Linköping weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇪 Sweden · regional city · continental climate
The best time to visit Linköping is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with August and July close behind. Linköping averages about 1,707 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 87 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,707
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 758 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 167k
- Elevation
- 50 m

When is the best time to visit Linköping?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Linköping is June, then August and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 49 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Linköping?
Linköping isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,707 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate June (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #17 of 36 destinations in Sweden for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,697 hours. The year's 758 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 49 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 42 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 40 mm | 1 |
| April | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 42 mm | 3 |
| May | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 68 mm | 4 |
| June | 73 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 87 mm | 5 |
| July | 70 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 100 mm | 5 |
| August | 73 | 21° / 70°F | 13° / 55°F | 85 mm | 4 |
| September | 58 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 58 mm | 2 |
| October | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 70 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 63 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 54 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Stockholm Sweden · 189 km · best in Jul · 1,710 h sun/yr
- Göteborg Sweden · 217 km · best in Jul · 1,574 h sun/yr
- Sandefjord(Torp) Norway · 324 km · best in Jul · 1,649 h sun/yr
- Oslo (Gardermoen) Norway · 327 km · best in Jul · 1,634 h sun/yr
- Malmö Sweden · 348 km · best in Jul · 1,701 h sun/yr
- Copenhagen Denmark · 360 km · best in Jul · 1,702 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Norrköping Sweden · 39 km · 1,743 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Örebro Sweden · 98 km · 1,655 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Jönköping Sweden · 119 km · 1,631 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Stockholm / Västerås Sweden · 142 km · 1,709 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Växjö Sweden · 174 km · 1,584 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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