Climate averages 1991–2020
Joensuu weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Joensuu: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 18 h 56 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuopio (111 km away). In July its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Joensuu, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Joensuu ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest July highs and joint 10th of 13 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 13 cities is 20.8°C; Joensuu is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kuopio in JulyFinland · 111 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in JulyFinland · 190 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in JulyFinland · 212 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Vyborg in JulyRussia · 217 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Kouvola in JulyFinland · 251 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Petrozavodsk in JulyRussia · 254 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Lahti in JulyFinland · 281 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in JulyRussia · 298 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 65 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.