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Rovaniemi in December

Cold and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Rovaniemi is cold: highs near 26°F, lows near 14°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 38 minutes from the first week to the last.December in Rovaniemi is cold: highs near -3°C, lows near -10°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 38 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
26°F-3°Caverage
Low
14°F-10°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
2h 37mon average

Is December a good time to visit Rovaniemi?

December sits outside Rovaniemi's best months, which run from July. Expect cold days and rain or snow 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 26°F in December, against 21°F to 70°F through the year.Highs near -3°C in December, against -6°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in December, against 30% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

2h 37m in December, against 2h 37m to 23h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November33°1°low 22°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December26°-3°low 14°low -10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January22°-6°low 9°low -13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Rovaniemi sits, in December

Europe/Helsinki
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
10:57 AMsets 1:27 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.