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Barometric pressure in Malmö

1015hPa
Rising

Over the past day, pressure has been rising steadily. It is 6 hPa higher than this time yesterday. It keeps rising until tomorrow evening.

Sea level reading, as of 18:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast.

now20° / 15°18° / 15°18° / 15°19° / 15°20° / 15°19° / 15°17° / 15°20° / 16°21° / 14°20° / 14°22° / 15°21° / 18°20° / 17°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29100010101020
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 +6 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light drizzle17° / 15°3.0 mm

low 1012 · high 1018 hPa

MonAug 24 +3 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Partly cloudy20° / 16°

low 1018 · high 1021 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Light drizzle21° / 14°0.6 mm

low 1020 · high 1022 hPa

WedAug 26 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Clear sky20° / 14°

low 1023 · high 1025 hPa

ThuAug 27 −8 hPa

Falls quickly through the day.

Partly cloudy22° / 15°

low 1016 · high 1024 hPa

FriAug 28 −10 hPa

Falls quickly, most of it overnight.

Dense drizzle21° / 18°5.4 mm

low 1003 · high 1016 hPa

SatAug 29 +1 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Light drizzle20° / 17°0.6 mm

low 1006 · high 1007 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Mainly clear16°1012
01:00Mainly clear15°1012
02:00Mainly clear15°1012
03:00Light drizzle15°0.11012
04:00Light drizzle15°0.11012
05:00Light drizzle15°0.11012
06:00Light drizzle15°0.11013
07:00Light drizzle15°0.11013
08:00Light drizzle15°0.11013
09:00Light drizzle15°0.21013
10:00Light drizzle16°0.21014
11:00Light drizzle16°0.21014
12:00Light drizzle16°0.21014
13:00Light drizzle17°0.21014
14:00Light drizzle17°0.21015
15:00Light drizzle17°0.21015
16:00Light drizzle17°0.21015
17:00Light drizzle17°0.21015
18:00Light drizzle17°0.11015
19:00Light drizzle17°0.11016
20:00Light drizzle17°0.11016
21:00Light drizzle16°0.11017
22:00Light drizzle16°0.11017
23:00Light drizzle16°0.11018

Biggest change: Friday, down 10 hPa.

What happens next

The highest reading, about 1021 hPa, comes tomorrow evening; it falls from there.

Your own barometer

Malmö sits 10 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 1 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1014 hPa as of 18:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Malmö.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Malmö, on our sister site uvi.today.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Malmö, which stands 10 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 1 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.