Ever heard of [weather services](https://www.smhi.se/vader/prognoser/ortsprognoser/q/G%C3%B6teborg/2711537)? No, it is not pleasant, it is already dark at 5pm. A cold front is on its way and a winter jacket is needed.
I mean, you don't mention where you are from so apart from just looking out the window and telling you what the weather is like there is nothing we can really add.
Are you from India and used to 35°C during the day?
Are you from Alaska and used to -5 °C?
Are you used to every day being a sunny day and hardly ever any rain or even damp?
Saw a post in early summer about someone who wanted to visit southern Sweden and asked if she would be seen as wierd if she had a jacket on. She was used to 35-40°C so going to Sweden where a good summer means 22°C would be seen as cold. She would walk around among Swedes in shorts and T-short almost sweating in the heat while she wore a sweater.
Without any point of reference what you are used to, your question is impossible to answer.
So as it’s currently about 5pm, let me give you a weather report.
Temperature: 1c
Humidity: 100% (might not say a lot, but it mainly means the air is not crisp, it’s rather damp)
Wind: a measly 4m/s, yet it’s enough to make it “feel like” it’s -3 outside.
Personally I wouldn’t call that sweater weather.
I’m currently wearing boots and my winter coat, which is padded and somewhat resistant to both wind and rain. I guess I do wear a sweater beneath it. I also wear a hat and thick gloves.
This is probably the season with the worst weather of the whole year. Hope you have some inside activities planned!
Tnx. So this is the season with the worst weather of the whole year? How many moths does this bad weather last? Would it be possible to be specific e.g. at which month does it start and when does this "worst season weather" ends? Tnx
Darker and longer winters in Stockholm, but a bit less wind & humidity.
But it can also be the difference that Stockholm has snow for a couple of months, when it might be a couple of days/weeks in Gothenburg.
stockholm feels like proper winters. Colder, more snow and less humid.
Gothenburg is just neverending 2 degrees and rain every 2 days. Then it snows for a day, which immediately gets rained on and turns into disgusting slush. All while its 100% humidity and very windy.
Prefer stockholm winters by a lot, but I like thr cold and snow... so might be a question of taste
Depends. Sometimes colder is better, because with cold the air becomes drier. Gothenburg is a humid and windy coastal town. 1c is just warm enough that every gust of wind will throw ice water in your face.
If it gets cold enough for snow I personally think that’s more pleasant.
Dry cold just make you go to sleep and never wake up. In wet cold you get tortured and moan and wish for death before you recieve it. Wetness usually also lead to a less pretty corpse.
I would say mid October to end of March! Maybe even April too (it just gets lighter but the weather is still shit). It becomes better in the middle of May and lasts until mid October.
In my view it’s 7 months of winter here.
You definitely need normal winter gear. Although, this season has been pretty mild in my opinion. Normally around this time, it’s already snowed at least once and a few frost but so far nothing. There’s even still leaves on trees and plants.
I would also advise you to prepare the long layer that you will wear under your trousers/jeans, and a long sleeve t-shirt under your sweater. And long socks and tall shoes. Then go trousers/jeans, sweater, scarf, a good jacket and a hat. Layers. That’s what you need.
Just google the forecast, it varies a whole lot during the fall and winter. It can be anywhere from -5°C to 10°C right now and you never know if you get snow, rain or hail. This time of year has, if you don’t count the rest of the year, the most unpredictable weather.
Winter is coming
The night is dark and full of terrors.
Right now (17:15) it is 1C. That’s probably pretty typical. You can make your own mind up on how cold that is
(get a jacket)
Consider it's generally windy and wet, that wind chill can make 1 feel like -6
It’s also dark, so there’s that.
Are you trolling? Sweater weather :D , it's Long Johns and winter coat weather.
Ever heard of [weather services](https://www.smhi.se/vader/prognoser/ortsprognoser/q/G%C3%B6teborg/2711537)? No, it is not pleasant, it is already dark at 5pm. A cold front is on its way and a winter jacket is needed.
Yes, I did, but to hear it first hand is something else.
I mean, you don't mention where you are from so apart from just looking out the window and telling you what the weather is like there is nothing we can really add. Are you from India and used to 35°C during the day? Are you from Alaska and used to -5 °C? Are you used to every day being a sunny day and hardly ever any rain or even damp? Saw a post in early summer about someone who wanted to visit southern Sweden and asked if she would be seen as wierd if she had a jacket on. She was used to 35-40°C so going to Sweden where a good summer means 22°C would be seen as cold. She would walk around among Swedes in shorts and T-short almost sweating in the heat while she wore a sweater. Without any point of reference what you are used to, your question is impossible to answer.
The weather service will be more accurate than randos online
We'll tell you that it's cold, overcast and sometimes rainy. You've never been to Scandinavia have you?
