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What is the weather like in Uppsala?

Climate normals for Uppsala, not a forecast.

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Short answer

Uppsala has cold winters and warm summers, with a January mean of about -2 °C and a July mean of about 18 °C, according to SMHI's 1991–2020 normals. Winters are about 1 degree colder than in Stockholm, where January averages -0.9 °C. These are long-term averages for the Uppsala station, not a forecast.

Uppsala Illustration of a season wheel with snow, a birch leaf, sun and rain around a red Swedish cottage

Why

  1. According to SMHI, the 1991–2020 normal in Uppsala is -2.0 °C in January, against -0.9 °C in Stockholm.
  2. SMHI gives normals of 18.2 °C in July and 6.7 °C in October for Uppsala, against 18.6 °C and 7.7 °C in Stockholm.
  3. SMHI lists an absolute high of 37.4 °C on 9 July 1933 and an absolute low of -39.5 °C on 24 January 1875 for Uppsala.

Details

SMHI's normal July precipitation is 57 mm in Uppsala, a little below Stockholm's 62 mm. The lowest January temperature in SMHI's table since 1901 is -30.3 °C (1942) in Uppsala, against -28.2 °C in Stockholm.

Tip

If you are coming from Stockholm, add a warm layer in winter, because Uppsala's January normal is about 1.1 degrees lower.

What may differ

Winters are milder in Gothenburg (January 0.8 °C) and much colder in Kiruna (-11.3 °C), according to SMHI normals.

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Information checked on 27 October 2026.

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