Climate averages 1991–2020
Joensuu weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Joensuu: daytime highs average -2.0°C and nights cool to about -6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuopio (111 km away). In March its highs average -1.7°C, about as warm as Joensuu, with 33 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Joensuu ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 13 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 0.0°C; Joensuu is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 3.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 34 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | -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
March in nearby cities
- Kuopio in MarchFinland · 111 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in MarchFinland · 190 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -5.5°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in MarchFinland · 212 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in MarchRussia · 217 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.4°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in MarchFinland · 251 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -5.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Petrozavodsk in MarchRussia · 254 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -6.5°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Lahti in MarchFinland · 281 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.7°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in MarchRussia · 298 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -5.3°C · 36 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.