Climate averages 1991–2020
Borås weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Borås: daytime highs average 0.9°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 70 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gothenburg (58 km away). In January its highs average 2.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Borås, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Borås ranks 6th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 21 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 0.3°C; Borås is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 70 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Borås climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.9°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 70 | 12.1 | 7.37 h |
| February | 1.5°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 56 | 10.5 | 9.49 h |
| March | 4.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 50 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 53 | 10.1 | 14.314 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 71 | 12.5 | 16.617 h |
| June | 18.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 99 | 13.8 | 18.018 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 94 | 13.5 | 17.417 h |
| August | 19.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 106 | 15.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 83 | 12.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 81 | 13.3 | 10.410 h |
| November | 5.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 63 | 11.8 | 8.08 h |
| December | 1.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 75 | 12.7 | 6.77 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Gothenburg in JanuarySweden · 58 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Jönköping in JanuarySweden · 72 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -2.8°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Halmstad in JanuarySweden · 116 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Växjö in JanuarySweden · 146 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Linköping in JanuarySweden · 175 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Helsingborg in JanuarySweden · 187 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -1.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Aalborg in JanuaryDenmark · 196 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in JanuaryNorway · 203 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -2.8°C · 65 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Borås) is explained once on the Borås year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.