Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuopio weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kuopio: daytime highs average -5.8°C and nights cool to about -9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Joensuu (111 km away). In February its highs average -6.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kuopio, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Kuopio ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest February highs and joint 4th of 13 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 13 cities is -4.0°C; Kuopio is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to -1.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 34 mm to 33 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
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, selected | -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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Joensuu in FebruaryFinland · 111 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in FebruaryFinland · 124 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in FebruaryFinland · 206 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -8.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in FebruaryFinland · 231 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Lahti in FebruaryFinland · 237 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in FebruaryRussia · 249 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Tampere in FebruaryFinland · 254 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Oulu in FebruaryFinland · 259 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -10.6°C · 29 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 Kuopio) is explained once on the Kuopio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.