Salo weather in January

In January, Salo sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 10.3 wet days and about 6.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -2°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 30 min at the start of January to 7 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Salo's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
6 h 12 min
9:30 AM – 3:44 PM
Cloud cover
82%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Salo is urban area in Salo, Finland.

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 -2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Salo reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -10°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-2-6
2-2-6
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How January really feels in Salo

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.

Salo 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-2° / -7°4910.39.56.30.0
Feb-2° / -8°388.58.28.60.0
Mar / -5°368.26.611.30.0
Apr / -1°348.82.614.21.5
May15° / 439.10.116.84.5
Jun19° / 6911.2018.45.8
Jul21° / 12°7511.9017.86.2
Aug20° / 11°7311.8015.46.0
Sep15° / 519.3012.64.3
Oct / 5710.40.79.71.4
Nov / -1°5210.84.37.10.0
Dec-0° / -4°5511.68.25.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Salo gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13630
23730
33731
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63732
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83732
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113732
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283131
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303131
313231

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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 30 min at the start of January to 7 h 18 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 9:45 AM to 9:01 AM, and sunset from 3:16 PM to 4:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.59:453:16
25.69:453:18
35.69:443:19
45.69:433:21
55.79:433:22
65.79:423:24
75.79:413:25
85.89:403:27
95.89:393:29
105.99:383:31
115.99:373:33
126.09:363:35
136.09:343:37
146.19:333:39
156.29:313:41
166.29:303:44
176.39:283:46
186.49:273:48
196.49:253:50
206.59:233:53
216.69:223:55
226.69:203:58
236.79:184:00
246.89:164:02
256.89:144:05
266.99:124:08
277.09:104:10
287.19:084:13
297.29:064:15
307.29:034:18
317.39:014:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.29 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 Salo?

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
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Salo.

What to pack for Salo in January

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

In January, Salo sees daytime highs around -2°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Salo 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 at the nearest coast (about 51 km away) 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
Jun12Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Salo 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 Salo peaks around June 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 17UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Salo?

Salo sits at 60.4°N, 23.1°E, 20 m above sea level, in Finland. The nearest listed city is Lieto, 39 km away.

Topography around Salo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m.

The land around Salo is covered by trees (44%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
93 m
16 km
130 m
80 km
303 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Lieto 39 km · Kaarina 42 km · Väståboland 47 km · Turku 48 km · Raseborg 48 km · Loimaa 52 km · Lohja 53 km · Raisio 54 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 Salo (60.3833°, 23.1333°, elevation 20 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).