- Population
- 2,857
- 2.9K
- Elevation
- 164 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Stockholm · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- VXO Växjö Kronoberg Airport39 km
- RNB Ronneby Airport54 km
About Lessebo
Lessebo is a city. Location: Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County. Population: 2,857. Elevation: 164 m.
Lessebo is a locality and the seat of Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 2,737 inhabitants in 2010. The Lessebo community formed gradually around the paper and iron works that was founded in 1660. Today Vida Paper AB runs the pulp and paper mill as well as The Lessebo Hand Paper Mill which is one of very few commercially run European hand paper mills still existing. Lessebo is situated in what is called the Kingdom of Crystal, which is the centre of Swedish mouth blown glass production.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Area
- 3.6 km²
Source: Wikidata
Population of Lessebo over time
| 1960 | 2,509 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 2,776 | |
| 1970 | 3,023 | |
| 2015 | 2,857 | |
| 2016 | 2,983 | |
| 2017 | 3,024 | |
| 2018 | 3,016 | |
| 2019 | 3,034 | |
| 2020 | 3,059 | |
| 2023 | 2,881 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Lessebo
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 64 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -5°)
- Wettest month
- July (70 mm)
- Driest month
- February (40 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 1° | 1° | 4° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 15° | 10° | 5° | 2° |
| Average low (°C) | -5° | -5° | -3° | 0° | 4° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 0° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 50 | 40 | 44 | 41 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 58 | 67 | 60 | 64 | 62 |
How to get to Lessebo
The nearest airport is Växjö Kronoberg Airport (VXO), 39 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Jönköping, 133 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Växjö Kronoberg Airport (VXO) Växjö 39 kmnorthwest
- Ronneby Airport (RNB) Ronneby 54 kmsouth
- Kalmar Airport (KLR) Kalmar 63 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Jönköping Population: 112.8K 133 kmnorthwest
- Helsingborg Population: 104.2K 177 kmsouthwest
- Malmö Population: 362.1K 190 kmsouthwest
- Copenhagen Population: 1.2M 206 kmsouthwest
- Gothenburg Population: 608.5K 226 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources