Västerbotten County · Sweden
Where to stay in Skellefteå
Skellefteå is a city in Västerbotten County, Sweden, home to about 39,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Skellefteå, with about 197 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- July and August
- Nearest airport
- SFT15 km · Skellefteå Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
About
About Skellefteå
Skellefteå is a city in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with a population of 36,388. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 77,322 inhabitants in 2024.
Skellefteå is built on natural resources; gold and other metals from the mine at Boliden, forestry, and hydroelectric power. As of the 2020s, the city expands fast.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Skellefteå
See
- The Church Town
- Nordanå
- Skellefteå Museum
Do
- Trästockfestivalen
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Skellefteå
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Comfort Hotel™ Skellefteå hotel | 197 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Skellefteå
5 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Best Western Malmia Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| Hotel Victoria | 0.1 km | |
| Hotell Stensborg | 0.5 km | |
| Rum För Resande | 1.4 km | |
| Scandic Skellefteå | 0.5 km |
All 6 hotels in Skellefteå, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Skellefteå
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Skellefteå are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; August is the wettest, with about 71 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 Skellefteå: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Skellefteå Airport (SFT), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Luleå Airport (LLA, 104 km) and Lycksele Airport (LYC, 109 km) are also within reach.
SFT · Skellefteå Airport
LLA · Luleå Airport
LYC · Lycksele Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Skellefteå
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Questions
Skellefteå: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Skellefteå?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Skellefteå are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; August is the wettest, with about 71 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Skellefteå?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Skellefteå Airport (SFT), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Luleå Airport (LLA, 104 km) and Lycksele Airport (LYC, 109 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Skellefteå?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Skellefteå?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Skellefteå
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.