Cruising the Baltic Sea Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Cruising the Baltic Sea
Much of the Baltic sea ices over in the winter so cruises are limited to the summer season.Local cruise ferriesare built for the conditions and continue traffic all year round. On Shipboard, the air temperature is dominated by the sea temperature which, in turn, depends on the melting of the Winter accumulation of ice each spring. However, by July air temperatures will reach 16 or 17 °C (61–63 °F) rising to 22 °C (72 °F) near mainland coasts. As soon as the ice melts the sea temperature rises rapidly in late Spring and early Summer. For example, the Danish islands and in the Southern Baltic nearKaliningradwill only reach 10 or 11 °C (50–52 °F) in May but will rise to 17 to 18 °C (63–64 °F) by August. To the south ofGotlandthe May temperatures of 5 or 6 (41–43) will become about 16 °C (61 F
Cruising the Baltic Sea Travel Guide Sections
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