Nyköping weather in January

In January, Nyköping sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 6.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 hours at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nyköping's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nyköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
6 h 42 min
8:41 AM – 3:21 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nyköping is urban area in Nyköping Municipality, Sweden.

Founded
1187

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 Nyköping reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 5°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)
11-2
21-2
31-2
41-2
51-2
61-2
71-2
81-2
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101-2
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How January really feels in Nyköping

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.

Nyköping weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-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°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

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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
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32674
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102575
112476
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Nyköping gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 30% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13520
23520
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43419
53419
63318
73318
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103118
113118
123018
133018
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313024

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
819light breeze
919light breeze
1019light breeze
1119light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 hours 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 102 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:54 AM to 8:16 AM, and sunset from 2:57 PM to 3:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.08:542:57
26.18:532:58
36.18:532:59
46.18:523:00
56.28:523:02
66.28:513:03
76.28:513:05
86.38:503:07
96.38:493:08
106.48:483:10
116.48:473:12
126.58:463:14
136.58:453:15
146.68:443:17
156.68:433:19
166.78:413:21
176.78:403:23
186.88:383:25
196.88:373:28
206.98:353:30
217.08:343:32
227.08:323:34
237.18:313:36
247.28:293:39
257.28:273:41
267.38:253:43
277.48:243:45
287.48:223:48
297.58:203:50
307.68:183:53
317.78:163:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.38 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 Nyköping?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nyköping.

What to pack for Nyköping in January

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

In January, Nyköping sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Nyköping 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 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 in Nyköping 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 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
Location & terrain

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
January weather 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).