Climate averages 1991–2020
Jönköping weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Jönköping: daytime highs average 0.8°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th 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 Borås (72 km away). In January its highs average 0.9°C, about as warm as Jönköping, with 70 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Jönköping ranks 7th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 21 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 0.3°C; Jönköping is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 1.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 47 mm to 39 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
Jönköping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Borås in JanuarySweden · 72 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 70 mm precipitation
- Växjö in JanuarySweden · 108 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Linköping in JanuarySweden · 111 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in JanuarySweden · 130 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Halmstad in JanuarySweden · 146 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Norrköping in JanuarySweden · 149 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Örebro in JanuarySweden · 177 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.5°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Helsingborg in JanuarySweden · 212 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -1.2°C · 54 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.