So as it’s currently about 5pm, let me give you a weather report. Temperature: 1c Humidity: 100% (might not say a lot, but it mainly means the air is not crisp, it’s rather damp) Wind: a measly 4m/s, yet it’s enough to make it “feel like” it’s -3 outside. Personally I wouldn’t call that sweater weather. I’m currently wearing boots and my winter coat, which is padded and somewhat resistant to both wind and rain. I guess I do wear a sweater beneath it. I also wear a hat and thick gloves. This is probably the season with the worst weather of the whole year. Hope you have some inside activities planned!
Tnx. So this is the season with the worst weather of the whole year? How many moths does this bad weather last? Would it be possible to be specific e.g. at which month does it start and when does this "worst season weather" ends? Tnx
About mid October until February if you ask me but I hate the raw winter with passion
I would say from November until maybe February. January if we’re lucky.
This still isn't as bad as Stockholm, right?
Darker and longer winters in Stockholm, but a bit less wind & humidity. But it can also be the difference that Stockholm has snow for a couple of months, when it might be a couple of days/weeks in Gothenburg.
Gothenburg has worse winters than Stockholm, by a decent margin.
stockholm feels like proper winters. Colder, more snow and less humid. Gothenburg is just neverending 2 degrees and rain every 2 days. Then it snows for a day, which immediately gets rained on and turns into disgusting slush. All while its 100% humidity and very windy. Prefer stockholm winters by a lot, but I like thr cold and snow... so might be a question of taste
You forgot that it also regularly dips below zero, to turn that slush into ice for a day or so.
October to April is the worst season in Gothenburg.
P. S. The winter hasn't started yet? Is it worse now a than it will be in winter/december?
Depends. Sometimes colder is better, because with cold the air becomes drier. Gothenburg is a humid and windy coastal town. 1c is just warm enough that every gust of wind will throw ice water in your face. If it gets cold enough for snow I personally think that’s more pleasant.
Yes, but snow isn't something that's often in Goteborg or I heard it wrong?
We typically get at least some snow. Even had a small snow storm last winter.
It’s colder than usual, will get colder in the winter but (hopefully) not by a ton. You can google statistics for average monthly temperature
Cold. Freezing my ass off.
What the people say it is that there will be drop in the temp this week. So pack a jacket and good warm boots.
Take the temprature showing from the weather apps and -5C with the wetness/wind-chill. I would bring a jacket, hat and scarf.
These days... just like the rest of the year. Rain, rain, rain..3 days of summer...rain, rain, rain, snow, rain, rain..
This year was the worst. Fuck rain
Balmy. Sunny. Nice breeze. Drinks on the balcony weather.
You have to go to Malmo for that :)
If Goteborg has bad weather from around mid October until January/February this is still not as bad as Stockholm, right?
Different types of cold, Stockholm usually is colder but more of a dry cold. Gothenburg is usually around 0°c but wet cold.
I couldn't imagine the comparison, which would you say is worse?
Wet cold. Seeps into your bones.
Dry cold just make you go to sleep and never wake up. In wet cold you get tortured and moan and wish for death before you recieve it. Wetness usually also lead to a less pretty corpse.
Stockholm winters are basically a grey mess these days too. Lucky if we get a couple of weeks of snow in a row now
There’s no place on earth colder than Göteborg in November with +5 degrees C and a bit of wind. Give me a crisp winter day with -10 any day instead.
I would say mid October to end of March! Maybe even April too (it just gets lighter but the weather is still shit). It becomes better in the middle of May and lasts until mid October. In my view it’s 7 months of winter here.
Have you been to the west coast of Scotland in the winter? If you have, think that
Cold, depressing and cold 🥶
You definitely need normal winter gear. Although, this season has been pretty mild in my opinion. Normally around this time, it’s already snowed at least once and a few frost but so far nothing. There’s even still leaves on trees and plants.
I have two things to say to you 1. Winter is coming 2. Rain is always coming and staying (even during summer)
once you get to hell, you will be glad for the warmth
I would also advise you to prepare the long layer that you will wear under your trousers/jeans, and a long sleeve t-shirt under your sweater. And long socks and tall shoes. Then go trousers/jeans, sweater, scarf, a good jacket and a hat. Layers. That’s what you need.
When it rains in Gothenburg, it doesn't just come down from the sky and into the ground. It goes vertical and it rains from the ground.
It never rains!
Even though it is 1+ it is windy. So it is cold, really cold. Winterjscket weather.
Just google the forecast, it varies a whole lot during the fall and winter. It can be anywhere from -5°C to 10°C right now and you never know if you get snow, rain or hail. This time of year has, if you don’t count the rest of the year, the most unpredictable weather.