Lidköping weather in January

In January, Lidköping sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 6.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°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 6 h 06 min at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lidköping's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lidköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
6 h 42 min
8:55 AM – 3:39 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Lidköping is urban area in Lidköping 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 1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Lidköping reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°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)
11-2
21-2
31-2
41-2
51-2
61-2
71-2
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91-2
101-2
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How January really feels in Lidköping

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.

Lidköping weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-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°5411.35.66.80.0
Feb / -3°429.36.18.80.0
Mar / -1°398.83.711.40.0
Apr / 448.41.3141.6
May14° / 6010.9016.44.0
Jun18° / 12°9213017.95.4
Jul20° / 14°9012.7017.36.0
Aug19° / 14°8913.7015.15.7
Sep15° / 10°7411012.54.4
Oct10° / 7813.30.39.92.0
Nov / 6512.52.97.50.2
Dec / -1°6311.756.10.0

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42377
52377
62278
72278
82278
92278
102278
112278
122278
132080
142179
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Lidköping gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 42% 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 (%)
14020
24020
34119
44119
54119
64219
74218
84218
94118
104118
114118
124017
133917
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313422

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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Wind in January

Winds average 18 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 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
819light breeze
919light breeze
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1119light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 06 min at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:07 AM to 8:30 AM, and sunset from 3:14 PM to 4:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.19:073:14
26.19:073:15
36.29:063:17
46.29:063:18
56.29:053:19
66.39:053:21
76.39:043:22
86.39:033:24
96.49:023:26
106.49:013:27
116.59:003:29
126.58:593:31
136.68:583:33
146.68:573:35
156.78:563:37
166.78:553:39
176.88:533:41
186.88:523:43
196.98:513:45
207.08:493:47
217.08:483:49
227.18:463:51
237.18:443:53
247.28:433:56
257.38:413:58
267.38:394:00
277.48:374:02
287.58:364:05
297.68:344:07
307.68:324:09
317.78:304:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.4 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 Lidköping?

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 Lidköping.

What to pack for Lidköping in January

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

In January, Lidköping sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Lidköping 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 Lidköping peaks around June 17 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 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 17UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lidköping?

Lidköping sits at 58.5°N, 13.2°E, 52 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Skövde, 42 km away.

Borås

Topography around Lidköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lidköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m.

The land around Lidköping is covered by water (35%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (40%), trees (24%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
150 m
80 km
362 m
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January weather nearby: Skövde 42 km · Falköping 43 km · Mariestad 45 km · Vänersborg 50 km · Trollhättan 56 km · Uddevalla 73 km · Alingsås 74 km · Borås 88 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 Lidköping (58.5052°, 13.1577°, elevation 52 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. 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).