Climate averages 1991–2020
Oulu weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Oulu: daytime highs average -6.0°C and nights cool to about -10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (167 km away). In February its highs average -5.9°C, about as warm as Oulu, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Oulu ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 13 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 13 cities is -4.0°C; Oulu is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to -1.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 29 mm to 30 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
Oulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.5°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 35 | 8.8 | 5.15 h |
| February, selected | -6.0°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 29 | 8.0 | 8.38 h |
| March | -1.9°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 30 | 7.7 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.0°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 30 | 7.4 | 15.215 h |
| May | 10.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 48 | 10.0 | 18.719 h |
| June | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 10.0 | 21.622 h |
| July | 19.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 12.1 | 20.220 h |
| August | 17.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 71 | 12.0 | 16.617 h |
| September | 12.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 56 | 10.4 | 13.213 h |
| October | 5.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 50 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| November | 0.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 48 | 10.6 | 6.36 h |
| December | -2.9°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 44 | 10.8 | 3.94 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
- Luleå in FebruarySweden · 167 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -10.5°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in FebruaryFinland · 259 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -9.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Umeå in FebruarySweden · 282 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -8.2°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in FebruaryFinland · 308 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in FebruaryFinland · 341 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Tampere in FebruaryFinland · 400 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Pori in FebruaryFinland · 434 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.5°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Lahti in FebruaryFinland · 448 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 34 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 Oulu) is explained once on the Oulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.