Kalmar weather in July

In July, Kalmar sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 66 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 16.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 24 min at the start of July to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kalmar's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalmar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
16 h 54 min
3:33 AM – 8:28 PM
Cloud cover
59%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Kalmar is city in Kalmar Municipality, Sweden.

Founded
1100

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kalmar reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Kalmar

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.

Kalmar 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 / -2°369.25.37.20.0
Feb / -2°348.46.39.10.0
Mar / -1°297.6311.40.3
Apr10° / 287.2113.92.3
May15° / 459.7016.14.5
Jun19° / 11°5310.4017.45.9
Jul21° / 13°6610.3016.96.5
Aug21° / 13°5910.6014.96.3
Sep17° / 10°458.9012.55.3
Oct11° / 509.60.1102.8
Nov / 5211.11.87.80.6
Dec / -0°4410.146.60.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kalmar gets around 66 mm of rain over 10.3 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 33% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3132

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 53% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1712450
2702550
3682750
4652861
5642961
6623161
7613261
8593371
9593371
10583471
11563572
12563572
13553582
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16533692
17523792
185137102
195037112
204938112
214838122
224739132
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244539142
254439152
264339152
274339152
284240162
294240162
304239163
314239163

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 24 min at the start of July to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:15 AM to 3:59 AM, and sunset from 8:40 PM to 8:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.43:158:40
217.43:168:40
317.43:178:40
417.43:188:39
517.33:198:38
617.33:208:38
717.33:218:37
817.23:228:36
917.23:238:35
1017.23:248:34
1117.13:268:33
1217.13:278:32
1317.13:288:31
1417.03:308:30
1517.03:318:29
1616.93:338:28
1716.93:348:26
1816.83:368:25
1916.83:378:24
2016.73:398:22
2116.73:418:21
2216.63:428:19
2316.63:448:17
2416.53:468:16
2516.43:478:14
2616.43:498:12
2716.33:518:10
2816.33:538:09
2916.23:558:07
3016.13:578:05
3116.13:598:03

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.44 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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285.1Bright
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305.1Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Kalmar?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Kalmar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kalmar in July

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

In July, Kalmar sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kalmar in July

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May8Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct11Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Kalmar 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 Kalmar peaks around June 18 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kalmar?

Kalmar sits at 56.7°N, 16.4°E, 7 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Oskarshamn, 67 km away.

KarlshamnVästervikLjungbyNässjöVärnamo

Topography around Kalmar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalmar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m.

The land around Kalmar is covered by water (59%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (34%), trees (26%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and water (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
67 m
80 km
306 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Oskarshamn 67 km · Karlskrona 73 km · Växjö 98 km · Karlshamn 107 km · Västervik 123 km · Ljungby 149 km · Nässjö 149 km · Värnamo 152 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 Kalmar (56.6616°, 16.3616°, elevation 7 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).