Climate averages 1991–2020
Gävle weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Gävle: daytime highs average -0.7°C and nights cool to about -5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uppsala (95 km away). In January its highs average -0.4°C, about as warm as Gävle, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gävle ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 21 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 0.3°C; Gävle is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 mm to 28 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
Gävle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 33 | 8.1 | 6.67 h |
| February | -0.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 28 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
| March | 3.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 28 | 7.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 9.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 33 | 7.6 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 44 | 9.2 | 17.317 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 10.5 | 19.019 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 68 | 11.5 | 18.218 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.816 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| October | 8.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 9.9 | 7.57 h |
| December | 0.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 9.6 | 5.86 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
- Uppsala in JanuarySweden · 95 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -4.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Västerås in JanuarySweden · 122 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Sollentuna in JanuarySweden · 146 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Stockholm in JanuarySweden · 158 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.2°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Mariehamn in JanuaryAland Islands · 166 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -1.6°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Huddinge in JanuarySweden · 167 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.2°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Södertälje in JanuarySweden · 167 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -4.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Haninge in JanuarySweden · 177 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 39 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 Gävle) is explained once on the Gävle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.