Climate averages 1991–2020
Joensuu weather
in April.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Joensuu: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about -2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuopio (111 km away). In April its highs average 4.1°C, about as warm as Joensuu, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Joensuu ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 6.3°C; Joensuu is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Joensuu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.0°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 41 | 10.7 | 6.06 h |
| February | -6.4°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 35 | 9.5 | 8.79 h |
| March | -2.0°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 34 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| April, selected | 3.9°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 32 | 7.9 | 14.815 h |
| May | 11.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 49 | 9.3 | 17.818 h |
| June | 17.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 75 | 12.7 | 19.820 h |
| July | 20.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 85 | 12.7 | 18.919 h |
| August | 18.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 82 | 13.2 | 16.116 h |
| September | 12.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 68 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| October | 5.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 63 | 12.4 | 10.010 h |
| November | 0.0°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 55 | 11.6 | 7.07 h |
| December | -3.3°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 53 | 12.7 | 5.15 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
April in nearby cities
- Kuopio in AprilFinland · 111 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in AprilFinland · 190 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in AprilFinland · 212 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Vyborg in AprilRussia · 217 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kouvola in AprilFinland · 251 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Petrozavodsk in AprilRussia · 254 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Lahti in AprilFinland · 281 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in AprilRussia · 298 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 39 mm rain
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 Joensuu) is explained once on the Joensuu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.