Climate averages 1991–2020
Lappeenranta weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Lappeenranta: daytime highs average -4.8°C and nights cool to about -8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vyborg (50 km away). In February its highs average -4.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lappeenranta, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Lappeenranta ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest February highs and joint 8th of 13 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 13 cities is -4.0°C; Lappeenranta is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to -0.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 38 mm to 36 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
Lappeenranta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.5°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 42 | 10.3 | 6.57 h |
| February, selected | -4.8°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 38 | 9.1 | 8.99 h |
| March | -0.8°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 36 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| April | 5.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 33 | 8.4 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 17.417 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 66 | 11.9 | 19.119 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 73 | 11.9 | 18.318 h |
| August | 19.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 75 | 12.4 | 15.816 h |
| September | 13.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 56 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| October | 6.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 11.2 | 10.110 h |
| November | 1.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 54 | 11.2 | 7.47 h |
| December | -2.0°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 52 | 11.3 | 5.76 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
- Vyborg in FebruaryRussia · 50 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in FebruaryFinland · 83 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Lahti in FebruaryFinland · 136 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Peterhof in FebruaryRussia · 161 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -7.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in FebruaryRussia · 170 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.4°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in FebruaryFinland · 185 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in FebruaryFinland · 190 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in FebruaryFinland · 191 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 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 Lappeenranta) is explained once on the Lappeenranta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.