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Nuuk in January: every year compared

In January, Nuuk averages highs of -9.2 °C and lows of -14.7 °C, with 56 mm of precipitation. The warmest January was 1967 (-6.1 °C), the coldest 1983 (-25.6 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high -9.2 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -14.7 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 56 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 9

Day by day through January

Normal high and low for each day of January in Nuuk.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every January in Nuuk, ranked

86 months of January since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 13 of 86 (+3.4 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · -8.6 °C · +3.4 °C vs normal · rank 13 of 86

Warmest years

11967-6.1 °C
22010-6.4 °C
32021-6.8 °C
41980-7.3 °C
51985-7.3 °C

Coldest years

11983-25.6 °C
21984-23.7 °C
31993-21.8 °C
41995-19.3 °C
51957-19.1 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-8.6 °C	-6.3 °C	-11.2 °C	58 mm	31 days	40 cm	8 days
2024	-9.1 °C	-6.9 °C	-11.6 °C	49 mm	29 days	27 cm	15 days
2023	-11.4 °C	-8.7 °C	-15.0 °C	108 mm	31 days	75 cm	17 days
2022	-8.5 °C	-6.2 °C	-10.7 °C	109 mm	31 days	73 cm	25 days
2021	-6.8 °C	-4.6 °C	-8.8 °C	63 mm	31 days	46 cm	9 days
2020	-14.5 °C	-11.7 °C	-17.2 °C	39 mm	31 days	34 cm	13 days
2019	-10.0 °C	-7.5 °C	-12.7 °C	64 mm	31 days	51 cm	12 days
2018	-13.4 °C	-10.7 °C	-16.4 °C	10 mm	31 days	12 cm	3 days
2017	-9.6 °C	-7.2 °C	-12.3 °C	89 mm	31 days	69 cm	12 days
2016	-11.6 °C	-8.3 °C	-15.3 °C	5 mm	31 days	7 cm	2 days
2015	-14.6 °C	-11.8 °C	-17.0 °C	38 mm	31 days	35 cm	8 days
2014	-9.8 °C	-7.2 °C	-12.6 °C	44 mm	31 days	35 cm	6 days
2013	-10.3 °C	-6.9 °C	-13.8 °C	11 mm	31 days	11 cm	5 days
2012	-12.4 °C	-9.4 °C	-15.3 °C	33 mm	31 days	28 cm	10 days
2011	-9.3 °C	-6.6 °C	-12.1 °C	38 mm	30 days	28 cm	9 days
2010	-6.4 °C	-4.2 °C	-9.0 °C	53 mm	28 days	31 cm	9 days
2009	-7.8 °C	-5.4 °C	-10.0 °C	8 mm	31 days	10 cm	3 days
2008	-16.7 °C	-14.2 °C	-19.3 °C	31 mm	31 days	27 cm	8 days
2007	-10.7 °C	-8.0 °C	-13.3 °C	86 mm	28 days	39 cm	11 days
2006	-14.9 °C	-12.1 °C	-18.1 °C	39 mm	31 days	33 cm	11 days
2005	-14.5 °C	-11.8 °C	-16.9 °C	98 mm	31 days	65 cm	12 days
2004	-11.0 °C	-8.7 °C	-13.4 °C	10 mm	31 days	8 cm	5 days
2003	-7.4 °C	-4.6 °C	-10.3 °C	44 mm	31 days	29 cm	8 days
2002	-9.9 °C	-7.9 °C	-12.1 °C	30 mm	31 days	25 cm	7 days
2001	-11.7 °C	-9.3 °C	-14.1 °C	103 mm	31 days	74 cm	13 days
2000	-8.4 °C	-5.5 °C	-11.0 °C	206 mm	30 days	126 cm	20 days
1999	-15.3 °C	-12.6 °C	-17.9 °C	18 mm	31 days	18 cm	7 days
1998	-9.4 °C	-6.4 °C	-12.4 °C	109 mm	31 days	79 cm	13 days
1997	-7.6 °C	-4.4 °C	-11.0 °C	93 mm	31 days	66 cm	14 days
1996	-10.4 °C	-6.2 °C	-13.2 °C	119 mm	31 days	76 cm	17 days
1995	-19.3 °C	-16.7 °C	-21.9 °C	12 mm	31 days	11 cm	3 days
1994	-14.6 °C	-12.4 °C	-16.7 °C	59 mm	31 days	47 cm	11 days
1993	-21.8 °C	-18.6 °C	-24.9 °C	29 mm	31 days	26 cm	6 days
1992	-9.8 °C	-6.8 °C	-13.0 °C	121 mm	31 days	90 cm	15 days
1991	-16.2 °C	-13.0 °C	-19.0 °C	40 mm	31 days	32 cm	8 days
1990	-15.8 °C	-13.3 °C	-18.3 °C	5 mm	31 days	7 cm	2 days
1989	-17.2 °C	-14.2 °C	-20.0 °C	22 mm	31 days	24 cm	4 days
1988	-12.9 °C	-9.9 °C	-16.0 °C	31 mm	31 days	30 cm	12 days
1987	-11.3 °C	-8.2 °C	-14.9 °C	50 mm	31 days	33 cm	10 days
1986	-8.8 °C	-5.3 °C	-12.6 °C	80 mm	31 days	58 cm	16 days
1985	-7.3 °C	-4.2 °C	-10.6 °C	30 mm	31 days	23 cm	10 days
