Climate averages 1991–2020
Jyväskylä weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Jyväskylä: daytime highs average -4.6°C and nights cool to about -9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuopio (124 km away). In February its highs average -5.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Jyväskylä, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Jyväskylä ranks 9th of 13 for the warmest February highs and joint 2nd of 13 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 13 cities is -4.0°C; Jyväskylä is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 30 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Jyväskylä climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.4°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 38 | 10.0 | 6.26 h |
| February, selected | -4.6°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 30 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| March | -0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 32 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| April | 6.0°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 35 | 8.9 | 14.815 h |
| May | 13.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 48 | 10.2 | 17.718 h |
| June | 18.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 74 | 12.9 | 19.720 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 87 | 13.0 | 18.819 h |
| August | 18.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 72 | 12.3 | 16.016 h |
| September | 13.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 54 | 10.5 | 13.013 h |
| October | 6.0°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 56 | 10.6 | 10.010 h |
| November | 0.9°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 49 | 10.9 | 7.17 h |
| December | -2.2°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 46 | 11.4 | 5.35 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
February in nearby cities
- Kuopio in FebruaryFinland · 124 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -9.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Tampere in FebruaryFinland · 131 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Lahti in FebruaryFinland · 140 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in FebruaryFinland · 161 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in FebruaryFinland · 185 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -8.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in FebruaryFinland · 212 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in FebruaryFinland · 220 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Pori in FebruaryFinland · 223 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.5°C · 34 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 Jyväskylä) is explained once on the Jyväskylä year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.