Rovaniemi climate

Rovaniemi Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Rovaniemi, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -9°C on January 1 to -11°C on January 31, and lows from -15°C to -18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Rovaniemi, in °C, with the record for each date.-50-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-9°C
Average low
-16°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Reanalysis high
0°CJan 21, 1997
Reanalysis low
-42°CJan 27, 1999
Daylight
2 h 46 min to 6 h 18 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
100%
Dew point
-13°C
Wind
9.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 1-9°C-15°C-1°C 2015-30°C 200246%
Jan 2-9°C-15°C0°C 2020-25°C 201046%
Jan 3-9°C-15°C0°C 2020-22°C 201046%
Jan 4-9°C-15°C-2°C 1993-37°C 201747%
Jan 5-9°C-15°C-3°C 2006-36°C 201746%
Jan 6-9°C-15°C-2°C 2000-34°C 200345%
Jan 7-9°C-15°C0°C 2020-32°C 200345%
Jan 8-9°C-15°C0°C 2020-30°C 199944%
Jan 9-9°C-15°C0°C 2007-30°C 199946%
Jan 10-9°C-15°C0°C 2002-25°C 199946%
Jan 11-9°C-15°C0°C 2002-30°C 201546%
Jan 12-9°C-15°C0°C 2009-34°C 201546%
Jan 13-9°C-15°C0°C 2005-28°C 201646%
Jan 14-9°C-15°C0°C 2002-30°C 199945%
Jan 15-9°C-15°C0°C 2008-30°C 199942%
Jan 16-9°C-15°C0°C 2008-26°C 200940%
Jan 17-9°C-16°C0°C 1995-32°C 201640%
Jan 18-9°C-16°C0°C 2017-32°C 200639%
Jan 19-9°C-16°C0°C 2017-32°C 200638%
Jan 20-9°C-16°C0°C 2020-32°C 200638%
Jan 21-10°C-16°C0°C 1997-30°C 200637%
Jan 22-10°C-16°C0°C 1997-29°C 200236%
Jan 23-10°C-17°C-1°C 1991-29°C 199937%
Jan 24-10°C-17°C-1°C 1991-33°C 199935%
Jan 25-10°C-17°C0°C 1991-32°C 199936%
Jan 26-10°C-17°C0°C 2006-38°C 199936%
Jan 27-10°C-17°C0°C 1998-42°C 199936%
Jan 28-10°C-17°C0°C 1992-39°C 199936%
Jan 29-11°C-17°C0°C 2008-38°C 199936%
Jan 30-11°C-18°C0°C 2005-29°C 201238%
Jan 31-11°C-18°C-1°C 1993-31°C 200339%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Rovaniemi, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

January 1
sunrise 10:58 AM, sunset 1:44 PM
January 31
sunrise 9:22 AM, sunset 3:40 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.