Ljungby weather in January

In January, Ljungby sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 7.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 10% 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 Ljungby's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ljungby's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 06 min
8:40 AM – 3:47 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ljungby is urban area in Ljungby Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 4.8 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Ljungby reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 6°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)
11-3
21-3
31-3
41-3
51-3
61-3
71-3
81-3
91-3
101-3
111-3
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How January really feels in Ljungby

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.

Ljungby 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 / -3°5711.46.57.20.0
Feb / -4°46106.49.10.0
Mar / -2°449.84.311.40.3
Apr11° / 469.7113.92.6
May16° / 6612.2016.14.6
Jun19° / 8612.8017.45.5
Jul21° / 12°9713.5016.95.8
Aug20° / 11°8614.1014.95.6
Sep16° / 6511012.54.6
Oct10° / 6512.10.4102.2
Nov / 5611.42.37.80.3
Dec / -2°5812.15.16.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31783
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101882
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312278

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ljungby gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 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 41% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14019
24019
34019
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54119
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74120
84120
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313523

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 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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2015light breeze
2114light breeze
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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 8:50 AM to 8:18 AM, and sunset from 3:24 PM to 4:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.68:503:24
26.68:503:26
36.68:503:27
46.68:493:28
56.78:493:29
66.78:483:31
76.78:483:32
86.88:473:34
96.88:473:35
106.88:463:37
116.98:453:38
126.98:443:40
137.08:433:42
147.08:423:43
157.18:413:45
167.18:403:47
177.28:393:49
187.28:383:51
197.38:363:53
207.38:353:55
217.48:343:57
227.48:323:59
237.58:314:01
247.68:294:03
257.68:284:05
267.78:264:07
277.78:254:09
287.88:234:11
297.98:214:13
307.98:194:15
318.08:184:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.28 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.43 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.3Dim
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30.3Dim
40.3Dim
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100.3Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ljungby?

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 Ljungby.

What to pack for Ljungby in January

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

In January, Ljungby sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Ljungby 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 69 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°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°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct11Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Ljungby 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 Ljungby peaks around July 10 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 10UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ljungby?

Ljungby sits at 56.8°N, 13.9°E, 142 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Värnamo, 40 km away.

KristianstadKarlshamnÄngelholm

Topography around Ljungby

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ljungby has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 153 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 372 m.

The land around Ljungby is covered by trees (58%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
78 m
80 km
372 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Värnamo 40 km · Växjö 53 km · Halmstad 68 km · Hässleholm 76 km · Falkenberg 88 km · Kristianstad 90 km · Karlshamn 93 km · Ängelholm 93 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 Ljungby (56.8332°, 13.9408°, elevation 142 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).