Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuopio weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Kuopio: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Joensuu (111 km away). In May its highs average 11.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kuopio, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Kuopio ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 13.2°C; Kuopio is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 4.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 35 | 8.2 | 14.915 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Joensuu in MayFinland · 111 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in MayFinland · 124 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in MayFinland · 206 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Kouvola in MayFinland · 231 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Lahti in MayFinland · 237 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Vyborg in MayRussia · 249 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Tampere in MayFinland · 254 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Oulu in MayFinland · 259 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 48 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.