Climate · Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi in August

Mild and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Rovaniemi is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 3 hours 44 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Rovaniemi is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 3 hours 44 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
16h 49mon average

Is August a good time to visit Rovaniemi?


A good month, just outside Rovaniemi's best months, which run from July.

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 67°F in August, against 21°F to 70°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in August, against -6°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in August, against 30% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

16h 49m in August, against 2h 37m to 23h 45m through the year.

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

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  1. July70°21°low 54°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August67°19°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September57°14°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Rovaniemi sits, in August

Europe/Helsinki

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
4:48 AMsets 9:56 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 August, 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 August

high · low · wet days

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.