Linköping weather in July

In July, Linköping sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 77 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 17.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 54 min at the start of July to 16 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Linköping's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Linköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
17 h 18 min
3:23 AM – 8:43 PM
Cloud cover
65%
4th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
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 July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Linköping reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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62112
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How July really feels in Linköping

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

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Linköping weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 1st-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 July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23961
33961
43961
53961
63961
73862
83862
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103862
113862
123862
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284060
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304159
314159

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Linköping gets around 77 mm of rain over 11.6 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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240
340
440
539
639
739
839
939
1039
1138
1238
1338
1438
1538
1637
1737
1837
1937
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2136
2236
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2436
2536
2636
2736
2836
2936
3036
3136

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 63% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1801730
2781840
3771940
4762040
5742240
6732340
7722440
8702541
9692641
10682741
11682741
12672841
13652951
14643051
15643051
16633151
17623251
18613351
19593461
20583561
21573571
22553681
23553681
24543691
25543691
265336101
275336101
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Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 54 min at the start of July to 16 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:04 AM to 3:52 AM, and sunset from 8:57 PM to 8:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.93:048:57
217.93:058:57
317.83:068:56
417.83:078:56
517.83:088:55
617.83:098:54
717.73:108:54
817.73:128:53
917.63:138:52
1017.63:148:51
1117.63:168:49
1217.53:178:48
1317.53:198:47
1417.43:208:46
1517.43:228:44
1617.33:238:43
1717.33:258:41
1817.23:278:40
1917.23:288:38
2017.13:308:37
2117.03:328:35
2217.03:348:33
2316.93:368:31
2416.93:388:30
2516.83:408:28
2616.73:428:26
2716.73:448:24
2816.63:468:22
2916.53:488:20
3016.53:508:17
3116.43:528:15

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.17 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 — July's 5.17 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
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85.3Bright
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115.3Bright
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155.2Bright
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175.1Bright
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195.1Bright
205.1Bright
215.0Bright
225.0Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Linköping?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Linköping for sightseeing.

What to pack for Linköping in July

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

In July, Linköping sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Linköping in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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
July 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).