Climate averages 1991–2020
Jönköping weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Jönköping: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borås (72 km away). In December its highs average 1.9°C, about as warm as Jönköping, with 75 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Jönköping ranks joint 6th of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 13th of 21 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 1.6°C; Jönköping is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 0.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 53 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Jönköping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 47 | 10.5 | 7.37 h |
| February | 1.2°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 39 | 9.5 | 9.39 h |
| March | 4.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 42 | 9.5 | 14.314 h |
| May | 14.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 63 | 12.1 | 16.617 h |
| June | 17.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 85 | 13.4 | 18.018 h |
| July | 20.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 84 | 13.3 | 17.417 h |
| August | 19.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 82 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 62 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 57 | 11.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 4.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 52 | 11.1 | 8.08 h |
| December, selected | 1.9°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 53 | 11.2 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Borås in DecemberSweden · 72 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 75 mm precipitation
- Växjö in DecemberSweden · 108 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Linköping in DecemberSweden · 111 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -2.0°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in DecemberSweden · 130 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Halmstad in DecemberSweden · 146 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Norrköping in DecemberSweden · 149 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Örebro in DecemberSweden · 177 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -2.8°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Helsingborg in DecemberSweden · 212 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 57 mm rain
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 Jönköping) is explained once on the Jönköping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.