Kokkola climate — normals and trends
Kokkola (Finland) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.6 °C and it receives 570 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 (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kokkola averages 168 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Kokkola has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 180 to 156 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.4 °C (on 30 July 2018) and the coldest -37.0 °C (on 29 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
KokkolaCentral Ostrobothnia
- coords
- 63.84°, 23.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.6°C
Average daily high
6.9°C
Average daily low
0.2°C
Annual rainfall
570mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
24.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
168 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
111.1 cm
Average feels-like high
3.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
32.4 °C
30 July 2018
Coldest day
-37.0 °C
29 January 1999
Wettest day
63 mm
6 August 1967
Windiest day
47.3 km/h
26 December 1992
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
2 November 2020
Hottest feels-like
34.2 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-42.4 °C
29 January 1999
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
14 January 1983
Sunniest day
19.1 h
2 July 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 47 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | -1.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 16 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 4.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 28 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 8.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 18 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 12.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 32 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 16.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 70 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 24.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 72 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 18.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 96 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 83 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 8.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 49 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 2.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 47 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 1.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 71 mm | +31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kokkola?
Kokkola has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.6 °C and it receives 570 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kokkola?
The hottest day measured in Kokkola between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2018, reaching 32.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kokkola?
The coldest day measured in Kokkola between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1999, at -37.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kokkola?
Yes. Kokkola gets on average 111.1 cm of snow per year and has around 168 frost days.
Has the climate of Kokkola warmed?
Yes: Kokkola warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kokkola?
The wettest day measured in Kokkola between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1967, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kokkola?
The windiest day measured in Kokkola between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1992, with winds reaching 47.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kokkola?
The warmest month in Kokkola is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kokkola?
Kokkola receives on average 570 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kokkola?
Kokkola gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kokkola?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kokkola between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1983, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kokkola?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kokkola.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kokkola?
In Kokkola, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.2 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -42.4 °C on 29 January 1999.
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