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Rovaniemi in September

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Rovaniemi is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 37 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Rovaniemi is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
12h 54mon average

Is September a good time to visit Rovaniemi?

September sits outside Rovaniemi's best months, which run from July. Expect cool 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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 57°F in September, against 21°F to 70°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in September, against -6°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in September, against 30% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in September, against 56% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 54m in September, against 2h 37m to 23h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. August67°19°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. September57°14°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. October44°7°low 33°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Rovaniemi sits, in September

Europe/Helsinki
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:33 AMsets 7:52 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days
See September 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.