Piteå weather in January

In January, Piteå sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 4.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -4°C in the first days to -6°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 2 h 54 min at the start of January to 6 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Piteå's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piteå's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
4 h 18 min
9:36 AM – 1:51 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Piteå is locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM10 21.6 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 -4°C in the first days to -6°C by the end.

A typical January day in Piteå reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Piteå

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.

Piteå 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-5° / -10°429.210.44.30.0
Feb-5° / -10°297.287.70.0
Mar-1° / -7°327.3811.10.0
Apr / -3°327514.70.1
May / 408.10.818.32.1
Jun14° / 589.60214.2
Jul18° / 13°7111.4019.85.7
Aug17° / 12°6610.7016.35.3
Sep12° / 569.1012.73.3
Oct / 579.62.79.10.6
Nov / -3°5210.57.85.60.0
Dec-2° / -7°5010.5102.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Piteå gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 30% and peaks near 34% 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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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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Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 2 h 54 min at the start of January to 6 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 186 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:10 AM to 8:49 AM, and sunset from 1:05 PM to 2:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
12.910:101:05
23.010:081:07
33.110:061:10
43.110:051:13
53.210:031:15
63.310:011:18
73.49:591:21
83.59:561:24
93.69:541:27
103.79:521:31
113.79:491:34
123.89:461:37
133.99:441:41
144.19:411:44
154.29:381:48
164.39:361:51
174.49:331:55
184.59:301:58
194.69:272:02
204.79:242:06
214.89:212:09
224.99:182:13
235.09:152:17
245.19:112:20
255.39:082:24
265.49:052:28
275.59:022:31
285.68:592:35
295.78:552:39
305.88:522:42
316.08:492:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Piteå?

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 Piteå.

What to pack for Piteå in January

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

In January, Piteå sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -10°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Piteå in January

The nearest coast averages about 1°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 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 0°C.

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

0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Jul14Bracing
Aug15Cool
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UV index in Piteå 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 Piteå peaks around July 15 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 15UV 5Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Piteå?

Piteå sits at 65.3°N, 21.5°E, 6 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Luleå, 43 km away.

TornioKemiRaaheUmeåHaukipudas

Topography around Piteå

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piteå has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 589 m.

The land around Piteå is covered by trees (42%) and water (26%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
213 m
80 km
589 m
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January weather nearby: Luleå 43 km · Boden 57 km · Skellefteå 68 km · Tornio 136 km · Kemi 150 km · Raahe 158 km · Umeå 175 km · Haukipudas 181 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 87% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$63,133
2025
Happiness
7.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 609
Religion
Church of Sweden 54%none or unspecified 37%other 9%

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 Piteå (65.3172°, 21.4794°, elevation 6 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).