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Stockholm from Riyadh
4,444 km, about 6h 20m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Stockholm and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.
- JanJStockholm in January: avoid
- FebFStockholm in February: avoid
- MarMStockholm in March: avoid
- AprAStockholm in April: sweet spot
- MayMStockholm in May: sweet spot, busy
- JunJStockholm in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJStockholm in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugAStockholm in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSStockholm in September: good, busy
- OctOStockholm in October: ok
- NovNStockholm in November: avoid
- DecDStockholm in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Month by month from Riyadh
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Crowds | Verdict | Why |
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| Jan | 1° | 8d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 1C daily max |
| Feb | 2° | 5d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 2C daily max |
| Mar | 6° | 6d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 6C daily max |
| Apr | 10° | 4d | 80 | sweet spot | 10C max, 4 rainy days |
| May | 16° | 7d | 45 | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jun | 21° | 7d | 45 | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 22° | 9d | 65 | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 21° | 9d | 65 | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 17° | 7d | 62 | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Oct | 11° | 8d | 80 | ok | 11C max, 8 rainy days |
| Nov | 5° | 7d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 5C daily max |
| Dec | 2° | 8d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 2C daily max |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in SA as well as at Stockholm, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
The year in Stockholm
Stockholm experiences a coastal climate with varied seasonal weather. The summer months are generally the most pleasant for travel.
| Busiest |
mid May to late Aug — Warm weather and long daylight hours attract many tourists.
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|---|---|
| Quieter, still good |
early Apr to mid May — Mild temperatures and beautiful spring flowers make it a pleasant time to visit.
early Sep to late Oct — Fall colors and fewer crowds provide a great experience.
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Written by a language model from the climate figures above. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe.
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