Umeå
City in Sweden: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Umeå collage: Jonipoon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Umeå is a city in Sweden, in Västerbotten. About 130,224 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Sweden in our atlas.
It lies at 63.83° N, 20.26° E, about 24 m (79 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Stockholm time zone. At this high latitude, summer days are very long and winter days very short.
Location
Red dot: Umeå. Green dots: other major cities of Sweden. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Umeå has a continental (cool summer) climate (Köppen Dfc). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 19°C (67°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about -11°C (13°F). Around 816 mm (32 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in SwedenNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Uppsala · 459 km
- Sollentuna · 501 km
- Västerås · 502 km
- Stockholm · 511 km
- Örebro · 563 km
- Linköping · 643 km
- Gothenburg · 792 km
- Malmö · 979 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 602150 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q25579 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Umeå collage: Jonipoon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)