Helsingborg weather in January

In January, Helsingborg sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 11.8 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 3°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 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Helsingborg's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Helsingborg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
8:40 AM – 3:57 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Helsingborg is town and seat of Helsingborg Municipality, in Scania County, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM10 17.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1085

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 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Helsingborg reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°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)
13-1
23-1
33-1
43-1
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How January really feels in Helsingborg

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.

Helsingborg 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 / -1°5411.84.67.30.0
Feb / -2°4510.34.69.10.0
Mar / -0°4510311.40.5
Apr11° / 44100.513.82.8
May16° / 6011.20164.8
Jun19° / 10°8112.3017.25.7
Jul21° / 13°8112.6016.76.1
Aug21° / 13°8713.3014.85.9
Sep17° / 10°6210.4012.55.1
Oct12° / 6512.50.110.12.8
Nov / 5311.617.90.7
Dec / -0°5711.83.56.80.0

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
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112476
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312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Helsingborg gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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54012
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114014
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313617

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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Dry (%)
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31100

Wind in January

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
1218light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 48 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 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:50 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 3:35 PM to 4:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.88:503:35
26.88:493:36
36.88:493:37
46.88:493:39
56.98:483:40
66.98:483:41
76.98:473:43
87.08:473:44
97.08:463:46
107.08:453:47
117.18:453:49
127.18:443:50
137.18:433:52
147.28:423:53
157.28:413:55
167.38:403:57
177.38:393:59
187.48:384:01
197.48:374:02
207.58:354:04
217.58:344:06
227.68:334:08
237.68:314:10
247.78:304:12
257.88:284:14
267.88:274:16
277.98:254:18
287.98:244:20
298.08:224:22
308.18:204:24
318.18:194:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.34 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.51 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 Helsingborg?

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 Helsingborg.

What to pack for Helsingborg in January

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

In January, Helsingborg sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -1°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 Helsingborg 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 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°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
Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Helsingborg 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 Helsingborg peaks around July 12 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 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 12UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Helsingborg?

Helsingborg sits at 56.0°N, 12.7°E, 13 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Helsingør, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Helsingborg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Helsingborg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 286 m.

The land around Helsingborg is covered by water (40%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, cropland (34%) and water (32%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
286 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Helsingør 5.0 km · Landskrona 21 km · Hørsholm 22 km · Ängelholm 24 km · Birkerød 28 km · Hillerød 28 km · Allerød 29 km · Lillerød 29 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 Helsingborg (56.0467°, 12.6944°, elevation 13 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).