Climate and average weather in Åre
In Åre, the summers are mild, wet, and mostly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Åre typically varies from -9°C to 17°C, and is rarely below -19°C or above 23°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Åre for warm-weather activities is from early July to late August.
- Hottest
- Jul
- 17°
- Coldest
- Jan
- -9°
- Wettest
- Jul
- 90 mm
- Driest
- Apr
- 47 mm
- Rain / yr
- 806 mm
- 161 wet days
- Daylight
- 4.0–20.0 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 0 m
- 63.4°N
- Clearest
- Apr
- 72% cloud
Åre is urban area in Åre Municipality, Sweden.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Åre weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early July to late August.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Åre, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from June 2 to September 11, with daily high temperatures above 12°C. The hottest month of the year in Åre is July, with an average high of 17°C and low of 9°C.
The cool season lasts 4.0 months, from November 15 to March 17, with daily high temperatures below 0°C. The coldest month of the year in Åre is January, with an average low of -9°C and high of -4°C.
Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 8°C) in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | -3 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | -2 |
| Avg low (°C) | -8 | -9 | -6 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -3 | -7 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3 | -8 |
| Feb | -3 | -9 |
| Mar | 0 | -6 |
| Apr | 5 | -3 |
| May | 9 | 2 |
| Jun | 14 | 6 |
| Jul | 17 | 9 |
| Aug | 16 | 9 |
| Sep | 11 | 5 |
| Oct | 5 | 1 |
| Nov | 0 | -3 |
| Dec | -2 | -7 |
How hot and cold Åre really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -15°C (around January 30), with roughly 233 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) — 117 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | -4 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | -2 |
| Air high (°C) | -3 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | -2 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | -14 | -14 | -11 | -6 | -1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | -3 | -8 | -12 |
| Air low (°C) | -8 | -9 | -6 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -3 | -7 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4 | -3 | -14 | -8 |
| Feb | -3 | -3 | -14 | -9 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | -11 | -6 |
| Apr | 5 | 5 | -6 | -3 |
| May | 9 | 9 | -1 | 2 |
| Jun | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| Jul | 17 | 17 | 7 | 9 |
| Aug | 16 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| Sep | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| Oct | 5 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 | -8 | -3 |
| Dec | -2 | -2 | -12 | -7 |
Average hourly temperature in Åre
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 17°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -9°C.
Åre weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4° / -9° | 63 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| Feb | -3° / -9° | 51 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 0° / -7° | 59 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 11.2 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 5° / -3° | 47 | 11.9 | 9 | 14.5 | 0.2 |
| May | 9° / 2° | 54 | 12.7 | 4.2 | 17.6 | 1.7 |
| Jun | 14° / 6° | 85 | 15.4 | 0.4 | 19.7 | 3.2 |
| Jul | 17° / 9° | 90 | 15.1 | 0 | 18.9 | 4.5 |
| Aug | 16° / 9° | 88 | 14.1 | 0 | 15.9 | 4.3 |
| Sep | 11° / 5° | 76 | 14.5 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 2.4 |
| Oct | 5° / 1° | 71 | 14.1 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 0° / -4° | 63 | 12.6 | 10.6 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Dec | -2° / -7° | 62 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Åre gets about 806 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 2.5 months, from around May 23 to Aug 5, peaking in June at about 53% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 21.
July is the wettest month by volume, with 90 mm over about 15 wet days; April is the driest, with 47 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 43 | 41 | 43 | 39 | 41 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 42 |
| Rain days | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 14 |
| Feb | 41 | 11 |
| Mar | 43 | 13 |
| Apr | 39 | 12 |
| May | 41 | 13 |
| Jun | 51 | 15 |
| Jul | 49 | 15 |
| Aug | 45 | 14 |
| Sep | 49 | 15 |
| Oct | 45 | 14 |
| Nov | 42 | 13 |
| Dec | 42 | 13 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Åre collects about 806 mm of rain across 161 wet days — roughly 67 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 90 mm, while April is the driest at just 47 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 63 | 51 | 59 | 47 | 54 | 85 | 90 | 88 | 76 | 71 | 63 | 62 |
| Rain days | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Snow days | 15 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63 | 14 | 15 |
| Feb | 51 | 11 | 12 |
| Mar | 59 | 13 | 14 |
| Apr | 47 | 12 | 9 |
| May | 54 | 13 | 4 |
| Jun | 85 | 15 | 0 |
| Jul | 90 | 15 | 0 |
| Aug | 88 | 14 | 0 |
| Sep | 76 | 15 | 1 |
| Oct | 71 | 14 | 6 |
| Nov | 63 | 13 | 11 |
| Dec | 62 | 13 | 13 |
Snow in Åre
Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.
Åre averages about 85 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 17 to Jun 12 — about 8.8 months.
