Climate averages 1991–2020

Växjö 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.

Average high 0.5°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -3.3°C Night-time mean, January

Precipitation 51 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 7 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cold month in Växjö: daytime highs average 0.5°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 51 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 30 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jönköping (108 km away). In January its highs average 0.8°C, about as warm as Växjö, with 47 mm of precipitation.

Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Växjö ranks 9th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 21 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 0.3°C; Växjö is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 1.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 51 mm to 42 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Växjö climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Växjö, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	0.5°C-3.3°C	-3.3°C	51	11.2	7.57 h
February	1.2°C-3.8°C	-3.8°C	42	9.7	9.49 h
March	4.5°C-2.0°C	-2.0°C	39	9.5	11.812 h
April	10.5°C1.9°C	1.9°C	40	8.9	14.214 h
May	15.6°C6.6°C	6.6°C	58	11.8	16.416 h
June	18.7°C10.5°C	10.5°C	76	12.8	17.718 h
July	20.8°C13.0°C	13.0°C	88	13.4	17.217 h
August	19.9°C12.8°C	12.8°C	76	13.0	15.215 h
September	15.5°C9.5°C	9.5°C	59	10.6	12.813 h
October	9.7°C5.2°C	5.2°C	61	11.2	10.410 h
November	4.8°C1.5°C	1.5°C	54	11.4	8.28 h
December	1.6°C-1.8°C	-1.8°C	55	11.9	6.97 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

Distance from Växjö

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 Växjö) is explained once on the Växjö year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.