Climate averages 1991–2020

Joensuu weather
in June.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.1°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 11.5°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 75 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 20 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a mild month in Joensuu: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 19 h 51 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuopio (111 km away). In June its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as Joensuu, with 77 mm of rain.

Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Joensuu ranks joint 10th of 13 for the warmest June highs and joint 10th of 13 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 13 cities is 17.8°C; Joensuu is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 85 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Joensuu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -6.0°C-9.9°C-9.9°C4110.76.06 h
February -6.4°C-10.2°C-10.2°C359.58.79 h
March -2.0°C-6.3°C-6.3°C349.011.712 h
April 3.9°C-2.0°C-2.0°C327.914.815 h
May 11.2°C4.4°C4.4°C499.317.818 h
June, selected 17.1°C11.5°C11.5°C7512.719.820 h
July 20.2°C14.9°C14.9°C8512.718.919 h
August 18.1°C13.6°C13.6°C8213.216.116 h
September 12.4°C8.8°C8.8°C6811.913.113 h
October 5.2°C2.7°C2.7°C6312.410.010 h
November 0.0°C-2.6°C-2.6°C5511.67.07 h
December -3.3°C-6.8°C-6.8°C5312.75.15 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.

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June in nearby cities

Distance from Joensuu

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 limits

How 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.