Cheap flights from London to Umea

Demand here follows two clocks: the winter season in northern Sweden and the school calendar, which runs differently in the United Kingdom from Sweden. The priced months stretch from October through March and pick up again in May, and within that stretch the weeks around Christmas, New Year and the half-term breaks push traffic and fares upwards, which is when early booking pays off. January usually brings the lower fares of the priced months, and midweek departures tend to be quieter than Friday or Sunday travel. If your dates can move, the price calendar on this page lays the pattern out plainly.

What a ticket includes splits the airlines in two: the low-cost side, Norwegian with Norwegian International beside it, keeps the base fare lean and charges separately for checked baggage, seat choice and food, while the full-service side folds those extras in. Scandinavian Airlines and Finnair carry the Nordic connections, and Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian, LOT Polish Airlines and TAP Portugal widen the map through their own hubs. Helvetic Airways adds a Swiss regional option on some combinations. Nothing here flies the route nonstop, so weigh the length of the change alongside the headline fare.

Umea airport is small, and that works in your favour at the end of a journey with a change: the walk from aircraft to exit is short, the wait at baggage is brief, and you can be moving towards the centre of town soon after landing. The airport sits a short ride from the centre of Umea, and the usual ways in are the local airport bus or a taxi from the rank outside arrivals. Watch the clock more than the map, because buses thin out in the evening and early morning, and in the coldest weeks it is worth leaving extra time for snow between the runway and your door.

Currency

SEK (kr)

Power sockets

Type C, F · 230 V

Language

Swedish

Emergency number

112

Driving side

right

Calling code

+46

Internet domain

.se

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Umea

94 k (2023)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Stockholm)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Book the connection as a single ticket, because two separate tickets leave you unprotected if the first flight is late.
• Check the connection time, since every itinerary here includes a stop and a longer gap absorbs winter delays.
• Read the baggage rules before paying: low-cost fares cover a cabin bag, full-service tickets include a checked one.
• Confirm which London airport you leave from — Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Luton or City — and how you reach it at flight time.
• Check the passport and entry rules for Sweden well before you book.
• Compare whole months in the calendar, because the priced season runs from October to March with May set apart.