Kalmar County · Sweden
Where to stay in Kalmar
Kalmar is a city in Kalmar County, Sweden, home to about 43,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Kalmar, with about 155 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to August
- Nearest airport
- KLR5 km · Kalmar Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
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About Kalmar
Kalmar is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality.
The city had 42,000 inhabitants in 2020. It is the seat of the municipality, Kalmar kommun, which has 72,000 residents, and the county Kalmar län with some 246,000 inhabitants (2023). Recorded history goes back to the year 1027, and the foundation of the Kalmar Union, which ruled all the Nordic Countries during the 14th and 15th centuries. In 1397, Queen Margaret of Denmark called an assembly there between the councils of state of Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and on 13 July 1397, the Kalmar Union treaty was signed, creating a union which would last until 1523.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Kalmar
See
- Kalmar Art Museum
- Kalmar Castle
- Kalmar Cathedral
- Kalmar County Museum
Do
This town is connected to the island of Öland by a bridge, which used to be Europe's longest (6 km). Kalmar is about 45 minutes away (by car) from the Glass Kingdom (Glasriket) where the famous works of Orrefors, Kosta Boda, Nybro, Pukeberg, Målerås are located. Football: Kalmar FF were promoted in 2025 and now play soccer in Allsvenskan the top tier. Kalmar Arena (aka Guldfågeln Arena, capacity 12,000) is 5 km north of town on E22.
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Kalmar
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Home Hotel Packhuset hotel | 155 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Kalmar
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Kalmar are June to August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; July is the wettest, with about 66 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Kalmar: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Kalmar Airport (KLR), about 5.3 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ronneby Airport (RNB, 81 km) and Växjö Kronoberg Airport (VXO, 104 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
There are direct trains from Copenhagen, via Copenhagen Airport and Malmö as well as trains from Gothenburg. From Stockholm, a change of trains in Alvesta or Linköping is required. Kalmar centralstation is just a few blocks from the central square.
Getting around
You can walk to all interesting locations. The city centre is relatively small, with two main squares. On one you find the cathedral (Domkyrkan) and the other is called Larmtorget. From the second one, you can walk to the Baronen shopping centre. You can also rent canoes at the low cost hotel Svanen, and you can paddle your way around the centre, which is an island. Driving in the city centre is a challenge as there are many one way streets, and the street signs have many caveats which are written out in Swedish only.
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KLR · Kalmar Airport
RNB · Ronneby Airport
VXO · Växjö Kronoberg Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Kalmar
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
Questions
Kalmar: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Kalmar?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Kalmar are June to August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; July is the wettest, with about 66 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Kalmar?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Kalmar Airport (KLR), about 5.3 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ronneby Airport (RNB, 81 km) and Växjö Kronoberg Airport (VXO, 104 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Kalmar?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Kalmar?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Kalmar
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.