Visby weather in January

In January, Visby sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 2°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 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Visby's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Visby's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
6 h 54 min
8:28 AM – 3:24 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Visby is urban area in Gotland Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.5 µg/m³ · 2010
Founded
1645

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 2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Visby reaches about 2°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 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Visby

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.

Visby 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°399.96.170.0
Feb / -1°348.8690.0
Mar / 297.93.411.40.0
Apr / 296.91.2141.2
May12° / 346.90.116.33.7
Jun17° / 11°468.7017.65.6
Jul20° / 15°588.7017.16.6
Aug20° / 15°5910.70156.2
Sep16° / 12°499.8012.54.9
Oct11° / 5411.30.1102.4
Nov / 5512.31.67.70.6
Dec / 4912.24.36.40.0

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 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Visby gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 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 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 54 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 8:39 AM to 8:04 AM, and sunset from 3:01 PM to 3:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.48:393:01
26.48:393:02
36.48:393:03
46.48:383:05
56.58:383:06
66.58:373:07
76.58:363:09
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96.68:353:12
106.78:343:13
116.78:333:15
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156.98:293:22
166.98:283:24
177.08:273:26
187.08:263:28
197.18:243:30
207.28:233:32
217.28:213:34
227.38:203:36
237.38:183:38
247.48:173:40
257.58:153:43
267.58:133:45
277.68:123:47
287.78:103:49
297.78:083:51
307.88:063:54
317.98:043:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.43 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Visby?

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 Visby.

What to pack for Visby in January

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

In January, Visby sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Visby in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°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 March near 3°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
Jan4Bracing
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Jun12Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct11Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Visby 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 Visby peaks around June 18 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 5 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Visby?

Visby sits at 57.6°N, 18.3°E, 22 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Västervik, 99 km away.

VästervikOskarshamnNyköpingKalmarNorrköpingHaningeTullingeTumba

Topography around Visby

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Visby has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m.

The land around Visby is covered by water (43%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (45%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and water (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
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80 km
138 m
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January weather nearby: Västervik 99 km · Oskarshamn 118 km · Nyköping 145 km · Kalmar 160 km · Norrköping 163 km · Haninge 170 km · Tullinge 175 km · Tumba 175 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 Visby (57.6409°, 18.296°, elevation 22 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).