Kuopio climate — normals and trends
Kuopio (Finland) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 673 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kuopio averages 172 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Kuopio has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 185 to 159 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -38.4 °C (on 8 January 1987).
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
KuopioNorth Savo
- coords
- 62.89°, 27.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.1°C
Average daily high
6.1°C
Average daily low
0.0°C
Annual rainfall
673mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
26.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
172 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
154.8 cm
Average feels-like high
2.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.7 °C
Average peak gust
33.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
34.7 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-38.4 °C
8 January 1987
Wettest day
62 mm
5 August 1987
Windiest day
43.2 km/h
18 April 1976
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
26 October 1985
Hottest feels-like
34.0 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-44.1 °C
8 January 1987
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
25 January 2002
Sunniest day
19.2 h
26 June 2022
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 | -3.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 48 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | -3.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 18 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 3.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 45 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 7.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 27 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 12.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 53 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 17.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 102 mm | +32 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 63 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 19.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 60 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 79 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 7.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 66 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 3.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 67 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 0.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 76 mm | +27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kuopio?
Kuopio has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 673 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuopio?
The hottest day measured in Kuopio between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kuopio?
The coldest day measured in Kuopio between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1987, at -38.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kuopio?
Yes. Kuopio gets on average 154.8 cm of snow per year and has around 172 frost days.
Has the climate of Kuopio warmed?
Yes: Kuopio warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kuopio?
The wettest day measured in Kuopio between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1987, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kuopio?
The windiest day measured in Kuopio between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1976, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kuopio?
The warmest month in Kuopio is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kuopio?
Kuopio receives on average 673 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kuopio?
Kuopio gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kuopio?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kuopio between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2002, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kuopio?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kuopio.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuopio?
In Kuopio, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.0 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -44.1 °C on 8 January 1987.
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