1984	-23.7 °C	-20.3 °C	-27.3 °C	54 mm	31 days	42 cm	8 days
1983	-25.6 °C	-22.3 °C	-28.8 °C	30 mm	31 days	25 cm	3 days
1982	-9.7 °C	-6.9 °C	-12.7 °C	26 mm	30 days	23 cm	8 days
1981	-11.4 °C	-7.9 °C	-15.0 °C	64 mm	31 days	44 cm	12 days
1980	-7.3 °C	-4.5 °C	-10.5 °C	31 mm	30 days	24 cm	4 days
1979	-8.7 °C	-5.7 °C	-12.4 °C	84 mm	31 days	56 cm	12 days
1978	-13.7 °C	-10.8 °C	-16.9 °C	68 mm	31 days	48 cm	10 days
1977	-8.3 °C	-5.5 °C	-10.9 °C	25 mm	31 days	16 cm	8 days
1976	-12.8 °C	-9.9 °C	-15.4 °C	46 mm	31 days	21 cm	13 days
1975	-13.6 °C	-11.4 °C	-15.5 °C	24 mm	31 days	17 cm	9 days
1974	-11.8 °C	-9.8 °C	-13.6 °C	18 mm	31 days	13 cm	5 days
1973	-9.9 °C	-7.2 °C	-12.4 °C	32 mm	31 days	21 cm	13 days
1972	-15.2 °C	-12.1 °C	-17.8 °C	44 mm	31 days	31 cm	16 days
1971	-11.5 °C	-8.6 °C	-14.3 °C	23 mm	31 days	16 cm	7 days
1970	-9.3 °C	-7.3 °C	-11.3 °C	11 mm	31 days	8 cm	4 days
1969	-7.9 °C	-5.3 °C	-10.3 °C	53 mm	30 days	35 cm	12 days
1968	-11.6 °C	-9.2 °C	-14.1 °C	40 mm	31 days	28 cm	10 days
1967	-6.1 °C	-3.7 °C	-9.2 °C	131 mm	31 days	68 cm	13 days
1966	-18.2 °C	-16.0 °C	-20.2 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
1965	-15.0 °C	-11.8 °C	-18.4 °C	55 mm	31 days	37 cm	15 days
1964	-11.6 °C	-8.5 °C	-14.9 °C	80 mm	31 days	48 cm	16 days
1963	-9.6 °C	-6.7 °C	-12.6 °C	147 mm	31 days	99 cm	17 days
1962	-15.3 °C	-12.0 °C	-18.5 °C	22 mm	31 days	15 cm	8 days
1961	-13.8 °C	-10.8 °C	-16.5 °C	36 mm	31 days	25 cm	8 days
1960	-13.5 °C	-10.5 °C	-16.1 °C	29 mm	30 days	7 cm	7 days
1959	-12.9 °C	-9.8 °C	-15.6 °C	36 mm	31 days	25 cm	9 days
1958	-14.9 °C	-11.7 °C	-17.8 °C	49 mm	31 days	34 cm	11 days
1957	-19.1 °C	-16.4 °C	-21.8 °C	47 mm	31 days	33 cm	14 days
1956	-15.7 °C	-13.2 °C	-18.6 °C	69 mm	31 days	48 cm	16 days
1955	-17.0 °C	-14.4 °C	-19.4 °C	53 mm	31 days	37 cm	6 days
1954	-9.4 °C	-6.3 °C	-13.0 °C	216 mm	29 days	109 cm	19 days
1953	-11.2 °C	-8.4 °C	-14.3 °C	93 mm	30 days	53 cm	18 days
1952	-12.9 °C	-10.1 °C	-16.2 °C	69 mm	31 days	43 cm	18 days
1951	-15.3 °C	-12.9 °C	-17.8 °C	24 mm	31 days	17 cm	7 days
1950	-17.1 °C	-13.9 °C	-19.9 °C	58 mm	31 days	40 cm	15 days
1949	-14.9 °C	-11.8 °C	-18.4 °C	116 mm	31 days	79 cm	19 days
1948	-15.6 °C	-13.0 °C	-18.0 °C	37 mm	31 days	26 cm	10 days
1947	-14.4 °C	-10.8 °C	-17.6 °C	50 mm	31 days	35 cm	13 days
1946	-17.9 °C	-15.2 °C	-20.5 °C	21 mm	31 days	15 cm	8 days
1945	-12.0 °C	-8.9 °C	-15.1 °C	90 mm	31 days	58 cm	16 days
1944	-16.4 °C	-13.5 °C	-19.6 °C	46 mm	31 days	32 cm	13 days
1943	-11.2 °C	-8.9 °C	-13.4 °C	17 mm	31 days	10 cm	6 days
1942	-14.2 °C	-11.5 °C	-16.9 °C	85 mm	31 days	58 cm	21 days
1941	-11.5 °C	-8.8 °C	-14.2 °C	55 mm	31 days	32 cm	12 days
1940	-13.7 °C	-11.5 °C	-15.8 °C	7 mm	30 days	5 cm	4 days

January records

Hottest day

8.9 °C

January 24, 1976 estimate

Coldest night

-37.9 °C

January 15, 1984 estimate

Wettest day

63 mm

January 18, 2000 estimate

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Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Nuuk in January?

Highs average -9.2 °C and lows -14.7 °C. A typical January brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 31 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Nuuk in January?

About 56 mm falls in January, over some 9 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest January was 1954 (216 mm), the driest 1966 (1 mm).

What was the warmest January in Nuuk?

1967, with a mean temperature of -6.1 °C. The coldest was 1983 (-25.6 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 13 of 86.