Simo Weather in January
Simo in January
The short of it: Simo in January averages a high of -6 °C (22 °F) and a low of -14 °C (7 °F), with 41 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 4 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -6° · low -14° · rain 41 mm · daylight 4 h 37 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Simo an average January high of -6°, a low of -14° and some 41 mm of rain. Much like December: highs about -6°, nights near -14°. Pack the buffalo coat. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 8th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 4 h 37 min in mid-January, 87 minutes more than a month before. Lanterns are lit by mid-afternoon.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Simo runs cooler than most and about as wet in January. Kuivaniemi, 12 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
January in Simo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 3° colder, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 4 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KuivaniemiNorth Ostrobothnia | 12 km SSE | -6° | -14° | 41 mm |
| KemiLapland | 24 km WNW | -5° | -14° | 41 mm |
| LautiosaariLapland | 26 km NW | -5° | -14° | 42 mm |
| KeminmaaLapland | 28 km WNW | -5° | -14° | 42 mm |
| IiNorth Ostrobothnia | 42 km SSE | -5° | -13° | 40 mm |
| HaparandaNorrbotten | 46 km WNW | -5° | -13° | 46 mm |
| TornioLapland | 46 km WNW | -5° | -13° | 46 mm |
| TervolaLapland | 48 km NNW | -6° | -15° | 45 mm |