Västerbotten County · Sweden
Where to stay in Umeå
Umeå is a city in Västerbotten County, Sweden, home to about 94,000 people. This guide covers 4 hotels in Umeå, with about 740 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 4
- Best months
- July and August
- Nearest airport
- UME4 km · Umeå Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
About
About Umeå
Umeå is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.
Being the regional capital of Västerbotten, Umeå is also the educational and economic capital city of the region, with no Swedish city of similar size further north. With its strategic location along the E4 national highway, most transportation to the northern part of Sweden goes through here. Umeå has the largest hospital in Northern Sweden as well as the largest university. Situated on top of a small hill overseeing the Ume river and downtown Umeå, they are by far the largest employers in the region.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Umeå
See
- Arboretum Norr
- Bildmuseet
- Gammlia
- Guitars – The Museum
- Mickelbo Gård
- Nydalasjön
- Umedalen Skulptur
- Umeå Rådhus
- Umeå Universitet
- Vänortsparken
- Robäck's 4H Farm
Do
- Megazone
- Norrlandsoperan
- SF cinema
- Navet - Public Swimming Pool
- House of Metal
- Umeå Open
- Brännbollsyran
- Umeå Jazz Festival
- Umeå Europeiska Filmfestival
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Umeå
4 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Clarion Hotel® Umeå hotel | 270 |
| Comfort Hotel™ Umeå City hotel | 151 |
| Comfort Hotel™ Winn hotel | 185 |
| Home Hotel Uman hotel | 134 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Umeå
11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Umeå Old Prison | 1861 | 0.7 km |
| Best Western Hotel Botnia | 2.9 km | |
| Elite Hotel Mimer | 0.4 km | |
| First Hotel Dragonen | 0.5 km | |
| Hotel Aveny Umea | 0.2 km | |
| Hotel Entré Norr | 6.3 km | |
| Hotell Björken | 1.7 km | |
| Hotell Gamla Fängelset | 0.7 km | |
| Norrland Ymca Hostel | 0.0 km | |
| Stora Hotellet; BW Premier Collection | 0.6 km | |
| Västerbacken Hotell & Konferens | 14.2 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Umeå
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Umeå are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; August is the wettest, with about 68 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 Umeå: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Umeå Airport (UME), about 4.1 km from the city centre in a straight line; Örnsköldsvik Airport (OER, 79 km) and Skellefteå Airport (SFT, 97 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Umeå has a lot of students and bikes are common. The city offers a wide variety of bike-friendly roads and bike-only bridges. It is often both easier and faster to get around by bike rather than by car or bus.
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UME · Umeå Airport
OER · Örnsköldsvik Airport
SFT · Skellefteå Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Umeå
Drink
Nightlife is relatively good. Clubs and pubs are either on campus or in a cluster downtown. The campus clubs are either student-only (admittance based on student-card) or offer entry fees discounts, whereas downtown clubs and pubs usually have a higher age limit for admittance. All pubs and nightclubs close at 02:00 on weekends and usually at 01:00 on weekdays. Additionally, a number of events occur on a regular basis, with a traditional venue being the Plaza, Universum (on campus) or Norrlands Operan (the Opera House).
Stay safe
All parts of Umeå are very safe; there is no reason to be worried walking around at night. Beware of cold weather during the winter; several drunk students have frozen to death after falling asleep in the soft snow.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Umeå
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Questions
Umeå: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Umeå?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Umeå are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; August is the wettest, with about 68 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Umeå?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Umeå Airport (UME), about 4.1 km from the city centre in a straight line; Örnsköldsvik Airport (OER, 79 km) and Skellefteå Airport (SFT, 97 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Umeå?
4 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Umeå?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Umeå
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.