Average temperature in January is -15 °C
Average daytime temperature is -12.5 °C
Average night temperature is -18 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: -4.4 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -27.8 °C
Number of sunny days: 13
Number of rainy days:
Number of snow days: 18
Precipitation sum: 52 mm
* Weather data for Sisimiut Greenland is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| January (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | -17.7 | -19.2 | -14 | -13.7 | -9.4 | -7.7 | -7.4 | -8.6 | -9.6 | -15.7 | -16.7 | -19.2 | -12.7 | -12.2 | -9 | -14.8 | -17.2 | -22.5 | -23.1 | -20.5 | -20.8 | -6.4 | -6.6 | -4.8 | -4.4 | -6.3 | -10 | -10.2 | -7.3 | -8.1 | -11.3 |
| Apparent max temperature | -23.8 | -26.2 | -21.4 | -20.9 | -14.1 | -11.9 | -10.9 | -12.1 | -14 | -22.2 | -22.3 | -24.7 | -20 | -18.5 | -16.7 | -22.9 | -23.8 | -27.9 | -28.6 | -27 | -28.1 | -14.5 | -11.8 | -9.1 | -8.4 | -13 | -14.6 | -14.8 | -13 | -12.5 | -16.9 |
| Mean temperature | -20.3 | -20.7 | -15.8 | -16.9 | -12.8 | -9.8 | -10.5 | -9.9 | -13.3 | -17.6 | -19 | -20.7 | -15 | -13.1 | -11.7 | -18 | -19.8 | -23.8 | -25.2 | -23.8 | -24.2 | -13.1 | -8.5 | -6.1 | -6.5 | -10.4 | -10.9 | -11.9 | -10.8 | -10.2 | -16 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -28.3 | -28.7 | -25.7 | -25.4 | -23.8 | -19.3 | -18.3 | -15.8 | -24.8 | -25.6 | -27.4 | -27.8 | -28.3 | -20.5 | -23.2 | -27.4 | -30.1 | -30.6 | -33.9 | -32.6 | -32.2 | -30.3 | -16.7 | -14.4 | -15.2 | -19.9 | -19.6 | -21.3 | -21.5 | -18.2 | -25.6 |
| Minimum temperature | -22.5 | -22.3 | -18.7 | -19.6 | -18.2 | -13.8 | -13.2 | -11.1 | -18.5 | -19.2 | -21.6 | -21.9 | -21.9 | -14.1 | -14.9 | -19.9 | -24.2 | -24.6 | -27.8 | -26.3 | -26.8 | -22.5 | -11.2 | -8.3 | -9.3 | -12.2 | -12 | -13.8 | -13.7 | -12.8 | -19.7 |
| Apparent min temperature | -26.2 | -27.3 | -23.2 | -23.3 | -17.8 | -14.9 | -15.1 | -14.1 | -18.3 | -24 | -24.9 | -26.5 | -22.1 | -19.6 | -19 | -25.6 | -26.3 | -29.5 | -30.9 | -30 | -30.6 | -21.2 | -14.1 | -11.8 | -12.2 | -16.9 | -18 | -18.1 | -18.5 | -15.5 | -21.8 |
| January | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6 | 6.1 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 9 | 7.1 | 8 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 17 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 16.9 | 20.7 | 27 | 22.9 | 11.5 | 20.8 | 12.3 | 7.1 | 17.2 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 16.2 | 25.4 | 24.3 | 33.3 | 40.8 | 25.2 | 13 | 13.3 | 22.1 | 29.1 | 34.9 | 38.3 | 27.3 | 29.6 | 36.1 | 32.4 | 31.6 | 39.6 | 17.2 | 19.7 |
In January 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Sisimiut was -4.4°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -27.8°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during January in Sisimiut are -18°C and -12.5°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in January is about 52 mm.