Climate averages 1991–2020
Luleå weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Luleå: daytime highs average -4.9°C and nights cool to about -9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 4 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (167 km away). In January its highs average -5.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Luleå, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Luleå ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 21 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 0.3°C; Luleå is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.9°C to -5.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Luleå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -4.9°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 41 | 8.9 | 4.85 h |
| February | -5.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 31 | 7.5 | 8.28 h |
| March | -2.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 2.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 15.215 h |
| May | 9.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 38 | 7.6 | 19.019 h |
| June | 14.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 8.3 | 22.422 h |
| July | 18.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.9 | 20.721 h |
| August | 16.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 62 | 10.1 | 16.817 h |
| September | 12.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 9.3 | 13.213 h |
| October | 5.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 56 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| November | 0.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 56 | 11.4 | 6.16 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 51 | 11.3 | 3.54 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Oulu in JanuaryFinland · 167 kmHigh -5.5°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Umeå in JanuarySweden · 215 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -7.3°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in JanuaryFinland · 401 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -9.4°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in JanuaryFinland · 410 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Pori in JanuaryFinland · 457 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -5.3°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Tampere in JanuaryFinland · 461 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -7.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in JanuaryFinland · 496 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -9.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Lahti in JanuaryFinland · 541 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -8.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Luleå) is explained once on the Luleå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.