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Helsinki in November

Chilly and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Helsinki is chilly: highs near 43°F, lows near 34°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 2 hours 1 minute from the first week to the last.November in Helsinki is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 2 hours 1 minute from the first week to the last.

High
43°F6°Caverage
Low
34°F1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
7h 20mon average

Is November a good time to visit Helsinki?

November sits outside Helsinki's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How November sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 43°F in November, against 30°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in November, against -1°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in November, against 30% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

77% cover in November, against 49% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

7h 20m in November, against 5h 57m to 18h 46m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with November shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. October52°11°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. November43°6°low 34°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. December36°2°low 26°low -3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Helsinki sits, in November

Europe/Helsinki
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
8:17 AMsets 3:53 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
60.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rovaniemi706 km north

The land around Helsinki, shaded by its typical high in November, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Finland in November

high · low · wet days
See November on the planning mapThe whole year in Helsinki

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Helsinki. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.