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Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar

IRONMAN Kalmar

Kalmar, SwedenFull distance21 August 2027

Photo: Sniper Zeta, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

312

days to race day

Checked against the organiser's own race page.

Kalmar race week and bags, in the app.

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IRONMAN Kalmar at a glance

Swim

3.8 km

Baltic Sea / Kalmar Strait, 1 lap

Bike

180.2 km

1 lap

Run

42.2 km

3 laps

Race week, the last three years

Sea

19°C

18°C to 21°C in race week

Air

21°C

12°C at night

Rain

19%

of race-week days

Wind

18

km/h gusts on a typical day

Date
21 August 2027
Distance
Full, 3.8 / 180 / 42.2 km

Course from the organiser's course page. Weather: the seven days around the race date in 2023, 2024, 2025, averaged (Open-Meteo, ERA5). Sea is the sea off the town, not a reading of the swim. The water temperature that counts is the one officials measure on race morning.

IRONMAN Kalmar race week guide

Race week in three parts, the same three the Taperly app uses. Times and deadlines come from the athlete guide.

  1. 14 August 2027 to 19 August 2027

    Race week

    Everything that still has time to go wrong, while there is still time to fix it. Nothing you train this week makes you faster on the day, but plenty of it can make you slower.

    Must do: Read the athlete guide properly, Check your race entry and category are right, Final equipment check: tyres, brakes, gears, cleats, Arrange care for kids or pets.

  2. On site, by 20 August 2027

    At the race

    A long day of small errands in a town you do not know, and then an early night. Do them in an order you decided in advance.

    Must do: Athlete check-in, Timing chip somewhere you cannot leave without it.

  3. 21 August 2027

    Race day

    If the week went well, this is only a list of things to pick up and put down. It ends when the horn goes, because from there nobody is holding a phone.

    Must do: Timing chip on, Race number, Bike on your own rack number.

The full race week checklist

Taperly plan with the prep phases and what is left

The same race week, planned day by day in the app.

Packing list for Kalmar

What goes in each bag. The full list, to tick off bag by bag, is in the app.

IRONMAN Kalmar: questions

When is IRONMAN Kalmar?

IRONMAN Kalmar is on 21 August 2027, in Kalmar, Sweden. The date is checked against the organiser's own race page.

What is the water temperature at IRONMAN Kalmar?

The sea off Kalmar has been around 19°C in race week (18°C to 21°C over 2023, 2024, 2025). Whether wetsuits are allowed is decided on race morning from the measured water temperature.

What is the IRONMAN Kalmar course like?

Swim 3.8 km, Baltic Sea / Kalmar Strait, 1 lap. Bike 180.2 km, 1 lap. Run 42.2 km, 3 laps. Read from the organiser's course page.

What is the weather like at IRONMAN Kalmar?

In race week it has been 12°C at night and 21°C in the day, with rain on 19% of days and gusts around 18 km/h (2023, 2024, 2025).

What should I pack for IRONMAN Kalmar?

Everything sorted by the bag it goes in: what you wear, the morning bag, the bike bag and the run bag. The full list, with what changes for Kalmar, is free in the Taperly app.

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