Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuopio weather
in April.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Kuopio: daytime highs average 4.1°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Joensuu (111 km away). In April its highs average 3.9°C, about as warm as Kuopio, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Kuopio ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest April highs and joint 7th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 6.3°C; Kuopio is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.0°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kuopio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.4°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 40 | 10.5 | 5.96 h |
| February | -5.8°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 34 | 8.6 | 8.79 h |
| March | -1.7°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 33 | 9.1 | 11.712 h |
| April, selected | 4.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 35 | 8.2 | 14.915 h |
| May | 12.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.918 h |
| June | 17.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 77 | 12.4 | 20.020 h |
| July | 20.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 89 | 13.6 | 19.119 h |
| August | 18.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 82 | 12.8 | 16.216 h |
| September | 12.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 11.6 | 13.113 h |
| October | 5.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 59 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| November | 0.5°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 55 | 11.8 | 6.97 h |
| December | -2.8°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 51 | 12.5 | 5.05 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
April in nearby cities
- Joensuu in AprilFinland · 111 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in AprilFinland · 124 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in AprilFinland · 206 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Kouvola in AprilFinland · 231 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Lahti in AprilFinland · 237 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Vyborg in AprilRussia · 249 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Tampere in AprilFinland · 254 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Oulu in AprilFinland · 259 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -2.6°C · 30 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 Kuopio) is explained once on the Kuopio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.