Kronoberg County · Sweden
Where to stay in Växjö
Växjö is a city in Kronoberg County, Sweden, home to about 74,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Växjö, with about 271 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June and August
- Nearest airport
- VXO6 km · Växjö Kronoberg Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
About
About Växjö
Växjö is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. As of 2023, it had 74,052 inhabitants, out of a total 98,280 municipal residents (2025).
The town itself is a small university town with many beautiful lakes. Växjö is in glass country. There are many glass works in the small towns surrounding it, and they produce both functional products and works of art.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Växjö
See
- Bergkvara Castle Ruin
- Växjö Cathedral
- Huseby Bruk
- Kronoberg Castle Ruin
- Smålands Museum
- House of Emigrants
- Teleborg Castle
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Växjö
2 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 Växjö
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Växjö are June and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; July is the wettest, with about 80 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 Växjö: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Växjö Kronoberg Airport (VXO), about 6.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ronneby Airport (RNB, 75 km) and Kalmar Airport (KLR, 93 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Växjö is a small town, so your feet will be sufficient for the center of town with main street Storgatan as the artery. The rest of the city can be reached by bicycle or bus. City buses and buses to the country side can be found at the railway station and are operated by Länstrafiken. Växjö owns a University with many international students. It is a steady growing city and a centre in Smaland. Växjö airport (VXO) make it easy to fly in from Germany (Weeze/Duesseldorf) and Netherlands.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
VXO · Växjö Kronoberg Airport
RNB · Ronneby Airport
KLR · Kalmar Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Växjö
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Questions
Växjö: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Växjö?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Växjö are June and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; July is the wettest, with about 80 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Växjö?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Växjö Kronoberg Airport (VXO), about 6.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ronneby Airport (RNB, 75 km) and Kalmar Airport (KLR, 93 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Växjö?
2 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Växjö?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Växjö
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.