Is Saqqaq hot in January?
Days are typically cold at -6.7°C, while nights average -12.5°C.
Greenland · 1991–2020 normal
Saqqaq in
January.
Typical January weather in Saqqaq: -6.7°C by day, -12.5°C at night, 50 mm of rain over 9.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-6.7°C
Typical low-12.5°C
Rain50 mm
Wet days9.9
In the year-round weather comparison, January scores 5 out of 100 (July leads the year at 42). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 00 from latitude 66.70°. Open-water sea temperature is -0.1°C (9 km from the place centre).
January at a glance
What is Saqqaq like in January?
Plain answers from the measured climate record—not a forecast or a promise about a particular trip.
Does it rain much?
The measured monthly average is 50 mm across about 10 wet days.
How much daylight is there?
There are about 4 h 00 between sunrise and sunset at mid-month, calculated from the place latitude.
Is January a good time to visit?
January ranks 6 of 12 in our weather comparison; July ranks first.
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Long northern nights in January
At 66.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 00. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -12.5°C.
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Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -12.5°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3420096
- NOAA station
- GLE00147061 · MITT. SISIMIUT
- Station distance
- 29.9 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 18 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.
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