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What is the weather like in Sweden in April?

SMHI normals for April across the south, Stockholm and Lapland.

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Short answer

In April the normal mean temperature is about 6 °C in Stockholm, 8 °C in Lund and -2 °C in Kiruna, according to SMHI. Precipitation totals 29 mm in Stockholm, 34 mm in Lund and 27 mm in Kiruna. Sunshine reaches a normal of 216 hours in Stockholm and 202 hours in Kiruna, close to five times January's level in Stockholm.

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Why

  1. SMHI's 1991–2020 normal mean temperature for April is 6.3 °C in Stockholm, 7.8 °C in Lund and -1.7 °C at Kiruna airport.
  2. According to SMHI, the April precipitation normal is 29 mm in Stockholm, 34 mm in Lund, 27 mm in Kiruna and 51 mm in Gothenburg.
  3. SMHI's April sunshine normal is 216 hours in Stockholm, 204 in Lund, 202 in Kiruna and 242 in Visby.

Details

April is the month when Luleå first reaches an above-zero normal (1.0 °C), while Kiruna is still just below it. The south is clearly milder, with Lund at 7.8 °C and Malmö at 7.7 °C. Gothenburg is the wettest of the places compared here this month (51 mm).

Tip

Long bright spells do not mean warm weather: Stockholm has 216 hours of sunshine in a normal April but a mean temperature of only 6.3 °C, so bring a warm jacket as well as sunglasses.

What may differ

In SMHI's April 2025 table Lund averaged 9.9 °C (normal 7.8), while Kiruna was -1.9 °C (normal -1.7), so the south and the north do not always move together.

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Information checked on 27 October 2026.

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