The list of Sweden's sunniest summer spots is based on SMHI's data from and including June 1 to and including August 15.

The list includes 17 solar stations.

Second place Hoburg has had almost as many hours as Svenska Högarna: 877. Visby has accumulated 862 hours, fourth place Karlskrona 851 and fifth place Nordkoster, northern Bohuslän, 783.

In other words: Solar stations near large bodies of water have – as usual – captured the most hours.

- It is very common for solar stations near the coast to measure the most hours of sunshine.

It is further inland that the clouds usually form, while the sea helps keep it cloudless, says meteorologist Alexandra Ohlsson at SMHI.

Less sun in the west

Storlien in Jämtlandsfjällen had the first hours of sunshine, 380.

Östersund is second last and Gothenburg third from the end.

Tarfala in the Kebnekaise massif would probably have belonged to the stations at the bottom of the list, unless information was missing for June.

In July and the first half of August, Tarfala had approximately as many - or as few - hours of sunshine as Storlien.

Otherwise, measuring points far to the north have some advantage of the short summer nights.

- It is clearly noticeable for Luleå, which is partly on the coast, and partly has a sun that is up very many hours a day.

Kiruna is located much further inland and thus does not have as good a location.

And in the mountains it is very common to have more clouds.

If you're a sun worshipper, you should stay by the coast, says Alexandra Ohlsson.