Weather in Kirkenes in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Kirkenes;
Average weather
Average temperature in Kirkenes in January
Going from a maximum of +41°F during the day to a minimum of -4°F during the night, the temperature in January averages around +23°F.
The average maximum temperature goes down 28% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +25°F to +12°F.
Is Kirkenes warm or cold in January?
Kirkenes is typically cold in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +23°F to +19°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +12°F to +7°F.
Wear your winter warms as it will be cold. To save space, layer, and don’t forget gloves and a scarf.
January is the coldest month in Kirkenes, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Kirkenes in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +23°F | +19°F | +19°F | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -31°F | -42°F | -35°F | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +45°F | +41°F | +43°F | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 2 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 3 m/s | 3 m/s | 3 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 86% | 84% | 83% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1002 HPa | 1004 HPa | 1005 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | 25 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
January weather is still as ok as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +23°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +19°F. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 2 mm to 1 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 86% to 84%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 3 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 1 sunny days during the month.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 5 m/s getting up to 10 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Kirkenes is gradually decreasing during January, going from 5 m/s to 3 m/s over the course of the month.
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Kirkenes.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Kirkenes?
Climate Change Over the Years
The climate in Kirkenes in January has changed quite a lot over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1985 (+9°F) and the highest in 2023 (+31°F). The driest year was 2022 with only 0 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2023 with 0 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Kirkenes, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.