Best time to visit Linköping
Sweden · 20-year averages
Linköping is a city of two halves. June scores 73 and January scores 23 — a 50-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. The good window runs May to September — 5 months within ten points of the best.
July is the warmest month at 22.6 °C and January the coolest at -1 °C — a 23.6 °C spread across the year. At the other end, 115 nights a year fall below freezing: the winter here is a real one.
There is a real wet season here. July to August carry the rain — up to 16 wet days in a month — while February to April drop as low as 9. That 7-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Linköping, and it moves further than the temperature does.
Daylight swings hard — 18.3 hours at midsummer against 6.4 at midwinter. That 11.9-hour difference changes how much fits into a day more than the temperature does.
The three strongest months are June, August, July. The one to think twice about is January. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.
Linköping month by month
| Month | High °C | Low °C | Rain days | Daylight h | Score | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1 | -5.6 | 11 | 7.1 | 23 | The month to avoid |
| February | 0.1 | -5.3 | 10 | 9.3 | 26 | The month to avoid |
| March | 4.2 | -2.5 | 9 | 11.7 | 30 | The month to avoid |
| April | 10.6 | 2 | 10 | 14.3 | 53 | Shoulder season |
| May | 15.8 | 6.9 | 13 | 16.7 | 64 | A good month |
| June | 19.8 | 11.1 | 14 | 18.3 | 73 | A good month |
| July | 22.6 | 14 | 16 | 17.7 | 70 | A good month |
| August | 21.5 | 13.2 | 15 | 15.5 | 73 | A good month |
| September | 17.1 | 9.4 | 12 | 12.9 | 70 | A good month |
| October | 10.1 | 4.6 | 13 | 10.4 | 45 | A hard month |
| November | 4.2 | 0.7 | 13 | 7.9 | 28 | The month to avoid |
| December | 0.5 | -3.5 | 13 | 6.4 | 24 | The month to avoid |
Planning the rest of the trip
- Flight time to Linköping how long you are actually in the air
- Linköping time zone and the difference from home
- Days until your trip count down to the departure date