Linköping climate — normals and trends
Linköping (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 602 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Linköping averages 120 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Linköping has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 132 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 21 July 2022) and the coldest -27.8 °C (on 18 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
LinköpingÖstergötland County
- coords
- 58.41°, 15.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.6°C
Average daily high
9.9°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
602mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
86.8 cm
Average feels-like high
6.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.3 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
18 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
28 August 2022
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
9 January 2005
Strongest gust
110.5 km/h
3 March 1997
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-33.0 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
18.7 cm
6 December 1985
Sunniest day
18.0 h
20 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 73 mm | +33 mm |
| Feb | 1.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 15 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 7.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 12 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 23 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 14.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 40 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 20.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 46 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 125 mm | +49 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 38 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 62 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 68 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 5.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 41 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 40 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Linköping?
Linköping has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 602 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Linköping?
The hottest day measured in Linköping between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2022, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Linköping?
The coldest day measured in Linköping between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1940, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Linköping?
Yes. Linköping gets on average 86.8 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Linköping warmed?
Yes: Linköping warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Linköping?
The wettest day measured in Linköping between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2022, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Linköping?
The windiest day measured in Linköping between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2005, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Linköping?
The warmest month in Linköping is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is February (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Linköping?
Linköping receives on average 602 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Linköping?
Linköping gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Linköping?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Linköping between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1985, with 18.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Linköping?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Linköping.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Linköping?
In Linköping, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 21 July 2022, and the lowest was -33.0 °C on 10 January 1987.
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