Weather in Kirkenes in December 2025
Average weather
Average temperature in Kirkenes in December
The expected average maximum temperature in December is -8°C with a maximum of +1°C and a minimum of -18°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 21% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from -7°C to -11°C.
Is Kirkenes warm or cold in December?
Kirkenes is typically cold in December.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from -2°C to -5°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from -7°C to -11°C.
Wear your winter warms as it will be cold. To save space, layer, and don’t forget gloves and a scarf.
December is one of the coolest months in Kirkenes, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Kirkenes in December
| November | December | January | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| -2°C | -5°C | -7°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -30°C | -35°C | -41°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +8°C | +7°C | +5°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 4 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 4 m/s | 4 m/s | 4 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 88% | 86% | 85% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1006 HPa | 1003 HPa | 1004 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 15 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||
December weather is still as ok as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From -2°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to -5°C. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 4 mm to 2 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 88% to 86%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 4 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 1 sunny days during the month.
January brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 3 m/s getting up to 8 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Kirkenes is gradually increasing during December, going from 1 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Snow
December is one of the snowiest months in Kirkenes.
Here’s how December is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last December in Kirkenes?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Kirkenes in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1998 (+1°C) and the highest in 2013 (+5°C). The driest year was 1980 with only 189 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1992 with 511 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Kirkenes, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.
