Climate averages 1991–2020
Helsinki weather
in November.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Helsinki: daytime highs average 3.3°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 35 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vantaa (15 km away). In November its highs average 3.0°C, about as warm as Helsinki, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Helsinki ranks 3rd of 13 for the warmest November highs and joint 11th of 13 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 13 cities is 1.9°C; Helsinki is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 0.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 59 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | -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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Vantaa in NovemberFinland · 15 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Espoo in NovemberFinland · 16 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low 0.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Tallinn in NovemberEstonia · 82 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low 0.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Lahti in NovemberFinland · 99 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in NovemberFinland · 124 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Turku in NovemberFinland · 150 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low 0.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Tampere in NovemberFinland · 160 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in NovemberFinland · 203 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -1.6°C · 54 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.