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Gothenburg in January

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Gothenburg is cold: highs near 39°F, lows near 29°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Gothenburg is cold: highs near 4°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
39°F4°Caverage
Low
29°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
7h 19mon average

Is January a good time to visit Gothenburg?

January sits outside Gothenburg's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 39°F in January, against 39°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 4°C in January, against 4°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in January, against 35% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in January, against 48% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

7h 19m in January, against 6h 39m to 17h 58m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December41°5°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January39°4°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February40°4°low 28°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Gothenburg sits, in January

Europe/Stockholm
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:44 AMsets 3:57 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Stockholm397 km north-east

The land around Gothenburg, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Sweden in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Gothenburg

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gothenburg. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (53 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (53 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.