Kenora weather in January

In January, Kenora sees average daytime highs of -12°C and overnight lows near -18°C, with 21 mm of precipitation across 5.7 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kenora's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kenora's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-18°
1st coldest
Precipitation
21 mm
5.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:17 AM – 4:37 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
1.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kenora is town in Ontario, Canada.

Density
71/km²
people per km²
Founded
1882

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kenora reaches about -12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -18°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -22°C and -2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 4°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Kenora

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Kenora weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-12° / -18°215.76.78.40.0
Feb-9° / -16°184.85.39.80.0
Mar-2° / -9°286.15.211.50.0
Apr / -2°406.62.913.50.8
May13° / 8211.20.915.13.6
Jun19° / 12°10512.40165.6
Jul22° / 16°10412.9015.76.3
Aug22° / 15°9111.6014.26.5
Sep17° / 10°10612.5012.44.9
Oct / 7411.3310.51.5
Nov / -5°418.27.98.80.0
Dec-8° / -14°256.78.480.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
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122278
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kenora gets around 21 mm of rain and snow over 5.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 19% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
11822
21822
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51923
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:22 AM to 8:02 AM, and sunset from 4:20 PM to 5:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:224:20
28.08:224:21
38.08:224:22
48.08:224:23
58.08:224:24
68.18:224:25
78.18:214:26
88.18:214:27
98.18:214:28
108.28:204:30
118.28:204:31
128.28:194:32
138.28:194:33
148.38:184:35
158.38:184:36
168.38:174:37
178.48:164:39
188.48:164:40
198.48:154:42
208.58:144:43
218.58:134:45
228.68:124:46
238.68:114:48
248.78:104:49
258.78:094:51
268.78:084:52
278.88:074:54
288.88:064:56
298.98:054:57
308.98:034:59
319.08:025:00

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.94 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.35 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.1Dim
21.1Dim
31.1Dim
41.1Dim
51.1Dim
61.1Dim
71.2Dim
81.2Dim
91.2Dim
101.2Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kenora

In seasonPeak

None of Kenora's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kenora's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kenora?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kenora.

What to pack for Kenora in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Kenora sees daytime highs around -12°C and nights near -18°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Kenora in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kenora peaks around June 17 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJun 17UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Kenora in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kenora is worst in July — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.4× the cleanest month (October, 3 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 2015 µg/m³Oct 243 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb6Good
Mar9Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun9Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep7Good
Oct3Good
Nov3Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kenora?

Kenora sits at 49.8°N, 94.5°W, 328 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Steinbach, 160 km away.

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Topography around Kenora

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kenora.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kenora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 334 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Kenora is covered by trees (48%) and water (28%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
112 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Steinbach 160 km · Winnipeg 191 km · Fort Garry South 192 km · St. James-Assiniboia East 197 km · Grand Forks 277 km · Hibbing 284 km · Moorhead 363 km · Fargo 364 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kenora (49.7674°, -94.4899°, elevation 328 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).