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Rovaniemi in April

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Rovaniemi is chilly: highs near 41°F, lows near 24°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 42 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Rovaniemi is chilly: highs near 5°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 42 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
41°F5°Caverage
Low
24°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
15h 22mon average

Is April a good time to visit Rovaniemi?

April sits outside Rovaniemi's best months, which run from July. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two 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 April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 41°F in April, against 21°F to 70°F through the year.Highs near 5°C in April, against -6°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in April, against 30% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in April, against 56% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

15h 22m in April, against 2h 37m to 23h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. March29°-2°low 16°low -9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April41°5°low 24°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May53°12°low 34°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Rovaniemi sits, in April

Europe/Helsinki
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:38 AMsets 8:57 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
66.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Saariselkä225 km north

The land around Rovaniemi, shaded by its typical high in April, 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 April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Rovaniemi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Rovaniemi. 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.