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Riksgränsen in January

Cold and wet, the sun returns during the month.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Riksgränsen is cold: highs near 22°F, lows near 9°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the sun returns during the month.January in Riksgränsen is cold: highs near -6°C, lows near -13°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the sun returns during the month.

High
22°F-6°Caverage
Low
9°F-13°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
2h 35mon average

Is January a good time to visit Riksgränsen?

A good month, just outside Riksgränsen's mildest months, which run from July to August.

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 22°F in January, against 21°F to 60°F through the year.Highs near -6°C in January, against -6°C to 16°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in January, against 51% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

79% cover in January, against 65% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

2h 35m in January, against 0h 06m to 24h through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December25°-4°low 11°low -12°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January22°-6°low 9°low -13°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February21°-6°low 8°low -13°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Riksgränsen sits, in January

Europe/Oslo
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
10:38 AMsets 1:14 PM
Above the sea
520 mlow-lying
Latitude
68.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Harads287 km south-east

The land around Riksgränsen, 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 Riksgränsen

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Riksgränsen. 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 (520 m) against the climate model's (770 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 (520 m) against the climate model's (770 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.