Malmö, Sweden's third-largest city, sits at the country's southwestern tip on the Öresund strait, facing Copenhagen across the water at approximately 55.60°N, 13.00°E. Its southerly, coastal position gives it a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — mild, breezy and changeable — the mildest in Sweden, with a long growing season.

Summer, from June to August, is mild, with July and August the warmest — average highs around 21–22°C and cool nights — tempered by the surrounding sea. Hot days are uncommon, though warm spells can reach 30°C. It is the sunniest, driest season, with long northern daylight, and the surrounding Skåne plain is Sweden's most productive farmland.

Winter, from December to February, is cold and damp rather than severe, the mildest in Sweden thanks to the sea, with January and February the coolest — average highs around 3°C and lows near -2°C. Snow falls but rarely lies long, thaws are frequent, and the season is more often grey, wet and windy than deeply frozen.

Malmö receives around 600–650 mm of precipitation a year — less than the exposed west coast — spread through every month with an autumn maximum, while spring is the driest season; the surrounding seas keep humidity high year-round. Live rainfall, humidity, and pressure readings for the city are shown in the panels above.

Malmö's position at Sweden's southern tip, surrounded by sea and sheltered from the worst Atlantic weather, gives it the country's mildest winters and longest growing season — which is why the surrounding Skåne plain is Sweden's breadbasket, and why the region feels climatically closer to Denmark than to the Swedish north.

To follow any single measurement in Malmo more closely, use our live instruments: the online barometer for atmospheric pressure, the thermometer for temperature, the hygrometer for humidity, the anemometer for wind speed, the wind vane for wind direction, and the rain gauge for rainfall.