Åkersberga weather in January

In January, Åkersberga sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 6.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 48 min at the start of January to 7 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Åkersberga's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Åkersberga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
6 h 30 min
8:42 AM – 3:10 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Åkersberga is urban area in Österåker Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Åkersberga reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
11-3
21-3
31-3
41-3
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How January really feels in Åkersberga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Åkersberga weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°378.25.86.50.0
Feb / -4°307.86.88.70.0
Mar / -2°307.8511.30.0
Apr / 327.91.914.11.4
May13° / 4290.116.63.7
Jun17° / 11°6610.6018.15.3
Jul20° / 14°6710.7017.56.2
Aug20° / 13°7012015.35.9
Sep15° / 518.8012.64.6
Oct / 51100.29.82.0
Nov / 4910.637.30.2
Dec / -2°4710.765.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Åkersberga gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 28% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 48 min at the start of January to 7 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:55 AM to 8:15 AM, and sunset from 2:45 PM to 3:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.88:552:45
25.98:552:46
35.98:542:47
45.98:542:49
55.98:532:50
66.08:532:52
76.08:522:53
86.18:512:55
96.18:502:57
106.28:492:59
116.28:483:00
126.38:473:02
136.38:463:04
146.48:443:06
156.48:433:08
166.58:423:10
176.58:403:13
186.68:393:15
196.78:373:17
206.78:363:19
216.88:343:21
226.98:323:24
236.98:313:26
247.08:293:28
257.18:273:31
267.18:253:33
277.28:233:36
287.38:213:38
297.48:193:40
307.48:173:43
317.58:153:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.35 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Åkersberga?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Åkersberga.

What to pack for Åkersberga in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Åkersberga sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Åkersberga in January

The nearest coast averages about 3°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar2Bracing
Apr3Bracing
May6Bracing
Jun11Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Åkersberga in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Åkersberga peaks around June 17 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 17UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Åkersberga?

Åkersberga sits at 59.5°N, 18.3°E, 9 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Täby, 14 km away.

Topography around Åkersberga

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Åkersberga.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Åkersberga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m.

The land around Åkersberga is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and water (43%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
86 m
80 km
109 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Täby 14 km · Vallentuna 14 km · Lidingö 16 km · Boo 16 km · Danderyd 18 km · Gustavsberg 18 km · Östermalm 20 km · Nacka 20 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 87% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$63,133
2025
Happiness
7.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 609
Religion
Church of Sweden 54%none or unspecified 37%other 9%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Åkersberga (59.4794°, 18.2997°, elevation 9 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).