Rovaniemi Weather in January
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 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | -9°C | -15°C | -1°C 2015 | -30°C 2002 | 46% |
| Jan 2 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2020 | -25°C 2010 | 46% |
| Jan 3 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2020 | -22°C 2010 | 46% |
| Jan 4 | -9°C | -15°C | -2°C 1993 | -37°C 2017 | 47% |
| Jan 5 | -9°C | -15°C | -3°C 2006 | -36°C 2017 | 46% |
| Jan 6 | -9°C | -15°C | -2°C 2000 | -34°C 2003 | 45% |
| Jan 7 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2020 | -32°C 2003 | 45% |
| Jan 8 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2020 | -30°C 1999 | 44% |
| Jan 9 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2007 | -30°C 1999 | 46% |
| Jan 10 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2002 | -25°C 1999 | 46% |
| Jan 11 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2002 | -30°C 2015 | 46% |
| Jan 12 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2009 | -34°C 2015 | 46% |
| Jan 13 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2005 | -28°C 2016 | 46% |
| Jan 14 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2002 | -30°C 1999 | 45% |
| Jan 15 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2008 | -30°C 1999 | 42% |
| Jan 16 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2008 | -26°C 2009 | 40% |
| Jan 17 | -9°C | -16°C | 0°C 1995 | -32°C 2016 | 40% |
| Jan 18 | -9°C | -16°C | 0°C 2017 | -32°C 2006 | 39% |
| Jan 19 | -9°C | -16°C | 0°C 2017 | -32°C 2006 | 38% |
| Jan 20 | -9°C | -16°C | 0°C 2020 | -32°C 2006 | 38% |
| Jan 21 | -10°C | -16°C | 0°C 1997 | -30°C 2006 | 37% |
| Jan 22 | -10°C | -16°C | 0°C 1997 | -29°C 2002 | 36% |
| Jan 23 | -10°C | -17°C | -1°C 1991 | -29°C 1999 | 37% |
| Jan 24 | -10°C | -17°C | -1°C 1991 | -33°C 1999 | 35% |
| Jan 25 | -10°C | -17°C | 0°C 1991 | -32°C 1999 | 36% |
| Jan 26 | -10°C | -17°C | 0°C 2006 | -38°C 1999 | 36% |
| Jan 27 | -10°C | -17°C | 0°C 1998 | -42°C 1999 | 36% |
| Jan 28 | -10°C | -17°C | 0°C 1992 | -39°C 1999 | 36% |
| Jan 29 | -11°C | -17°C | 0°C 2008 | -38°C 1999 | 36% |
| Jan 30 | -11°C | -18°C | 0°C 2005 | -29°C 2012 | 38% |
| Jan 31 | -11°C | -18°C | -1°C 1993 | -31°C 2003 | 39% |
Chance of rain
- 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
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.