Kalmar weather in January

In January, Kalmar sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 7.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kalmar's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalmar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
36 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:29 AM – 3:38 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kalmar is city in Kalmar Municipality, Sweden.

Founded
1100

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 Kalmar reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°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)
12-1
22-1
32-1
42-1
52-1
62-1
72-1
82-1
92-1
102-1
112-1
122-1
132-1
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312-2

How January really feels in Kalmar

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.

Kalmar 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 / -2°369.25.37.20.0
Feb / -2°348.46.39.10.0
Mar / -1°297.6311.40.3
Apr10° / 287.2113.92.3
May15° / 459.7016.14.5
Jun19° / 11°5310.4017.45.9
Jul21° / 13°6610.3016.96.5
Aug21° / 13°5910.6014.96.3
Sep17° / 10°458.9012.55.3
Oct11° / 509.60.1102.8
Nov / 5211.11.87.80.6
Dec / -0°4410.146.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22377
32377
42278
52278
62278
72278
82278
92278
102278
112278
122179
132278
142278
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312773

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kalmar gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13216
23216
33216
43216
53216
63216
73116
83115
93015
103016
113016
122916
132916
142916
152816
162816
172716
182716
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202717
212718
222818
232818
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252819
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282920
292920
302920
312920

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 (%)
1100
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24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
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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
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
1218light breeze
1318light breeze
1418light breeze
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2017light breeze
2117light breeze
2217light breeze
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2617light breeze
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2917light breeze
3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:39 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 3:16 PM to 4:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.68:393:16
26.68:393:17
36.78:393:18
46.78:383:20
56.78:383:21
66.78:383:22
76.88:373:24
86.88:363:25
96.98:363:27
106.98:353:28
116.98:343:30
127.08:333:31
137.08:323:33
147.18:313:35
157.18:303:37
167.28:293:38
177.28:283:40
187.38:273:42
197.38:263:44
207.48:243:46
217.48:233:48
227.58:223:50
237.58:203:52
247.68:193:54
257.68:173:56
267.78:163:58
277.88:144:00
287.88:124:02
297.98:114:04
308.08:094:07
318.08:074:09

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 0.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 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 Kalmar?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kalmar.

What to pack for Kalmar in January

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

In January, Kalmar sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Kalmar 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 offshore 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
Jan3Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May8Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct11Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Kalmar 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 Kalmar peaks around June 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kalmar?

Kalmar sits at 56.7°N, 16.4°E, 7 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Oskarshamn, 67 km away.

KarlshamnVästervikLjungbyNässjöVärnamo

Topography around Kalmar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalmar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m.

The land around Kalmar is covered by water (59%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (34%), trees (26%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and water (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
67 m
80 km
306 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Oskarshamn 67 km · Karlskrona 73 km · Växjö 98 km · Karlshamn 107 km · Västervik 123 km · Ljungby 149 km · Nässjö 149 km · Värnamo 152 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 Kalmar (56.6616°, 16.3616°, elevation 7 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).