Climate averages 1991–2020
Kouvola weather
in October.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Kouvola: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahti (58 km away). In October its highs average 7.0°C, about as warm as Kouvola, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Kouvola ranks joint 6th of 13 for the warmest October highs and joint 4th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 6.9°C; Kouvola is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 1.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 57 mm to 53 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
Kouvola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Lahti in OctoberFinland · 58 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in OctoberFinland · 83 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Vantaa in OctoberFinland · 111 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Vyborg in OctoberRussia · 113 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Helsinki in OctoberFinland · 124 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Espoo in OctoberFinland · 134 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in OctoberFinland · 161 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Tampere in OctoberFinland · 171 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 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 Kouvola) is explained once on the Kouvola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.