Climate averages 1991–2020

Jönköping weather
in April.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 9.5°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 2.4°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 42 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Jönköping · average highYear overview

April is a cool month in Jönköping: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Borås (72 km away). In April its highs average 10.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than Jönköping, with 53 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Jönköping ranks 14th of 21 for the warmest April highs and joint 16th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Jönköping is level with that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 63 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jönköping climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jönköping, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.8°C-2.8°C-2.8°C4710.57.37 h
February 1.2°C-3.3°C-3.3°C399.59.39 h
March 4.1°C-1.5°C-1.5°C379.011.812 h
April, selected 9.5°C2.4°C2.4°C429.514.314 h
May 14.4°C6.9°C6.9°C6312.116.617 h
June 17.9°C11.1°C11.1°C8513.418.018 h
July 20.5°C13.8°C13.8°C8413.317.417 h
August 19.8°C13.6°C13.6°C8214.015.315 h
September 15.6°C10.2°C10.2°C6210.612.913 h
October 9.8°C5.8°C5.8°C5711.110.410 h
November 4.9°C2.0°C2.0°C5211.18.08 h
December 1.9°C-1.2°C-1.2°C5311.26.77 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

April in nearby cities

Distance from Jönköping

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jönköping) is explained once on the Jönköping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.