Akureyri Weather in January
Average highs run from -4°C on January 1 to -4°C on January 31, and lows from -10°C to -10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 118 mm over about 22 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
- -4°C
- Average low
- -10°C
- Precipitation
- 118 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 4°CJan 6, 2002
- Reanalysis low
- -25°CJan 18, 1998
- Daylight
- 3 h 27 min to 6 h 35 min
- Cloud cover
- 76%
- Humidity
- 96%
- Dew point
- -8°C
- Wind
- 22.0 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 | -4°C | -10°C | 2°C 2008 | -21°C 1993 | 69% |
| Jan 2 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 2002 | -17°C 1993 | 69% |
| Jan 3 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 2019 | -16°C 2000 | 68% |
| Jan 4 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 2006 | -18°C 2000 | 70% |
| Jan 5 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 2006 | -19°C 2010 | 71% |
| Jan 6 | -4°C | -10°C | 4°C 2002 | -17°C 2011 | 72% |
| Jan 7 | -4°C | -10°C | 2°C 2009 | -16°C 2010 | 72% |
| Jan 8 | -4°C | -10°C | 2°C 2019 | -17°C 1993 | 72% |
| Jan 9 | -4°C | -9°C | 3°C 2019 | -18°C 2007 | 73% |
| Jan 10 | -4°C | -10°C | 2°C 2002 | -18°C 2007 | 73% |
| Jan 11 | -4°C | -10°C | 2°C 2018 | -19°C 1991 | 72% |
| Jan 12 | -4°C | -10°C | 2°C 2018 | -18°C 2007 | 72% |
| Jan 13 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 2001 | -21°C 2017 | 72% |
| Jan 14 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 2001 | -21°C 2017 | 71% |
| Jan 15 | -4°C | -10°C | 2°C 1991 | -18°C 2016 | 70% |
| Jan 16 | -4°C | -10°C | 2°C 2000 | -19°C 1994 | 68% |
| Jan 17 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 1996 | -19°C 1998 | 68% |
| Jan 18 | -4°C | -9°C | 2°C 1992 | -25°C 1998 | 68% |
| Jan 19 | -4°C | -9°C | 2°C 1992 | -18°C 1998 | 68% |
| Jan 20 | -4°C | -9°C | 3°C 1992 | -19°C 1991 | 66% |
| Jan 21 | -4°C | -9°C | 2°C 1991 | -17°C 2005 | 66% |
| Jan 22 | -4°C | -9°C | 3°C 2020 | -19°C 2003 | 65% |
| Jan 23 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 1992 | -18°C 1994 | 65% |
| Jan 24 | -4°C | -9°C | 2°C 1991 | -19°C 1993 | 64% |
| Jan 25 | -4°C | -9°C | 3°C 2010 | -19°C 2002 | 65% |
| Jan 26 | -4°C | -9°C | 3°C 1992 | -17°C 2004 | 65% |
| Jan 27 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 1992 | -19°C 2019 | 66% |
| Jan 28 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 1992 | -21°C 1995 | 66% |
| Jan 29 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 2012 | -20°C 2002 | 66% |
| Jan 30 | -4°C | -10°C | 3°C 1992 | -18°C 2003 | 67% |
| Jan 31 | -4°C | -10°C | 2°C 1999 | -18°C 2000 | 67% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT).
- January 1
- sunrise 11:33 AM, sunset 3:00 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 10:09 AM, sunset 4:44 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.