Hässleholm weather in January

In January, Hässleholm sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 11.6 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 2°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Hässleholm's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hässleholm's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
8:36 AM – 3:52 PM
Cloud cover
79%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Hässleholm is Place in Scania, Sweden.

Founded
1205

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 2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Hässleholm reaches about 2°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 -3°C and 7°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)
12-2
22-2
32-2
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How January really feels in Hässleholm

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.

Hässleholm weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°5411.65.87.30.0
Feb / -3°459.85.59.10.0
Mar / -1°44103.911.40.4
Apr11° / 459.70.713.82.7
May16° / 6412.20164.6
Jun18° / 8712.8017.25.5
Jul21° / 12°9313.5016.85.9
Aug20° / 12°8714.2014.95.7
Sep16° / 6110.9012.54.8
Oct11° / 6611.70.410.12.5
Nov / 5411.61.67.90.5
Dec / -1°5411.84.66.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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21882
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Hässleholm gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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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 16 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 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:46 AM to 8:15 AM, and sunset from 3:30 PM to 4:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.78:463:30
26.88:463:31
36.88:463:32
46.88:453:34
56.88:453:35
66.98:443:36
76.98:443:38
86.98:433:39
97.08:433:40
107.08:423:42
117.08:413:44
127.18:403:45
137.18:393:47
147.28:393:48
157.28:383:50
167.38:363:52
177.38:353:54
187.48:343:56
197.48:333:57
207.58:323:59
217.58:304:01
227.68:294:03
237.68:284:05
247.78:264:07
257.78:254:09
267.88:234:11
277.98:224:13
287.98:204:15
298.08:184:17
308.08:174:19
318.18:154:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.48 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 Hässleholm?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hässleholm.

What to pack for Hässleholm in January

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

In January, Hässleholm sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Hässleholm in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°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 49 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 3°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
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Hässleholm in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hässleholm peaks around July 10 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 10UV 5Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hässleholm?

Hässleholm sits at 56.2°N, 13.8°E, 58 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Kristianstad, 28 km away.

Topography around Hässleholm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hässleholm has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m.

The land around Hässleholm is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (69%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
171 m
80 km
247 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Kristianstad 28 km · Eslöv 46 km · Ängelholm 57 km · Lund 62 km · Landskrona 66 km · Staffanstorp 67 km · Helsingborg 68 km · Karlshamn 68 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 Hässleholm (56.1591°, 13.7664°, elevation 58 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).