Kiruna Weather in January
Average highs run from -10°C on January 1 to -11°C on January 31, and lows from -15°C to -17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 34 mm over about 9 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
- -10°C
- Average low
- -16°C
- Precipitation
- 34 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 2°CJan 2, 2020
- Reanalysis low
- -36°CJan 27, 1999
- Daylight
- 0 h 00 min to 5 h 48 min
- Cloud cover
- 75%
- Humidity
- 97%
- Dew point
- -13°C
- Wind
- 14.4 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 | -10°C | -15°C | 1°C 2020 | -24°C 2001 | 35% |
| Jan 2 | -10°C | -15°C | 2°C 2020 | -23°C 2010 | 34% |
| Jan 3 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2020 | -23°C 2016 | 35% |
| Jan 4 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2002 | -30°C 2017 | 34% |
| Jan 5 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2006 | -28°C 2017 | 34% |
| Jan 6 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2019 | -30°C 2016 | 35% |
| Jan 7 | -9°C | -15°C | 1°C 2002 | -33°C 2016 | 34% |
| Jan 8 | -9°C | -15°C | 1°C 2002 | -29°C 2016 | 35% |
| Jan 9 | -9°C | -15°C | 0°C 2002 | -22°C 1991 | 34% |
| Jan 10 | -9°C | -15°C | 2°C 2002 | -27°C 2003 | 34% |
| Jan 11 | -10°C | -15°C | 2°C 2002 | -26°C 2015 | 34% |
| Jan 12 | -10°C | -15°C | 1°C 2006 | -31°C 2015 | 34% |
| Jan 13 | -10°C | -15°C | 0°C 2006 | -28°C 2015 | 34% |
| Jan 14 | -9°C | -15°C | 1°C 2002 | -27°C 1999 | 34% |
| Jan 15 | -9°C | -15°C | 1°C 2001 | -28°C 1999 | 33% |
| Jan 16 | -10°C | -15°C | 1°C 1991 | -25°C 1999 | 31% |
| Jan 17 | -10°C | -16°C | 1°C 1991 | -22°C 2016 | 31% |
| Jan 18 | -10°C | -16°C | 1°C 2017 | -26°C 2006 | 30% |
| Jan 19 | -10°C | -16°C | -1°C 2001 | -27°C 2006 | 30% |
| Jan 20 | -10°C | -16°C | 1°C 2020 | -27°C 2006 | 29% |
| Jan 21 | -10°C | -16°C | 2°C 1997 | -27°C 2002 | 28% |
| Jan 22 | -10°C | -16°C | 1°C 1991 | -24°C 2000 | 28% |
| Jan 23 | -10°C | -16°C | 1°C 1992 | -28°C 2015 | 28% |
| Jan 24 | -10°C | -16°C | 1°C 1992 | -34°C 1999 | 28% |
| Jan 25 | -11°C | -16°C | 2°C 2017 | -31°C 1999 | 27% |
| Jan 26 | -11°C | -17°C | 1°C 2017 | -36°C 1999 | 27% |
| Jan 27 | -11°C | -17°C | 2°C 1992 | -36°C 1999 | 28% |
| Jan 28 | -11°C | -17°C | 2°C 1992 | -28°C 1999 | 28% |
| Jan 29 | -11°C | -17°C | -2°C 1996 | -30°C 2010 | 29% |
| Jan 30 | -11°C | -17°C | 1°C 1992 | -29°C 2010 | 29% |
| Jan 31 | -11°C | -17°C | 0°C 1992 | -27°C 1995 | 31% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).
- January 1
- sunrise , sunset
- January 31
- sunrise 8:59 AM, sunset 2:47 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.