Rovaniemi climate

Name: Rovaniemi
Address: Finnish Lapland, Finland

Finland · Finnish Lapland · 66.504° N, 25.729° E

Köppen DfcsubarcticContinental

True subarctic on the Arctic Circle: long bitterly cold winters, short warm summers, polar night and midnight sun.

Big seasonal swing: properly cold winters, warm summers, usually far from an ocean.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 67°F / 19°C

Coldest month

January, 11°F / -12°C

Annual swing

56°F / 31°C

Wettest month

July

Driest month

April

Rain per year

18.5" / 470 mm

Snow per year

74.8" / 1899 mm

Elevation

318 ft / 97 m

Time zone

Europe/Helsinki

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	21 / -6	11 / -12	0.13 / 3	11.8 / 299	87%	7.4 / 11.9	83%
February	22 / -5	12 / -11	0.13 / 3	12.3 / 312	86%	7.2 / 11.6	78%
March	29 / -2	17 / -8	0.10 / 3	10.9 / 277	80%	7.3 / 11.7	67%
April	41 / 5	25 / -4	0.24 / 6	8.4 / 214	75%	6.5 / 10.5	59%
May	51 / 10	34 / 1	1.88 / 48	3.0 / 76	71%	6.6 / 10.6	70%
June	66 / 19	50 / 10	2.51 / 64	0.1 / 2	66%	6.5 / 10.5	61%
July	67 / 19	53 / 12	3.80 / 97	0.0 / 0	73%	6.1 / 9.8	69%
August	64 / 18	51 / 10	3.38 / 86	0.0 / 0	79%	6.5 / 10.5	72%
September	53 / 11	42 / 6	3.02 / 77	0.0 / 1	85%	7.0 / 11.3	76%
October	38 / 3	31 / -1	2.52 / 64	7.3 / 185	91%	6.7 / 10.8	84%
November	29 / -2	21 / -6	0.67 / 17	7.5 / 191	92%	6.4 / 10.3	89%
December	24 / -4	16 / -9	0.14 / 4	13.5 / 343	90%	6.6 / 10.6	91%

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