Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuopio 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 Kuopio: daytime highs average -5.4°C and nights cool to about -9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 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 5 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Joensuu (111 km away). In January its highs average -6.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kuopio, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Kuopio ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 13 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is -3.5°C; Kuopio is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.4°C to -5.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 34 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
Kuopio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Joensuu in JanuaryFinland · 111 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -9.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in JanuaryFinland · 124 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in JanuaryFinland · 206 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in JanuaryFinland · 231 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -8.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Lahti in JanuaryFinland · 237 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -8.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in JanuaryRussia · 249 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.0°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Tampere in JanuaryFinland · 254 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -7.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Oulu in JanuaryFinland · 259 kmHigh -5.5°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 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.