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Where to stay in Gävleborg County
This guide covers 3 destinations in Gävleborg County, a first-level administrative division of Sweden, with 21 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Gävle, Sandviken and Hudiksvall. Across its destinations, July is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Dala Airport (BLE).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Places to stay
- 21
- Comfortable in the most places
- July
- Main airport
- BLEDala Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
Destinations
Destinations in Gävleborg County
Every destination in this guide in Gävleborg County, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gävle | 86,533 | 11 | BLE · 93 km |
| Sandviken | 24,827 | 6 | BLE · 72 km |
| Hudiksvall | 16,792 | 4 | SDL · 91 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Gävleborg County
3 places to stay in Gävleborg County from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where | Rooms |
|---|---|---|
| Clarion Hotel® Winn hotel | Gävle | 220 |
| Home Hotel Smedjan hotel | Sandviken | 119 |
| Quality Hotel™ Statt hotel | Hudiksvall | 106 |
Where to stay
More hotels in Gävleborg County
18 hotels in Gävleborg County recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Forsbacka Wärdshus | Sandviken | |
| Grand hotel, Gävle | Gävle | |
| 2Home Hotel Gävle | Gävle | |
| Alséns Hotell | Sandviken | |
| Årsunda Strandbad | Sandviken | |
| Best Western Hotel City Gavle | Gävle | |
| Best Western Hotell Hudik | Hudiksvall | |
| Elite Grand Hotel Gävle | Gävle | |
| Högbo Brukshotell | Sandviken | |
| Hotel Aveny Bed & Breakfast | Gävle | |
| Hotell Alderholmen | Gävle | |
| Hotell Temperance | Hudiksvall | |
| Järnvägshotellet | Gävle | |
| Pensionat Slottstorget | Gävle | |
| Scandic CH | Gävle | |
| Scandic Gävle Väst | Gävle | |
| Stadshotellet Princess | Sandviken | |
| Strandpiren Hotell | Hudiksvall |
When to go
Best time to visit Gävleborg County
From the climate of 3 destinations in Gävleborg County with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: July.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | -1 °C | 44 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | -0 °C | 33 mm |
| March | 0 of 3 | 4 °C | 30 mm |
| April | 0 of 3 | 8 °C | 36 mm |
| May | 0 of 3 | 13 °C | 41 mm |
| June | 0 of 3 | 18 °C | 59 mm |
| July | 3 of 3 | 21 °C | 68 mm |
| August | 1 of 3 | 20 °C | 82 mm |
| September | 0 of 3 | 15 °C | 55 mm |
| October | 0 of 3 | 9 °C | 55 mm |
| November | 0 of 3 | 3 °C | 55 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | 0 °C | 49 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Gävleborg County
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Gävleborg County name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
BLE · Dala Airport
SDL · Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport
VST · Stockholm Västerås Airport
ARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Gävleborg County, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).
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Nearby
Regions near Gävleborg County
Other regions of Sweden with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.