Climate averages 1991–2020
Oulu weather
in November.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Oulu: daytime highs average 0.3°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes November a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 19 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (167 km away). In November its highs average 0.6°C, about as warm as Oulu, with 56 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Oulu ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 13 for the driest November (precipitation, lowest first). The mean November high of those 13 cities is 1.9°C; Oulu is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.1°C to -2.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 48 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | -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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Luleå in NovemberSweden · 167 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -2.8°C · 56 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in NovemberFinland · 259 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Umeå in NovemberSweden · 282 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 69 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in NovemberFinland · 308 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in NovemberFinland · 341 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -2.6°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Tampere in NovemberFinland · 400 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Pori in NovemberFinland · 434 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Lahti in NovemberFinland · 448 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 50 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.