Climate averages 1991–2020
Halmstad weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Halmstad: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Helsingborg (71 km away). In January its highs average 2.5°C, about as warm as Halmstad, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Halmstad ranks joint 4th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 0.3°C; Halmstad is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 2.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Halmstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 68 | 12.3 | 7.58 h |
| February | 2.6°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 54 | 10.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | 5.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 48 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 63 | 12.3 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.718 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 90 | 13.7 | 17.117 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 102 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 84 | 14.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 12.0 | 8.28 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 6.97 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Helsingborg in JanuarySweden · 71 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -1.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Lund in JanuarySweden · 110 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -1.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Copenhagen in JanuaryDenmark · 112 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Borås in JanuarySweden · 116 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 70 mm precipitation
- Malmö in JanuarySweden · 119 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Växjö in JanuarySweden · 121 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in JanuarySweden · 127 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Jönköping in JanuarySweden · 146 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -2.8°C · 47 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 Halmstad) is explained once on the Halmstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.