Weather in Kokkola in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Kokkola;
Average weather
Average temperature in Kokkola in January
The temperature in January is +30°F on average, with a range between a maximum of +43°F during the day and a minimum of +7°F at night.
The average maximum temperature goes down 15% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +36°F to +30°F.
Is Kokkola warm or cold in January?
Kokkola is typically cold in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +28°F to +25°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +21°F to +16°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 Kokkola, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Kokkola in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +28°F | +25°F | +25°F | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -18°F | -29°F | -26°F | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +45°F | +46°F | +46°F | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 9 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 4 m/s | 4 m/s | 3 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 89% | 88% | 86% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1006 HPa | 1007 HPa | 1009 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | 11 | ||||
January weather is still as ok as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +28°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +25°F. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 9 mm to 3 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 89% to 88%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 4 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 2 sunny days during the month.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 7 m/s getting up to 13 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Kokkola is gradually decreasing during January, going from 12 m/s to 8 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Kokkola.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Kokkola?
Climate Change Over the Years
The climate in Kokkola in January has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1985 (+39°F) and the highest in 2020 (+49°F). The driest year was 2002 with only 256 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2016 with 617 mm.
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Monthly weather in Kokkola
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Kokkola, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
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.