Sámi Weather in January
Sámi in January
The short of it: Sámi in January averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 120 mm (4.7 in) of rain and about 9 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 7° · rain 120 mm · daylight 9 h 47 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Sámi an average January high of 14°, a low of 7° and some 120 mm of rain. Sámi's coldest stretch of the year, 14° by day and 7° by night. Wet spells are common — about 120 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 47 min in mid-January, 16 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Sámi runs cooler than most and about as wet in January. Itháki, 14 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
January in Sámi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 29 mm less rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IthákiIonian Islands | 14 km NNE | 14° | 7° | 121 mm |
| ArgostólionIonian Islands | 16 km WSW | 14° | 8° | 113 mm |
| LixoúriIonian Islands | 19 km WSW | 15° | 9° | 111 mm |
| KatastárionIonian Islands | 48 km SSE | 14° | 7° | 149 mm |
| AstakósWest Greece | 49 km NE | 13° | 4° | 114 mm |
| NidhríonIonian Islands | 51 km N | 13° | 6° | 116 mm |
| VanátonIonian Islands | 54 km SSE | 14° | 7° | 157 mm |
| GaïtánionIonian Islands | 55 km SSE | 14° | 7° | 160 mm |