Kiruna climate

Kiruna Weather in January

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

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 daily high and low temperature at Kiruna, 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
-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.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 1-10°C-15°C1°C 2020-24°C 200135%
Jan 2-10°C-15°C2°C 2020-23°C 201034%
Jan 3-9°C-15°C0°C 2020-23°C 201635%
Jan 4-9°C-15°C0°C 2002-30°C 201734%
Jan 5-9°C-15°C0°C 2006-28°C 201734%
Jan 6-9°C-15°C0°C 2019-30°C 201635%
Jan 7-9°C-15°C1°C 2002-33°C 201634%
Jan 8-9°C-15°C1°C 2002-29°C 201635%
Jan 9-9°C-15°C0°C 2002-22°C 199134%
Jan 10-9°C-15°C2°C 2002-27°C 200334%
Jan 11-10°C-15°C2°C 2002-26°C 201534%
Jan 12-10°C-15°C1°C 2006-31°C 201534%
Jan 13-10°C-15°C0°C 2006-28°C 201534%
Jan 14-9°C-15°C1°C 2002-27°C 199934%
Jan 15-9°C-15°C1°C 2001-28°C 199933%
Jan 16-10°C-15°C1°C 1991-25°C 199931%
Jan 17-10°C-16°C1°C 1991-22°C 201631%
Jan 18-10°C-16°C1°C 2017-26°C 200630%
Jan 19-10°C-16°C-1°C 2001-27°C 200630%
Jan 20-10°C-16°C1°C 2020-27°C 200629%
Jan 21-10°C-16°C2°C 1997-27°C 200228%
Jan 22-10°C-16°C1°C 1991-24°C 200028%
Jan 23-10°C-16°C1°C 1992-28°C 201528%
Jan 24-10°C-16°C1°C 1992-34°C 199928%
Jan 25-11°C-16°C2°C 2017-31°C 199927%
Jan 26-11°C-17°C1°C 2017-36°C 199927%
Jan 27-11°C-17°C2°C 1992-36°C 199928%
Jan 28-11°C-17°C2°C 1992-28°C 199928%
Jan 29-11°C-17°C-2°C 1996-30°C 201029%
Jan 30-11°C-17°C1°C 1992-29°C 201029%
Jan 31-11°C-17°C0°C 1992-27°C 199531%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kiruna, in percent.0102030401102030
  • 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

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.