January is snowiest, with roughly 14 days of snow and an estimated 54 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 345 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 15 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 54 | 53 | 56 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 51 | 52 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 54 |
| Feb | 12 | 53 |
| Mar | 14 | 56 |
| Apr | 9 | 35 |
| May | 4 | 15 |
| Jun | 0 | 1 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 1 | 2 |
| Oct | 6 | 26 |
| Nov | 11 | 51 |
| Dec | 13 | 52 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Åre, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around February 18 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around June 4. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 26% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 16 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around February 17. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 86% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 15 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 14 |
| Cloudier (%) | 85 | 81 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 82 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 85 | 86 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 85 |
| Feb | 19 | 81 |
| Mar | 25 | 75 |
| Apr | 26 | 74 |
| May | 25 | 75 |
| Jun | 18 | 82 |
| Jul | 23 | 77 |
| Aug | 23 | 77 |
| Sep | 21 | 79 |
| Oct | 20 | 80 |
| Nov | 15 | 85 |
| Dec | 14 | 86 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 18, brings about 20 hours of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 4 hours — a swing of roughly 16 hours.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 5.3 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 14.5 | 17.6 | 19.7 | 18.9 | 15.9 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 4.2 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 9:42 | 8:19 | 6:41 | 4:51 | 3:14 | 2:11 | 2:45 | 4:14 | 5:43 | 7:11 | 8:48 | 10:01 |
| Sunset (PM) | 2:52 | 4:26 | 5:54 | 7:24 | 8:54 | 10:05 | 9:41 | 8:10 | 6:21 | 4:35 | 2:58 | 2:06 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.3 | 9:42 | 2:52 |
| Feb | 8.1 | 8:19 | 4:26 |
| Mar | 11.2 | 6:41 | 5:54 |
| Apr | 14.5 | 4:51 | 7:24 |
| May | 17.6 | 3:14 | 8:54 |
| Jun | 19.7 | 2:11 | 10:05 |
| Jul | 18.9 | 2:45 | 9:41 |
| Aug | 15.9 | 4:14 | 8:10 |
| Sep | 12.7 | 5:43 | 6:21 |
| Oct | 9.4 | 7:11 | 4:35 |
| Nov | 6.3 | 8:48 | 2:58 |
| Dec | 4.2 | 10:01 | 2:06 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Åre averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 5 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.7 months, from around Feb 16 to Jun 8. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 4 sunny days (gloomy).
The greyest month is December, down near 1 sunny days — about 72% fewer than the March peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 3 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 5 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 4 | Gloomy |
| May | 4 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 3 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 3 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 3 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 3 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 3 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 1 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 1 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Åre, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in June, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 94 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 94 | 6 |
| Aug | 95 | 5 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Åre is steady company: average speeds sit near 11 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | calm |
| Feb | 11 | calm |
| Mar | 11 | calm |
| Apr | 10 | calm |
| May | 10 | calm |
| Jun | 10 | calm |
| Jul | 9 | calm |
| Aug | 10 | calm |
| Sep | 11 | calm |
| Oct | 11 | calm |
| Nov | 11 | calm |
| Dec | 11 | calm |
Best time to visit Åre
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Åre throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid August, Åre is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Åre for general outdoor tourist activities is from early July to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rating | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | fair | poor | poor | poor | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.0 | poor |
| Feb | 0.0 | poor |
| Mar | 0.0 | poor |
| Apr | 0.2 | poor |
| May | 1.7 | poor |
| Jun | 3.2 | poor |
| Jul | 4.5 | fair |
| Aug | 4.3 | fair |
| Sep | 2.4 | poor |
| Oct | 0.4 | poor |
| Nov | 0.0 | poor |
| Dec | 0.0 | poor |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Åre rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Åre, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 17°C), the essentials are a warm layer and rain gear. In the cold season around January (highs near -4°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.
In July, Åre sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 15 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Åre by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Åre peaks around June 23 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Level | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | Low |
| Feb | 1 | Low |
| Mar | 1 | Low |
| Apr | 3 | Moderate |
| May | 4 | Moderate |
| Jun | 5 | Moderate |
| Jul | 5 | Moderate |
| Aug | 4 | Moderate |
| Sep | 2 | Low |
| Oct | 1 | Low |
| Nov | 0 | Low |
| Dec | 0 | Low |
Average hourly UV index in Åre
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 6 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 |
| May | 5 | 0 |
| Jun | 6 | 0 |
| Jul | 6 | 0 |
| Aug | 4.5 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Growing season
The growing season in Åre typically lasts about 169 days, from around May 6 to October 21 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 29 to September 26.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 70 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 61 | 22 | 12 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 31 |
| Feb | 9 | 28 |
| Mar | 12 | 31 |
| Apr | 25 | 30 |
| May | 70 | 26 |
| Jun | 98 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 96 | 5 |
| Oct | 61 | 31 |
| Nov | 22 | 30 |
| Dec | 12 | 31 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Åre banks about 162 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 86 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 0 |
| Apr | 0 |
| May | 0 |
| Jun | 9 |
| Jul | 86 |
| Aug | 67 |
| Sep | 1 |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 0 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Åre receives about 2.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.1 and 5.1 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 9. The brightest month is May, averaging about 4.9 kWh/m² (bright).
The dimmest month is December, down near 0.1 kWh/m² — roughly 98% less than the May peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Level | Dim | Dim | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Dim | Dim | Dim |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.2 | Dim |
| Feb | 0.8 | Dim |
| Mar | 2.1 | Moderate |
| Apr | 3.8 | Moderate |
| May | 4.9 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.8 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.5 | Bright |
| Aug | 3.5 | Moderate |
| Sep | 2.1 | Moderate |
| Oct | 0.9 | Dim |
| Nov | 0.3 | Dim |
| Dec | 0.1 | Dim |
Where is Åre?
Åre sits at 63.4°N, 13.1°E, 0 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Östersund, 82 km away.
Topography around Åre
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Åre.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Åre has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 949 m around an average of 615 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,050 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,770 m.
The land around Åre is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.
Sweden travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type C / F
- 230 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 87% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $63,133
- 2025
- Happiness
- 7.3 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 100%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 1.1
- per 100k, 2023
- Road deaths
- 3.1
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- English
- Very high
- EF EPI 609
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Åre (63.3991°, 13.08°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).