Climate averages 1991–2020
Kouvola weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Kouvola: daytime highs average -3.8°C and nights cool to about -8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahti (58 km away). In January its highs average -3.6°C, about as warm as Kouvola, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Kouvola ranks 8th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 13 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is -3.5°C; Kouvola is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to -3.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 44 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Kouvola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.8°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 44 | 10.6 | 6.67 h |
| February | -3.9°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 40 | 9.0 | 9.09 h |
| March | 0.5°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 36 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 35 | 8.9 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 46 | 9.8 | 17.317 h |
| June | 18.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 70 | 11.8 | 19.019 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 66 | 11.5 | 18.318 h |
| August | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 10.9 | 15.816 h |
| September | 14.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 53 | 9.9 | 13.013 h |
| October | 7.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 10.9 | 10.110 h |
| November | 1.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 53 | 11.3 | 7.47 h |
| December | -1.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 54 | 11.7 | 5.86 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
January in nearby cities
- Lahti in JanuaryFinland · 58 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -8.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in JanuaryFinland · 83 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in JanuaryFinland · 111 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -6.7°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in JanuaryRussia · 113 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.0°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Helsinki in JanuaryFinland · 124 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Espoo in JanuaryFinland · 134 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -5.8°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in JanuaryFinland · 161 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Tampere in JanuaryFinland · 171 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -7.4°C · 39 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 Kouvola) is explained once on the Kouvola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.