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Best time to visit Gotland
Sweden · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Gotland
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- JanJGotland in January: avoid
- FebFGotland in February: avoid
- MarMGotland in March: avoid
- AprAGotland in April: good
- MayMGotland in May: sweet spot, busy
- JunJGotland in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJGotland in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugAGotland in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSGotland in September: sweet spot
- OctOGotland in October: ok
- NovNGotland in November: avoid
- DecDGotland in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Gotland
- Fårö Swedish Baltic Sea island
- Stora Hammars stones Four Viking Age image stones located in Gotland, Sweden
- Visby Cathedral Cathedral in Visby, Sweden
- Almedalen Urban park in Visby
- Bro Church Building on Gotland, Sweden
- Gotland Museum Museum in Visby, Gotland in Sweden
- Hoburgen Area on the southern tip of Gotland
Tours and tickets in Gotland
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2° | 9d | 87% | 2.6h | avoid | bitter cold: 2C daily max |
| Feb | 2° | 7d | 84% | 4.2h | avoid | bitter cold: 2C daily max |
| Mar | 6° | 6d | 79% | 7.5h | avoid | bitter cold: 6C daily max |
| Apr | 10° | 4d | 71% | 11.0h | good | 10C max, 4 rainy days |
| May | 15° | 6d | 68% | 13.3h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jun | 21° | 6d | 70% | 14.4h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 22° | 9d | 73% | 13.7h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 21° | 8d | 76% | 11.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 17° | 8d | 79% | 9.4h | sweet spot | 17C max, 8 rainy days |
| Oct | 12° | 10d | 83% | 5.9h | ok | 12C max, 10 rainy days |
| Nov | 7° | 8d | 88% | 3.1h | avoid | 7C max, 8 rainy days |
| Dec | 4° | 10d | 88% | 1.8h | avoid | bitter cold: 4C daily max |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Visby: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Gotland's June days now average 20.6°C, 3.9°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 9 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 0.8° | 0.3° | 2.8° | 7.5° | 13.6° | 16.7° | 19.7° | 18.9° | 14.6° | 10.6° | 5.2° | 2.3° |
| 2017–26 | 2.4° | 2.5° | 5.8° | 9.8° | 15.4° | 20.6° | 21.6° | 21.2° | 17.3° | 11.8° | 7.0° | 3.8° |
| Change | +1.6° | +2.2° | +3.0° | +2.3° | +1.8° | +3.9° | +1.9° | +2.2° | +2.7° | +1.2° | +1.7° | +1.5° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Gotland is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Copenhagen
- from Helsinki
- from Oslo
- from Warsaw
- from Berlin
- from Hamburg
- from Prague
- from Düsseldorf
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Gotland, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Swedish krona. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution. US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Sweden: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay work almost everywhere, even for small sums, and many places take no cash. Swish needs a Swedish bank account; some rural cafés and farm shops take only Swish or cash.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected; round up, or add 5 to 10% for very good service. Taxi drivers do not expect tips.
Getting around Gotland
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Messenger, WhatsApp.
Driving is a practical way to get around the main island; see Driving in Sweden. The ferries allow cars, and there are several car rentals in Visby. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Gotland, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (15)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/sweden/getting-help
- svenskarnaochinternet.se/rapporter/svenskarna-och-internet-2026/sociala-medier
- visitstockholm.com/travel-info/public-transportation-in-stockholm
- visitstockholm.com/travel-info/taking-a-taxi-in-stockholm
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storstockholms_Lokaltrafik
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Stockholm
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sweden
- uber.com/global/en/cities/stockholm
- bolt.eu/en/cities/stockholm
- sinch.com/blog/most-popular-messaging-apps-by-country
- linkmobility.com/blog/the-most-popular-messaging-apps-across-the-globe
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
What Gotland is like
Gotland is Sweden's largest island, in the middle of the Baltic Sea. Some 60,000 people live here all year. Together with some minor islands it forms the Gotland province, Gotland Municipality and Gotland County. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- There are over 90 medieval churches on the island. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Gotland is a fine destination for cyclists and popular with groups or families traveling by bicycle and staying in hostels or campgrounds. There are beaches at many places around the coast, the most popular being Tofta. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Visby Airport (VBY IATA) (just north of Visby). The easiest way to get to the city centre is by taxi. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Gotland is, like Sweden in general, a safe destination. Visby is crowded during summer, with elevated risk of pickpockets and drunk brawls. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Gotland, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Gotland
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Kind of place
Gotland is in Sweden, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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