Skövde weather in January

In January, Skövde sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 43 mm of precipitation across 9.6 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 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 12 min at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Skövde's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Skövde's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
43 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
6 h 48 min
8:51 AM – 3:37 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Skövde is urban area in Skövde Municipality, Sweden.

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 Skövde 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
31-3
41-3
51-3
61-3
71-3
81-3
91-3
101-3
111-3
121-3
131-3
141-3
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221-3
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How January really feels in Skövde

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.

Skövde 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°439.65.86.80.0
Feb / -4°358.36.18.90.0
Mar / -2°348.4411.40.3
Apr11° / 418.81.5142.6
May16° / 6011.60.116.44.7
Jun19° / 10°8412.5017.85.6
Jul21° / 12°8612.2017.36.1
Aug20° / 12°7913015.15.8
Sep16° / 5910.3012.54.7
Oct10° / 6011.40.59.92.2
Nov / 4910.72.97.50.2
Dec / -2°4810.15.36.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42377
52377
62377
72377
82278
92179
102179
112179
122179
132179
142179
152179
162179
172179
182278
192278
202377
212377
222476
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312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Skövde gets around 43 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 31% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13520
23520
33520
43520
53519
63519
73519
83518
93518
103418
113418
123318
133218
143218
153117
163018
172918
182918
192818
202818
212719
222719
232720
242820
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262821
272922
282922
292923
302923
313023

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
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11100
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14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2113light breeze
2213light breeze
2313light breeze
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2513light breeze
2613light breeze
2713light breeze
2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 12 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 90 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:03 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 3:12 PM to 4:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.29:033:12
26.29:033:14
36.29:023:15
46.29:023:16
56.39:013:18
66.39:013:19
76.39:003:21
86.48:593:22
96.48:593:24
106.58:583:26
116.58:573:27
126.68:563:29
136.68:553:31
146.78:543:33
156.78:523:35
166.88:513:37
176.88:503:39
186.98:493:41
196.98:473:43
207.08:463:45
217.08:443:47
227.18:433:49
237.28:413:51
247.28:393:54
257.38:383:56
267.48:363:58
277.48:344:00
287.58:324:03
297.68:304:05
307.78:284:07
317.78:264:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.39 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is January a good time to visit Skövde?

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 Skövde.

What to pack for Skövde in January

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

In January, Skövde sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Skövde 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 Skövde peaks around June 17 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 17UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Skövde?

Skövde sits at 58.4°N, 13.8°E, 152 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Falköping, 30 km away.

Borås

Topography around Skövde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Skövde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m.

The land around Skövde is covered by trees (45%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
200 m
16 km
247 m
80 km
328 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Falköping 30 km · Mariestad 35 km · Lidköping 42 km · Jönköping 70 km · Motala 71 km · Huskvarna 72 km · Vänersborg 89 km · Borås 92 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 Skövde (58.3912°, 13.8451°, elevation 152 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).