Average temperature in December is -12.9 °C
Average daytime temperature is -10.4 °C
Average night temperature is -16.1 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: -0.9 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -25.7 °C
Number of sunny days: 10
Number of rainy days: 2
Number of snow days: 19
Precipitation sum: 39 mm
* Weather data for Kiruna Sweden is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| December (°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 | -5.2 | -12.7 | -7.2 | -8 | -13.4 | -12.7 | -9 | -7.4 | -7.4 | -11.8 | -13.1 | -15.2 | -15.3 | -17 | -18.6 | -6.8 | -0.9 | -1.5 | -5.3 | -4.4 | -11.1 | -10.6 | -12 | -6 | -5.7 | -7.1 | -16.2 | -14.7 | -14.9 | -14.9 | -16.4 |
| Apparent max temperature | -9.2 | -16.5 | -11.5 | -12.3 | -18 | -17.8 | -14.2 | -13.2 | -13.6 | -17.8 | -17.6 | -19.8 | -20 | -21.4 | -23.5 | -11.3 | -7.2 | -7.6 | -10.3 | -9.6 | -16.4 | -15.5 | -17.1 | -11 | -9.6 | -11.4 | -21 | -18.4 | -19.1 | -19 | -20.5 |
| Mean temperature | -8.4 | -13.1 | -11.5 | -13.2 | -14.6 | -13.7 | -11.3 | -8.5 | -10 | -12.5 | -15.4 | -17.5 | -16.6 | -21.9 | -20.4 | -13.7 | -2.7 | -7.1 | -7.6 | -9.5 | -13 | -13.1 | -13.5 | -8.7 | -6.6 | -11.5 | -17.8 | -16.6 | -15.8 | -16 | -18.3 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -17 | -18 | -21.3 | -21.4 | -21.3 | -19.6 | -19.5 | -15 | -17.6 | -19 | -23.2 | -25.2 | -23.3 | -31 | -27.5 | -28.9 | -11.5 | -17.4 | -16 | -21.8 | -20.2 | -20 | -20.9 | -17.3 | -11.7 | -25.9 | -24.9 | -24.4 | -20.9 | -24 | -26.9 |
| Minimum temperature | -12.4 | -13.9 | -16.4 | -16.5 | -16.6 | -14.6 | -13.7 | -9.5 | -11.6 | -13.1 | -18.8 | -20 | -18.5 | -25.7 | -22.2 | -24.1 | -6.1 | -13.1 | -12.1 | -16.4 | -15.2 | -15.9 | -16.1 | -12 | -7.2 | -20.9 | -20.2 | -19.6 | -16.7 | -18.9 | -21.8 |
| Apparent min temperature | -12.4 | -17.2 | -16.1 | -17.7 | -18.9 | -18.6 | -16.8 | -14.3 | -16.1 | -18.4 | -20 | -22 | -21.2 | -26.8 | -25.3 | -18.6 | -8.7 | -11.7 | -12.2 | -14.6 | -18.2 | -17.7 | -18.6 | -13.5 | -10.7 | -15.8 | -22.4 | -21 | -20 | -20.3 | -22.8 |
| December | 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) | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 11.7 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 9.7 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 16.8 | 21.2 | 23.4 | 18.4 | 12.3 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 18 | 29.3 | 21.7 | 13.5 | 16.8 | 14.8 | 11.1 | 13.7 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Kiruna was -0.9°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -25.7°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Kiruna are -16.1°C and -10.4°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 39 mm.