Boden weather in July

In July, Boden sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 20.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 21 h 42 min at the start of July to 18 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Boden's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boden's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
20 h 12 min
1:32 AM – 9:45 PM
Cloud cover
67%
3rd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Boden is urban area in Boden Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 2.8 µg/m³ · 2017
Founded
1919

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical July day in Boden reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

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How July really feels in Boden

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Boden weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -13°438.810.140.0
Feb-6° / -12°317.58.47.60.0
Mar-0° / -8°327.28.111.10.0
Apr / -3°326.75.114.80.4
May12° / 428.6118.53.1
Jun17° / 6310.3021.55.2
Jul20° / 12°7512.3020.25.9
Aug18° / 10°6711.1016.45.6
Sep13° / 559.8012.83.5
Oct / -0°498.82.59.10.5
Nov-1° / -6°5210.27.45.30.0
Dec-4° / -10°5010.210.12.40.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
33367
43268
53169
63169
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Boden gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.3 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2637
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3136

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1881110
2871210
3861220
4851320
5841420
6831520
7821620
8811720
9791830
10781930
11772030
12772030
13762130
14742240
15732340
16722440
17702550
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20662860
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22643060
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24613171
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Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 21 h 42 min at the start of July to 18 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 198 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 12:46 AM to 2:27 AM, and sunset from 10:27 PM to 8:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
121.712:4610:27
221.612:4810:25
321.512:5110:23
421.412:5410:21
521.412:5610:18
621.312:5910:16
721.21:0210:13
821.11:0510:10
921.01:0910:07
1020.91:1210:04
1120.81:1510:01
1220.71:199:58
1320.61:229:55
1420.41:259:52
1520.31:299:49
1620.21:329:45
1720.11:369:42
1820.01:409:39
1919.91:439:35
2019.71:479:32
2119.61:509:28
2219.51:549:25
2319.41:589:21
2419.32:019:17
2519.12:059:14
2619.02:099:10
2718.92:129:07
2818.82:169:03
2918.72:208:59
3018.52:238:56
3118.42:278:52

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.01 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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214.9Bright
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244.8Bright
254.8Bright
264.8Bright
274.8Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Boden?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Boden for sightseeing.

What to pack for Boden in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Boden sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Boden in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 32 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in January near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan0Bracing
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Jun10Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Cool
Sep12Bracing
Oct8Bracing
Nov4Bracing
Dec1Bracing

UV index in Boden in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Boden peaks around July 14 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 14UV 4Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Boden?

Boden sits at 65.8°N, 21.7°E, 10 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Luleå, 34 km away.

TornioSkellefteåKemiRaaheHaukipudasRovaniemi

Topography around Boden

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Boden.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boden has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m.

The land around Boden is covered by trees (54%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
106 m
16 km
291 m
80 km
594 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Luleå 34 km · Piteå 57 km · Tornio 112 km · Skellefteå 124 km · Kemi 132 km · Raahe 182 km · Haukipudas 184 km · Rovaniemi 195 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
Church of Sweden 54%none or unspecified 37%other 9%

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 Boden (65.8252°, 21.6886°, elevation 10 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).