Norrköping weather in January

In January, Norrköping sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 8.3 wet days and about 6.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 16% 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 Norrköping's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Norrköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
35 mm
8.3 wet days
Daylight
6 h 42 min
8:43 AM – 3:26 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Norrköping is urban area in Norrköping Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM10 20.7 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 Norrköping 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 -5°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
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51-3
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How January really feels in Norrköping

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.

Norrköping 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 / -3°358.35.46.80.0
Feb / -4°317.56.18.80.0
Mar / -2°297.74.211.40.3
Apr10° / 357.71.3142.4
May15° / 499.60.316.54.7
Jun19° / 10°6711.7017.95.8
Jul21° / 13°7612.2017.36.2
Aug21° / 12°6912.1015.26.0
Sep16° / 529012.54.9
Oct10° / 5110.20.29.92.3
Nov / 4810.237.50.2
Dec / -2°4510.25.36.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Norrköping gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 8.3 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 27% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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Wind in January

Winds average 14 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 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light 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 8:56 AM to 8:18 AM, and sunset from 3:01 PM to 3:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.18:563:01
26.18:553:02
36.18:553:04
46.28:543:05
56.28:543:07
66.28:533:08
76.38:533:10
86.38:523:11
96.48:513:13
106.48:503:15
116.58:493:16
126.58:483:18
136.58:473:20
146.68:463:22
156.78:453:24
166.78:433:26
176.88:423:28
186.88:413:30
196.98:393:32
206.98:383:34
217.08:363:36
227.18:353:38
237.18:333:41
247.28:313:43
257.38:293:45
267.38:283:47
277.48:263:50
287.58:243:52
297.58:223:54
307.68:203:57
317.78:183:59

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 0.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.68 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 Norrköping?

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 Norrköping.

What to pack for Norrköping in January

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

In January, Norrköping sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Norrköping 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 47 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°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°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar2Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Norrköping 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 Norrköping 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 4 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 Norrköping?

Norrköping sits at 58.6°N, 16.2°E, 12 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Linköping, 38 km away.

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Topography around Norrköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Norrköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m.

The land around Norrköping is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (45%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
180 m
80 km
272 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Linköping 38 km · Katrineholm 45 km · Nyköping 51 km · Motala 67 km · Kumla 84 km · Eskilstuna 88 km · Örebro 94 km · Västervik 97 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 Norrköping (58.5942°, 16.1826°, elevation 12 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).