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What is the weather like in Sweden in October?

SMHI normals for October, when winter temperatures reach the north.

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Short answer

In October the normal mean temperature is about 8 °C in Stockholm, 9 °C in Lund and -1 °C in Kiruna, according to SMHI. Precipitation totals 51 mm in Stockholm, 68 mm in Lund and 44 mm in Kiruna. Sunshine drops to a normal of 96 hours in Stockholm and 74 hours in Kiruna.

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Why

  1. SMHI's 1991–2020 normal mean temperature for October is 7.7 °C in Stockholm, 9.3 °C in Lund, -0.9 °C at Kiruna airport and 2.9 °C at Luleå airport.
  2. According to SMHI, the October precipitation normal is 51 mm in Stockholm, 68 in Lund, 44 in Kiruna and 103 in Gothenburg.
  3. SMHI's October sunshine normal is 96 hours in Stockholm, 100 in Lund and 74 in Kiruna, down from 170, 160 and 121 in September.

Details

In October Kiruna's normal falls below freezing for the first time in the autumn (-0.9 °C), while Luleå is still above it at 2.9 °C. Gothenburg is by far the wettest of the places compared here, at 103 mm. Visby has a normal of 8.3 °C and 102 hours of sunshine.

Tip

Choose waterproof shoes and a rain jacket for the south and the west coast, where Lund (68 mm) and Gothenburg (103 mm) have the highest precipitation, and add winter layers for Kiruna.

What may differ

In SMHI's October 2024 table Stockholm averaged 9.8 °C (normal 7.7) and Kiruna 0.5 °C (normal -0.9), so a mild October is not unusual.

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Information checked on 27 October 2026.

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