Climate averages 1991–2020
Tampere weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Tampere: daytime highs average -3.6°C and nights cool to about -7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pori (106 km away). In January its highs average -1.5°C, 2.1°C warmer than Tampere, with 43 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Tampere ranks joint 6th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 13 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is -3.5°C; Tampere is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to -4.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 39 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Tampere climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.6°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 39 | 9.8 | 6.46 h |
| February | -4.1°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 30 | 7.6 | 8.99 h |
| March | -0.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 31 | 8.0 | 11.712 h |
| April | 6.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 33 | 8.2 | 14.715 h |
| May | 13.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 45 | 9.7 | 17.518 h |
| June | 18.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 75 | 12.0 | 19.319 h |
| July | 20.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 83 | 12.7 | 18.519 h |
| August | 19.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 75 | 12.6 | 15.916 h |
| September | 13.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 53 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| October | 6.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 60 | 10.7 | 10.110 h |
| November | 1.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 49 | 10.4 | 7.37 h |
| December | -1.5°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 46 | 11.0 | 5.56 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
January in nearby cities
- Pori in JanuaryFinland · 106 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -5.3°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Lahti in JanuaryFinland · 116 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -8.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in JanuaryFinland · 131 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Turku in JanuaryFinland · 142 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -6.0°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in JanuaryFinland · 150 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -6.7°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Espoo in JanuaryFinland · 151 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -5.8°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Helsinki in JanuaryFinland · 160 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in JanuaryFinland · 171 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -8.3°C · 44 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 Tampere) is explained once on the Tampere year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.