Varberg weather in January

In January, Varberg sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 71 mm of precipitation across 12.4 wet days and about 7.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Varberg's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Varberg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
71 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 06 min
8:49 AM – 3:52 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Varberg is urban area in Varberg Municipality, Sweden.

Founded
1666

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 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Varberg reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°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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How January really feels in Varberg

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.

Varberg weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°7112.44.77.10.0
Feb / -1°5410.54.790.0
Mar / 4710311.40.1
Apr / 469.40.513.91.9
May14° / 5611.1016.24.0
Jun17° / 12°7912.2017.55.2
Jul19° / 14°8412.60175.9
Aug19° / 15°10714.70155.5
Sep16° / 12°8912.8012.54.5
Oct11° / 9915.40.2102.4
Nov / 8113.30.97.80.7
Dec / 8014.23.56.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Varberg gets around 71 mm of rain and snow over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 30 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 90 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:59 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 3:29 PM to 4:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.58:593:29
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46.68:583:33
56.68:583:34
66.68:573:36
76.78:573:37
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147.08:513:48
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167.18:493:52
177.18:473:54
187.28:463:56
197.28:453:58
207.38:444:00
217.38:424:02
227.48:414:04
237.48:394:06
247.58:384:08
257.68:364:10
267.68:344:12
277.78:334:14
287.88:314:16
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.48 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Varberg?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Varberg.

What to pack for Varberg in January

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

In January, Varberg sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Varberg 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 offshore 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°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Varberg in January

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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 Varberg peaks around June 18 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 18UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
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Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Varberg?

Varberg sits at 57.1°N, 12.3°E, 15 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Falkenberg, 27 km away.

Topography around Varberg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Varberg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 311 m.

The land around Varberg is covered by water (35%), grassland (24%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, water (50%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
153 m
80 km
311 m
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January weather nearby: Falkenberg 27 km · Kungsbacka 44 km · Kinna 52 km · Halmstad 60 km · Mölnlycke 62 km · Mölndal 63 km · Västra Frölunda 63 km · Majorna 68 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 Varberg (57.1056°, 12.2508°, elevation 15 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).