Linköping weather in April

In April, Linköping sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of April to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Linköping's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Linköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11°
6th warmest
Overnight low
6th coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
4:56 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
63%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Linköping is city in Östergötland, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.3 µg/m³ · 2015
Founded
1150

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical April day in Linköping reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

-10°10°20°151015202530
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
18-1
28-1
38-1
48-1
590
690
790
890
990
1090
11100
12100
13100
14101
15101
16111
17111
18111
19111
20111
21122
22122
23122
24122
25132
26132
27133
28133
29133
30133

How April really feels in Linköping

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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
30
wind chill below the day's low

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

Linköping weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°388.75.96.80.0
Feb / -4°327.968.90.0
Mar / -2°307.94.511.40.3
Apr11° / 378.11.6142.6
May16° / 5210.20.116.44.9
Jun19° / 7111.7017.85.8
Jul22° / 12°7711.6017.36.3
Aug21° / 11°6912.4015.16.0
Sep16° / 539.5012.54.8
Oct10° / 5310.30.59.92.2
Nov / 4810.13.27.50.2
Dec / -2°4510.35.66.20.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34159
44159
54159
64060
73961
83961
93961
103961
114060
124060
134060
144159
154159
164258
174357
184258
194258
204258
214258
224258
234258
244258
254258
264159
274159
284159
294159
304258

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Linköping gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 27% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202530
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1249
2259
3259
4269
5279
6278
7278
8288
9288
10288
11288
12287
13277
14277
15276
16266
17266
18265
19265
20264
21264
22263
23273
24273
25282
26292
27292
28301
29301
30311

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
2112calm
2212calm
2311calm
2411calm
2511calm
2611calm
2711calm
2811calm
2911calm
3011calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of April to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 144 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 4:18 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 7:32 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:396:25
212.95:366:27
312.95:336:30
413.05:306:32
513.15:286:34
613.25:256:37
713.35:226:39
813.45:196:41
913.55:166:44
1013.55:136:46
1113.65:106:48
1213.75:076:50
1313.85:046:53
1413.95:026:55
1514.04:596:57
1614.14:567:00
1714.14:537:02
1814.24:507:04
1914.34:477:07
2014.44:457:09
2114.54:427:11
2214.64:397:13
2314.74:367:16
2414.74:347:18
2514.84:317:20
2614.94:287:23
2715.04:267:25
2815.14:237:27
2915.24:207:30
3015.24:187:32

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.03 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

024151015202530
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.3Moderate
23.3Moderate
33.4Moderate
43.4Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.5Moderate
73.6Moderate
83.6Moderate
93.7Moderate
103.7Moderate
113.8Moderate
123.8Moderate
133.9Moderate
144.0Moderate
154.0Bright
164.1Bright
174.1Bright
184.2Bright
194.2Bright
204.3Bright
214.3Bright
224.4Bright
234.4Bright
244.5Bright
254.5Bright
264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Linköping?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Linköping.

What to pack for Linköping in April

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

In April, Linköping sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Linköping in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Linköping peaks around June 16 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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 16UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul4Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Linköping?

Linköping sits at 58.4°N, 15.6°E, 58 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Motala, 37 km away.

VästervikÖrebroNässjö

Topography around Linköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Linköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m.

The land around Linköping is covered by artificial surfaces (41%), trees (27%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (34%), cropland (27%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
121 m
80 km
340 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Motala 37 km · Norrköping 38 km · Katrineholm 73 km · Kumla 84 km · Nyköping 89 km · Västervik 94 km · Örebro 99 km · Nässjö 100 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 Linköping (58.4109°, 15.6216°, 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. 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).