Climate · Saariselkä

Saariselkä in September

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Saariselkä is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 40°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 53 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Saariselkä is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
40°F4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
13h 00mon average

Is September a good time to visit Saariselkä?


September sits outside Saariselkä'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 52°F in September, against 18°F to 65°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in September, against -8°C to 18°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

45% of days in September, against 29% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

71% cover in September, against 60% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

13h 00m in September, against 0h 06m to 24h 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.

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  1. August62°17°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. September52°11°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. October40°4°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Saariselkä sits, in September

Europe/Helsinki

this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:23 AMsets 7:49 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 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

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.