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When to go to Kiruna
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What the averages say
No month in Kiruna averages a high of 18°C or more; the warmest, July, averages 16°C.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): September to May.
- The warmest month is July (16°C) and the coolest January (-11°C). The wettest is July (128 mm) and the driest March (26 mm); about 708 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCold
- MayCold
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugCool
- SeptCold
- OctCold
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Kiruna
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11°C | -16°C | 35 mm | 97% | 76% | 0 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | -9°C | -16°C | 30 mm | 96% | 74% | 0.5 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | -5°C | -13°C | 26 mm | 95% | 68% | 1.9 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 0°C | -7°C | 35 mm | 92% | 70% | 3.7 | 31°C | Cold |
| May | 6°C | 0°C | 70 mm | 84% | 73% | 4.8 | 35°C | Cold |
| June | 12°C | 5°C | 93 mm | 77% | 76% | 5.1 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 16°C | 9°C | 128 mm | 79% | 73% | 4.7 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 14°C | 7°C | 92 mm | 84% | 75% | 3.4 | 39°C | Cool |
| September | 8°C | 2°C | 71 mm | 90% | 76% | 1.9 | 37°C | Cold |
| October | 0°C | -5°C | 48 mm | 96% | 79% | 0.7 | 34°C | Cold |
| November | -6°C | -11°C | 40 mm | 98% | 76% | 0.1 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | -8°C | -14°C | 40 mm | 97% | 80% | 0 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Luleå266 kmGood for going: July and August
- Rovaniemi280 kmGood for going: July
- Oulu393 kmGood for going: July and August
- Umeå448 kmGood for going: July and August
- Vaasa533 kmGood for going: June to August
- Murmansk540 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Östersund580 kmGood for going: July
- Kuopio650 kmGood for going: June to August
Plan it
Plan a trip to Kiruna
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