Climate averages 1991–2020
Oulu weather
in October.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Oulu: daytime highs average 5.0°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (167 km away). In October its highs average 5.2°C, about as warm as Oulu, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Oulu ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 6.9°C; Oulu is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 0.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 50 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Luleå in OctoberSweden · 167 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Kuopio in OctoberFinland · 259 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Umeå in OctoberSweden · 282 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in OctoberFinland · 308 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Joensuu in OctoberFinland · 341 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Tampere in OctoberFinland · 400 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Pori in OctoberFinland · 434 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Lahti in OctoberFinland · 448 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 56 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 Oulu) is explained once on the Oulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.