Climate averages 1991–2020

Oulu weather
in June.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 16.0°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 9.6°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 56 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 22 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Oulu · average highYear overview

June is a mild month in Oulu: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 21 h 38 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (167 km away). In June its highs average 14.2°C, 1.8°C cooler than Oulu, with 53 mm of rain.

Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Oulu ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 13 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 13 cities is 17.8°C; Oulu is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 78 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Oulu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -5.5°C-10.2°C-10.2°C358.85.15 h
February -6.0°C-10.6°C-10.6°C298.08.38 h
March -1.9°C-7.1°C-7.1°C307.711.712 h
April 4.0°C-2.6°C-2.6°C307.415.215 h
May 10.9°C3.8°C3.8°C4810.018.719 h
June, selected 16.0°C9.6°C9.6°C5610.021.622 h
July 19.5°C13.4°C13.4°C7812.120.220 h
August 17.6°C12.0°C12.0°C7112.016.617 h
September 12.2°C7.5°C7.5°C5610.413.213 h
October 5.0°C1.5°C1.5°C5010.39.810 h
November 0.3°C-3.1°C-3.1°C4810.66.36 h
December -2.9°C-7.2°C-7.2°C4410.83.94 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Oulu

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 limits

How 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.