Climate averages 1991–2020
Helsinki weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Helsinki: daytime highs average -2.9°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vantaa (15 km away). In February its highs average -2.8°C, about as warm as Helsinki, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Helsinki ranks 5th of 13 for the warmest February highs and joint 11th of 13 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 13 cities is -4.0°C; Helsinki is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Helsinki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.1°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 48 | 10.9 | 6.87 h |
| February, selected | -2.9°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 41 | 9.3 | 9.19 h |
| March | 0.7°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 37 | 8.5 | 11.712 h |
| April | 6.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 37 | 8.7 | 14.515 h |
| May | 13.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 44 | 8.9 | 17.217 h |
| June | 17.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 72 | 11.7 | 18.819 h |
| July | 20.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 76 | 11.9 | 18.118 h |
| August | 19.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 76 | 12.3 | 15.716 h |
| September | 14.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 57 | 10.4 | 13.013 h |
| October | 8.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.3°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 59 | 11.5 | 7.68 h |
| December | 0.1°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 55 | 12.2 | 6.06 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Vantaa in FebruaryFinland · 15 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Espoo in FebruaryFinland · 16 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Tallinn in FebruaryEstonia · 82 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.4°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Lahti in FebruaryFinland · 99 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in FebruaryFinland · 124 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Turku in FebruaryFinland · 150 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Tampere in FebruaryFinland · 160 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in FebruaryFinland · 203 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -8.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Helsinki) is explained once on the Helsinki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Vantaa lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.