Kirkkonummi weather in January

In January, Kirkkonummi sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 12 wet days and about 6.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 0°C in the first days to -2°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 36 min at the start of January to 7 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kirkkonummi's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kirkkonummi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
52 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
6 h 18 min
9:23 AM – 3:41 PM
Cloud cover
83%
12th clearest
Wind
27 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kirkkonummi is administrative centre of Kirkkonummi.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 11.4 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 0°C in the first days to -2°C by the end.

A typical January day in Kirkkonummi reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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How January really feels in Kirkkonummi

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
30 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Kirkkonummi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -4°52129.96.40.0
Feb-2° / -6°409.38.28.60.0
Mar-0° / -4°378.8611.30.0
Apr / 367.92.114.20.0
May / 377.20.216.81.5
Jun13° / 11°568.9018.43.6
Jul18° / 16°589017.76.0
Aug18° / 16°7211.4015.45.6
Sep14° / 12°6810.9012.64.0
Oct / 8413.70.49.71.7
Nov / 79143.87.10.2
Dec / -1°6613.77.65.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
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71882
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101684
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kirkkonummi gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 12 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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293535
303535
313535

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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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 27 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 26 km/h on the calmest days to 29 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
129breezy
228breezy
328breezy
428breezy
528breezy
628breezy
728breezy
828breezy
927breezy
1027breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 36 min at the start of January to 7 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:37 AM to 8:54 AM, and sunset from 3:14 PM to 4:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.69:373:14
25.69:373:15
35.79:363:16
45.79:363:18
55.79:353:19
65.89:343:21
75.89:333:23
85.99:323:25
95.99:313:26
106.09:303:28
116.09:293:30
126.19:283:32
136.19:273:34
146.29:253:36
156.29:243:38
166.39:233:41
176.49:213:43
186.49:193:45
196.59:183:47
206.69:163:50
216.69:143:52
226.79:133:54
236.89:113:57
246.89:093:59
256.99:074:02
267.09:054:04
277.19:034:07
287.19:014:09
297.28:594:12
307.38:564:14
317.48:544:17

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kirkkonummi?

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
5th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kirkkonummi.

What to pack for Kirkkonummi in January

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

In January, Kirkkonummi sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Kirkkonummi in January

The nearest coast averages about 2°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 1°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
Feb1Bracing
Mar1Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May6Bracing
Jun11Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Kirkkonummi in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kirkkonummi peaks around June 18 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kirkkonummi?

Kirkkonummi sits at 60.1°N, 24.4°E, 17 m above sea level, in Finland. The nearest listed city is Espoonlahti, 12 km away.

Topography around Kirkkonummi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kirkkonummi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Kirkkonummi is covered by trees (67%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and water (46%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Espoonlahti 12 km · Espoo 15 km · Olari 17 km · Matinkylä 17 km · Leppävaara 23 km · Lauttasaari 24 km · Lohja 25 km · Munkkiniemi 26 km

Finland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 85% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$56,149
2025
Happiness
7.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 603
Religion
Lutheran 67%none 31%other 2%Greek Orthodox 1%

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 Kirkkonummi (60.1238°, 24.4385°, elevation 17 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).