Oulu climate

Oulu Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -7°C on January 1 to -9°C on January 31, and lows from -11°C to -14°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 Oulu, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-7°C
Average low
-12°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Reanalysis high
3°CJan 11, 2002
Reanalysis low
-37°CJan 27, 1999
Daylight
3 h 54 min to 6 h 46 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
99%
Dew point
-10°C
Wind
13.0 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 1-7°C-11°C2°C 1993-24°C 200243%
Jan 2-7°C-11°C2°C 2020-23°C 200243%
Jan 3-6°C-11°C2°C 2020-24°C 201944%
Jan 4-6°C-11°C0°C 2007-24°C 201743%
Jan 5-6°C-11°C1°C 2007-24°C 200342%
Jan 6-6°C-11°C0°C 2000-28°C 200342%
Jan 7-6°C-11°C1°C 2020-32°C 201042%
Jan 8-6°C-11°C2°C 2020-32°C 201041%
Jan 9-6°C-11°C1°C 2020-25°C 199742%
Jan 10-6°C-11°C3°C 2002-22°C 200344%
Jan 11-6°C-11°C3°C 2002-22°C 199443%
Jan 12-6°C-11°C2°C 2009-23°C 201544%
Jan 13-6°C-12°C2°C 2009-22°C 199243%
Jan 14-6°C-12°C2°C 2002-25°C 199943%
Jan 15-6°C-12°C1°C 2020-24°C 199940%
Jan 16-7°C-12°C1°C 2000-25°C 201438%
Jan 17-7°C-12°C1°C 1995-24°C 201638%
Jan 18-7°C-12°C1°C 2017-27°C 200637%
Jan 19-7°C-12°C2°C 2017-29°C 200638%
Jan 20-7°C-13°C2°C 2020-29°C 200637%
Jan 21-7°C-13°C3°C 2020-28°C 201936%
Jan 22-8°C-13°C2°C 1997-25°C 201035%
Jan 23-8°C-13°C2°C 1991-25°C 201035%
Jan 24-8°C-13°C0°C 2020-27°C 200034%
Jan 25-8°C-14°C2°C 1991-29°C 199932%
Jan 26-8°C-14°C1°C 2017-26°C 199933%
Jan 27-8°C-14°C1°C 2006-37°C 199933%
Jan 28-8°C-14°C1°C 1992-37°C 199935%
Jan 29-8°C-14°C1°C 1992-34°C 199935%
Jan 30-9°C-14°C0°C 1992-28°C 201237%
Jan 31-9°C-14°C0°C 2005-29°C 201238%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 10:25 AM, sunset 2:19 PM
January 31
sunrise 9:09 AM, sunset 3:55 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.