Climate averages 1991–2020
Joensuu weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Joensuu: daytime highs average -6.0°C and nights cool to about -9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuopio (111 km away). In January its highs average -5.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Joensuu, with 40 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Joensuu ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest January highs and joint 5th of 13 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is -3.5°C; Joensuu is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.4°C to -6.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kuopio in JanuaryFinland · 111 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -9.4°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in JanuaryFinland · 190 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in JanuaryFinland · 212 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in JanuaryRussia · 217 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.0°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in JanuaryFinland · 251 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -8.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Petrozavodsk in JanuaryRussia · 254 kmHigh -6.1°C · Low -10.4°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Lahti in JanuaryFinland · 281 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -8.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in JanuaryRussia · 298 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 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 Joensuu) is explained once on the Joensuu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.