Weather

Climate and weather in Finland

"Four seasons - four reasons"

The summer climate in Finland is more rainy than in the Mediterranean region but less rainy than in Central Europe.

28 ways Finland wins at summer: http://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/things-every-finn-in-the-summer-will-understand

AccuWeather (Helsinki Weather Forecast for 25 days, you can change temperature degrees to Celsius or Fahrenheit): http://www.accuweather.com/en/fi/helsinki/133328/weather-forecast/133328

Weather2Travel.com (Worldwide Holiday Weather Guide: max & min day temperature, hours of sunshine, hours of daylight, monthly rainfall, UV index, sea water temperature etc.): http://weather2travel.com and http://www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/finland/helsinki.php

Finnish Meteorological Institute (weather forecasts): http://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi//home

Foreca (local forecast for Finland and World Weather for other countries for 6 days): http://www.foreca.com

Foreca Finland (Täsmää = Spot weather forecast for Finnish locations, Havainnot = Weather observations, Valitse paikka = Choose a place, Aurinko nousee = Sunrise, Aurinko laskee = Sunset, Päivän pituus = Day length): http://www.foreca.fi

Lightning Radar (Finnish Lightning Center): http://www.flcenter.net/static/ukkostutka_suurikuva.html

Local weather forecasts for several places in Finland: https://sites.google.com/site/biologiajamaantiede/paikallissaeae

Rainradar Finland (rain radar site by Finnish Meteorological Institute): http://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/rain-and-cloudiness

Rainradar Finland (rain radar site by Ilta-Sanomat): http://www.iltasanomat.fi/sadetutka/

Seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn/fall) in Northern Europe: http://www.oulu.fi/northnature/Northnature.html

Snow: http://www.niksula.hut.fi/~mnikkane/index.html

Snow Castle: http://www.snowcastle.net

Snow Land: http://www.snowland.fi

Snow Pictures: http://www.bilderbook.org/finland/wow_snow/pictures/

Snow Village & Snow Hotel: http://www.snowvillage.fi

Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times in Finland: http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/fi-country.html

Suomalaiset säälinkit (weather links in Finnish): http://sites.google.com/site/biologiajamaantiede/s%C3%A4%C3%A4-ja-ilmasto and http://biologia-maantiede.wikispaces.com/S%C3%A4%C3%A4

The glory of a summer night: http://finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=165671&contentlan=2&culture=en-US

Time and date (weather, sun & moon, you can change Celsius to Fahrenheit degrees or vice versa in the weather forecast): http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=101

Ukkostutkat (webcams from Finland, choose Etelä-Suomi for webcams in Southern Finland, Länsi-Suomi for Western Finland, Itä-Suomi for Eastern Finland, Oulu for Oulu Region and Lappi for Lapland): http://www.ukkostutkat.fi/index.php?page=30

Virtual Finland (Finnish Climate): http://finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=160033&contentlan=2&culture=en-US

Weatherstation Halikko (Salo, Western Finland): http://www.nordicweather.net/index.php?sivu=&lang=en

Webcameras: http://sites.google.com/site/finlandtravelclub/live-web-cameras

World Climate: http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/place.pl?pla=helsinki

Wunderground: http://english.wunderground.com/global/FI.html

Numbers in Finnish weather forecasts are degrees Celsius. Multiply by 1.8 and add 32 to obtain degrees Fahrenheit. You can use the temperature converter here:

Last year's monthly temperatures in Helsinki (degrees Celsius):

Last year's monthly temperatures in Helsinki (degrees Fahrenheit):