Climate and average weather in Nyköping

In Nyköping, the summers are mild, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: early June to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Nyköping typically varies from -3°C to 20°C, and is rarely below -10°C or above 25°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Nyköping for warm-weather activities is from early June to mid September.

Hottest
Jul
20°
Coldest
Jan
-3°
Wettest
Jul
70 mm
Driest
Mar
32 mm
Rain / yr
608 mm
118 wet days
Daylight
5.9–18.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
20 m
58.8°N
Clearest
May
59% cloud

Nyköping is urban area in Nyköping Municipality, Sweden.

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

Nyköping weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early June to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Nyköping, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from June 3 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 16°C. The hottest month of the year in Nyköping is July, with an average high of 20°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 4.0 months, from November 21 to March 22, with daily high temperatures below 5°C. The coldest month of the year in Nyköping is January, with an average low of -3°C and high of 1°C.

Days typically run about 5°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 7°C) in May.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1-2
Feb1-3
Mar4-1
Apr82
May136
Jun1711
Jul2014
Aug2014
Sep1510
Oct106
Nov52
Dec2-1

How hot and cold Nyköping really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -9°C (around January 31), with roughly 179 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan11-8-2
Feb11-9-3
Mar44-6-1
Apr88-22
May131346
Jun17171011
Jul20201414
Aug20201414
Sep1515910
Oct101026
Nov55-22
Dec22-6-1

Average hourly temperature in Nyköping

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 20°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -3°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Nyköping weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°429.266.70.0
Feb / -3°348.56.68.80.0
Mar / -1°327.64.311.40.0
Apr / 347.31.3141.4
May13° / 449.40.216.53.7
Jun17° / 11°6010.6017.95.4
Jul20° / 14°7011017.36.2
Aug20° / 14°6811.6015.26.0
Sep15° / 10°589.3012.64.7
Oct10° / 5810.50.29.92.1
Nov / 5711.32.67.40.2
Dec / -1°5211.45.26.10.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Nyköping gets about 608 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.9 months, from around Oct 13 to Jan 8, peaking in December at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Mar 24.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 70 mm over about 11 wet days; March is the driest, with 32 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 2 · 39%Mar 24 · 23%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan319
Feb299
Mar258
Apr247
May299
Jun3611
Jul3511
Aug3712
Sep329
Oct3411
Nov3811
Dec3711

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Nyköping collects about 608 mm of rain across 118 wet days — roughly 51 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 70 mm, while March is the driest at just 32 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec423432344460706858585752
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4296
Feb3497
Mar3284
Apr3471
May4490
Jun60110
Jul70110
Aug68120
Sep5890
Oct58110
Nov57113
Dec52115

Snow in Nyköping

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Nyköping averages about 26 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 26 to May 4 — about 6.3 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 25 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 97 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 1
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan621
Feb725
Mar413
Apr16
May01
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov310
Dec520

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Nyköping, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 9 and lasts for 6.9 months, ending around October 5. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 47% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 6 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around March 8. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 77% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 24 · 48%Nov 26 · 20%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2674
Feb2773
Mar3961
Apr4357
May4654
Jun4456
Jul4753
Aug4456
Sep4060
Oct3367
Nov2377
Dec2674

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 18, brings about 18 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 5 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 12 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan6.78:413:21
Feb8.87:414:32
Mar11.46:215:42
Apr14.04:496:55
May16.53:328:04
Jun17.92:518:53
Jul17.33:158:40
Aug15.24:207:32
Sep12.65:316:02
Oct9.96:414:33
Nov7.47:563:18
Dec6.18:492:47

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Nyköping averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Mar 5 to Jun 16. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 8 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 4 sunny days — about 48% fewer than the May peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedMay 19 daysDec 23 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr8Gloomy
May8Mixed
Jun7Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct6Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Nyköping, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 12% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 30 · 100%Jul 31 · 80%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May100000
Jun891010
Jul5038111
Aug4739122
Sep871210
Oct99100
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Nyköping is typically light breeze, near 16 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Sep 13 to Mar 21. The windiest month is January, averaging about 19 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 22 to Sep 12, with July the calmest month at about 13 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyJan 7 · 19 km/hJul 25 · 13 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan19light breeze
Feb18light breeze
Mar16light breeze
Apr15light breeze
May14light breeze
Jun14light breeze
Jul13light breeze
Aug14light breeze
Sep16light breeze
Oct17light breeze
Nov18light breeze
Dec18light breeze

Best time to visit Nyköping

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Nyköping throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early September, Nyköping is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nyköping for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to mid September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 28 · 6.3

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.1poor
Apr1.4poor
May3.7fair
Jun5.4fair
Jul6.2good
Aug6.0good
Sep4.6fair
Oct2.1poor
Nov0.3poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nyköping for hot-weather activities is from mid July to mid August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 30 · 3.8

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Nyköping, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 20°C), the essentials are rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 1°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Nyköping sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Nyköping

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°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
Aug17Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index (midday) in Nyköping by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nyköping peaks around June 16 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 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 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul4Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Nyköping

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr00
May5.50
Jun70
Jul60
Aug50
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Nyköping typically lasts about 252 days, from around March 31 to December 7 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 25 to October 25.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 3150%Apr 2590%Oct 2590%Dec 750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2831
Feb2528
Mar3731
Apr7624
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct949
Nov7330
Dec4231

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Nyköping banks about 644 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0200400600800JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May14
Jun121
Jul219
Aug208
Sep81
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Nyköping receives about 2.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.2 and 5.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Mar 24 to Sep 13. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.8 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.2 kWh/m² — roughly 96% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 55.9 kWhDec 160.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.4Dim
Feb1.0Dim
Mar2.4Moderate
Apr4.1Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun5.8Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep2.7Moderate
Oct1.3Dim
Nov0.5Dim
Dec0.2Dim

Where is Nyköping?

Nyköping sits at 58.8°N, 17.0°E, 20 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Norrköping, 51 km away.

Topography around Nyköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m.

The land around Nyköping is covered by trees (36%), artificial surfaces (22%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (52%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
92 m
80 km
191 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Norrköping 51 km · Katrineholm 53 km · Södertälje 61 km · Tumba 68 km · Tullinge 71 km · Eskilstuna 74 km · Ekerö 75 km · Huddinge 78 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 Nyköping (58.753°, 17.0079°, elevation 20 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).