Norrbotten County · Sweden
Where to stay in Luleå
Luleå is a city in Norrbotten County, Sweden, home to about 50,000 people. This guide covers 3 hotels in Luleå, with about 572 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 3
- Best months
- July and August
- Nearest airport
- LLA6 km · Luleå Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
About
About Luleå
Luleå is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core as of 2018 and is the seat of Luleå Municipality with a total population of about 80,000 as of 2025.
When Luleå was mentioned in documents for the first time in 1327, it was located on the site of today's Gammelstad. It developed into a market place and centre of a parish, which at that time included almost all Norrbotten. Due to the post-glacial land rebound, it became increasingly difficult to use the harbour, and in the mid-17th century the town relocated to where it is now, with the old town changing its name to Gammelstad. The major employers in the area are the steel industry and Facebook (which operates some data centres there).
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Luleå
See
- Luleå Archipelago
- Gammelstad
- Norrbottens museum
- Norrbottens järnvägsmuseum
Do
Luleå to Narvik is, on average, 7 h 33 min for the 377 km distance. Narvik is the northernmost standard-gauge railway station in the world. This iron Ore Line passes through forests of Sweden, the Scandinavian Mountains and the thick forests of Norrbotten and Lappland.
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Luleå
3 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
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 Luleå
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Luleå are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 61 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 Luleå: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Luleå Airport (LLA), about 5.5 km from the city centre in a straight line; Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM, 112 km) and Skellefteå Airport (SFT, 119 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
A fast, cheap and comfortable way of getting to the different parts of the city, is by using the local bus traffic (LLT). Local buses are usually 20 kr per trip. If you plan on making more than 4 trips, buy a 3-day tourist pass from the tourist office, which allows you unlimited travel on local buses for 80 kr. At weekends you should be able to catch a night-bus from most local traffic bus stations about once an hour between 00:00 and 03:00, at a raised cost.
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LLA · Luleå Airport
KEM · Kemi-Tornio Airport
SFT · Skellefteå Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Luleå
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Questions
Luleå: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Luleå?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Luleå are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 61 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Luleå?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Luleå Airport (LLA), about 5.5 km from the city centre in a straight line; Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM, 112 km) and Skellefteå Airport (SFT, 119 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Luleå?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Luleå?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Luleå
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.