Climate · Saariselkä

Saariselkä in October

Cold and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Saariselkä is cold: highs near 40°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 54 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Saariselkä is cold: highs near 4°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 54 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
40°F4°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
8h 49mon average

Is October a good time to visit Saariselkä?


October sits outside Saariselkä'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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 40°F in October, against 18°F to 65°F through the year.Highs near 4°C in October, against -8°C to 18°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in October, against 29% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

80% cover in October, against 60% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

8h 49m in October, against 0h 06m to 24h through the year.

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

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  1. September52°11°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October40°4°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November29°-2°low 19°low -7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Saariselkä sits, in October

Europe/Helsinki

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
8:12 AMsets 5:40 PM
Above the sea
310 mlow-lying
Latitude
68.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rovaniemi225 km south

The land around Saariselkä, shaded by its typical high in October, 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 October

high · low · wet days

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