Kittilä climate — normals and trends
Kittilä (Finland) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.0 °C and it receives 557 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (14.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kittilä averages 214 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Kittilä has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 219 to 209 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.1 °C (on 29 June 1972) and the coldest -45.6 °C (on 28 January 1999).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KittiläLapland
- coords
- 67.66°, 24.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.0°C
Average daily high
3.3°C
Average daily low
-3.5°C
Annual rainfall
557mm
Sunshine / day
6.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
214 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
160.9 cm
Average feels-like high
-0.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · p = 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
30.1 °C
29 June 1972
Coldest day
-45.6 °C
28 January 1999
Wettest day
51 mm
7 August 1986
Windiest day
40.1 km/h
30 December 1991
Strongest gust
90.7 km/h
10 March 1993
Hottest feels-like
30.5 °C
31 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-50.5 °C
28 January 1999
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
31 October 1996
Sunniest day
23.1 h
7 July 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -9.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 49 mm | +21 mm |
| Feb | -3.1 °C | +5.9 °C | 26 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | -0.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 30 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 2.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 24 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 9.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 37 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 14.0 °C | -1.4 °C | 73 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 48 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 16.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 79 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 13.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 67 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 4.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 70 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | -6.3 °C | -2.3 °C | 48 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | -5.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 73 mm | +37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kittilä?
Kittilä has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.0 °C and it receives 557 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kittilä?
The hottest day measured in Kittilä between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1972, reaching 30.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kittilä?
The coldest day measured in Kittilä between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1999, at -45.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kittilä?
Yes. Kittilä gets on average 160.9 cm of snow per year and has around 214 frost days.
Has the climate of Kittilä warmed?
Yes: Kittilä warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kittilä?
The wettest day measured in Kittilä between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1986, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kittilä?
The windiest day measured in Kittilä between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1991, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kittilä?
The warmest month in Kittilä is July (14.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kittilä?
Kittilä receives on average 557 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kittilä?
Kittilä gets on average 6.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,336 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kittilä?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kittilä between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1996, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kittilä?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kittilä.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kittilä?
In Kittilä, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.5 °C on 31 July 2018, and the lowest was -50.5 °C on 28 January 1999.
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