Climate of Helsinki, Finland

Dfb

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Dfb — Cold, no dry season, warm summer.

Helsinki has a mean annual temperature of 5.9 °C and receives 652 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is July with a mean temperature of 17.7 °C, while February is the coldest month at -4.6 °C. Most precipitation falls in August (77 mm); the driest month is February (35 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Helsinki: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January-3.648.2
February-4.634.9
March-1.634.9
April3.736.9
May9.636.9
June14.352.9
July17.762.2
August16.676.8
September11.963.6
October6.476.5
November2.171.1
December-1.157.4
Year5.9652.4

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (60.17°, 24.94°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.