Linköping climate
Linköping is warmest in July, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -4.2 °C. July is the wettest month (76 mm) and March the driest (31 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Linköping averages 606 mm of rain, 13 days above 25 °C and 108 days below freezing.
Sweden · population 166,673 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 22 °C
- Coldest month February -4.2 °C
- Driest month March 31 mm
- Wettest month July 76 mm
- Least cloud May 58 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 34 °C
- Coldest on record February -24 °C
What to expectLinköping through the year
Linköping has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.1 °C in February to 22 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 13 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 108 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 76 mm against 31 mm in March — 2.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5 °C | 38 mm | 76 % |
| February | 1.1 °C | 33 mm | 74 % |
| March | 4.7 °C | 31 mm | 66 % |
| April | 10.6 °C | 37 mm | 60 % |
| May | 15.7 °C | 52 mm | 58 % |
| June | 19.3 °C | 71 mm | 60 % |
| July | 21.6 °C | 76 mm | 60 % |
| August | 20.5 °C | 71 mm | 63 % |
| September | 15.9 °C | 52 mm | 66 % |
| October | 9.8 °C | 54 mm | 71 % |
| November | 4.8 °C | 48 mm | 80 % |
| December | 1.7 °C | 45 mm | 78 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5 °C | -3.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 10.1 °C | -23.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| February | 1.1 °C | -4.2 °C | -1.5 °C | 11.1 °C | -24.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| March | 4.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 1.2 °C | 15.2 °C | -17.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| April | 10.6 °C | 1.6 °C | 6.0 °C | 26.0 °C | -8.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| May | 15.7 °C | 6.4 °C | 11.3 °C | 27.2 °C | -2.6 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 19.3 °C | 10.8 °C | 15.3 °C | 30.3 °C | 3.6 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 21.6 °C | 13.5 °C | 17.7 °C | 33.6 °C | 8.5 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| August | 20.5 °C | 13.1 °C | 16.8 °C | 33.3 °C | 7.4 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 15.9 °C | 9.4 °C | 12.5 °C | 25.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 9.8 °C | 5.0 °C | 7.3 °C | 21.1 °C | -6.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| November | 4.8 °C | 1.3 °C | 3.1 °C | 16.7 °C | -14.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| December | 1.7 °C | -2.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 12.0 °C | -21.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38 mm | 9 | 7.1 h/day | 76 % | 86 % | 19 km/h |
| February | 33 mm | 8 | 9.3 h/day | 74 % | 84 % | 18 km/h |
| March | 31 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 66 % | 78 % | 18 km/h |
| April | 37 mm | 8 | 14 h/day | 60 % | 72 % | 17 km/h |
| May | 52 mm | 10 | 17 h/day | 58 % | 68 % | 16 km/h |
| June | 71 mm | 12 | 18 h/day | 60 % | 70 % | 16 km/h |
| July | 76 mm | 12 | 18 h/day | 60 % | 73 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 71 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 63 % | 76 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 52 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 66 % | 80 % | 17 km/h |
| October | 54 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 71 % | 85 % | 18 km/h |
| November | 48 mm | 10 | 7.9 h/day | 80 % | 89 % | 17 km/h |
| December | 45 mm | 10 | 6.4 h/day | 78 % | 90 % | 18 km/h |
How Linköping compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linköping | 22 °C | -4.2 °C | 606 mm | 13 |
| Örebro · Sweden | 22 °C | -4.9 °C | 641 mm | 13 |
| Stockholm · Sweden | 21 °C | -4.0 °C | 567 mm | 7 |
| Uppsala · Sweden | 22 °C | -5.4 °C | 569 mm | 12 |
| Gothenburg · Sweden | 21 °C | -2.4 °C | 951 mm | 10 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Linköping.
QuestionsCommon questions about Linköping’s climate
When is the best time to visit Linköping?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Linköping get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -4.2 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 108 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Linköping?
July, averaging 76 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is March with 31 mm. The year as a whole averages 606 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Linköping rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.