Linköping
City in Sweden: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Stora torget, Linköping, juli 2005: Thuresson, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Linköping is a city in Sweden, in Östergötland. About 166,673 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Sweden in our atlas.
It lies at 58.41° N, 15.62° E, about 58 m (190 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Stockholm time zone. At this high latitude, summer days are very long and winter days very short.
Location
Red dot: Linköping. Green dots: other major cities of Sweden. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Linköping has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 23°C (73°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -6°C (22°F). Around 758 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in SwedenNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Örebro · 99 km
- Västerås · 144 km
- Stockholm · 175 km
- Sollentuna · 176 km
- Uppsala · 199 km
- Gothenburg · 226 km
- Malmö · 347 km
- Umeå · 659 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2694762 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q25413 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Stora torget, Linköping, juli 2005: Thuresson, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)