Originally Posted by CDTraveler
That time and date applet is great. Now I've got a semi-related questions for the Scandinavia experts.
What weather would you expect in southern Sweden/Copenhagen mid April? Still loads of snow, beginning spring, or ? Gadding about weather, or stay at home weather?
Our last experience in Malmo was mid-September, and we got sleet and freezing rain (quite the shock for these Californians!). Now we're invited to visit distant cousins next year, in a couple cities in south-east Sweden, and we're wondering if we dare go at Easter, or if we should wait 'til June. I've got a slight preference for trying April, as we could combine seeing kin with a side trip to the tulips of Holland.
What you experienced in mid-September is not normal for there. April in southern Sweden is reasonably pleasant, but you will need a jacket (just not a big winter one). Southern Sweden has warmer weather than Chicago in winter but doesn't get as hot in summer. (That said, this August so far is a bit on the cool side ... when last year, it was not.)
Summer in Sweden is quite nice. Nothing like walking around at 11 p.m. and thinking it's 7 p.m (or trying to go to sleep at 11 p.m. and wondering if it's too early or not when you look outside).