere afterward, since the city's 515 kilometers of dedicated cycling lanes run through nearly every neighborhood and drivers are genuinely used to sharing the road with cyclists. Her route from accommodation near Möllevångstorget covered the old town, the harbor, and Ribersborg beach entirely on two wheels, and her practical tip was to rent from a shop like Travelshop on Carlsgatan, where staff hand over route maps along with the bike.
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Traveller notes on Malmö

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Forum posters are candid that Swedish June weather isn't as stable as southern Europe's - it could be 15C or it could push toward 30C, rainy or not, and there's no reliable way to predict which in advance. Malmo, at the southern tip of the country, is called a touch milder than the rest of Sweden but still solidly northern European rather than Mediterranean. Late May into early June gets recommended as a sweet spot: generally mild with occasional rain, ahead of the peak-season crowds. The standard packing advice is a light jacket, an umbrella, and layers regardless of the forecast; for the visit itself, the Danish-era old town, Lilla Torg for restaurants, and a seafront walk are the most-mentioned highlights.
Tripadvisor community · June · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters cite Malmö's December-through-February average as sitting only slightly above freezing, not brutally cold by Scandinavian standards, though posters note the city's flat, coastal, seaside setting means humidity and wind make the cold feel sharper than the thermometer alone suggests. Posters describe a typical Malmö winter as grey, damp and rainy more often than snowy, with snow itself a less reliable feature here than in inland or more northerly parts of Sweden. Posters consistently recommend layered clothing prepared for a range of conditions, and note that while the weather doesn't affect whether museums and attractions open, most do run reduced hours compared to the summer season. Posters generally rate December as cold, grey and often wet rather than classically snowy for Malmö, workable with the right layers.
Tripadvisor community · December · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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