Oskarshamn weather in July

In July, Oskarshamn sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 70 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 17 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 36 min at the start of July to 16 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Oskarshamn's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oskarshamn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
17 h 06 min
3:28 AM – 8:31 PM
Cloud cover
62%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Oskarshamn is urban area in Oskarshamn Municipality, Sweden.

Founded
1856

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 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Oskarshamn reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Oskarshamn

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.

Oskarshamn 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°338.65.47.10.0
Feb / -3°3185.790.0
Mar / -1°287.83.111.40.4
Apr11° / 297.10.913.92.7
May16° / 469.9016.25.0
Jun20° / 10°5710.6017.56.0
Jul22° / 13°7010.80176.6
Aug22° / 13°5810.60156.4
Sep17° / 448.4012.55.5
Oct11° / 489.90.1102.8
Nov / 5010.41.97.70.6
Dec / -1°429.83.86.50.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24258
34258
44258
54258
64258
74258
84258
94357
104357
114258
124357
134258
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Oskarshamn gets around 70 mm of rain over 10.8 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 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
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436
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735
835
934
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1433
1533
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2133
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2735
2835
2935
3035
3134

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 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1771940
2742150
3732250
4722350
5682561
6672661
7662761
8652861
9652861
10642961
11633061
12623062
13623062
14613162
15613162
16593272
17583372
18583372
19563482
20563482
21543592
225335102
235136103
245036113
255036123
264936123
274836133
284836133
294835143
304835143
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Wind in July

Winds average 12 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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612light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 36 min at the start of July to 16 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:10 AM to 3:55 AM, and sunset from 8:45 PM to 8:06 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.63:108:45
217.63:118:44
317.53:128:44
417.53:138:43
517.53:148:43
617.43:158:42
717.43:168:41
817.43:178:40
917.33:188:39
1017.33:208:38
1117.33:218:37
1217.23:228:36
1317.23:248:35
1417.13:258:34
1517.13:278:33
1617.13:288:31
1717.03:308:30
1817.03:318:29
1916.93:338:27
2016.83:358:26
2116.83:368:24
2216.73:388:22
2316.73:408:21
2416.63:428:19
2516.63:448:17
2616.53:458:15
2716.43:478:13
2816.43:498:12
2916.33:518:10
3016.23:538:08
3116.23:558:06

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.3 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.46 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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45.7Bright
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65.7Bright
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215.3Bright
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235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.2Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Oskarshamn?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Oskarshamn for sightseeing.

What to pack for Oskarshamn in July

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

In July, Oskarshamn sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Oskarshamn in July

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in March near 2°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
Feb2Bracing
Mar2Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May8Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct11Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Oskarshamn 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 Oskarshamn peaks around June 17 at about 5 (high) — 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 17UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Oskarshamn?

Oskarshamn sits at 57.3°N, 16.4°E, 22 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Västervik, 56 km away.

VäxjöNässjöVisbyKarlskronaLinköpingHuskvarna

Topography around Oskarshamn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oskarshamn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m.

The land around Oskarshamn is covered by trees (59%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and water (36%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
318 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Västervik 56 km · Kalmar 67 km · Växjö 108 km · Nässjö 113 km · Visby 118 km · Karlskrona 133 km · Linköping 137 km · Huskvarna 141 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 Oskarshamn (57.2645°, 16.4484°, elevation 22 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).