Climate averages 1991–2020
Joensuu weather
in October.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Joensuu: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuopio (111 km away). In October its highs average 5.5°C, about as warm as Joensuu, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Joensuu ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 6.9°C; Joensuu is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 0.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 63 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kuopio in OctoberFinland · 111 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in OctoberFinland · 190 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in OctoberFinland · 212 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Vyborg in OctoberRussia · 217 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Kouvola in OctoberFinland · 251 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Petrozavodsk in OctoberRussia · 254 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Lahti in OctoberFinland · 281 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in OctoberRussia · 298 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 62 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.