Joensuu weather in August

In August, Joensuu sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 82 mm of rain across 13.2 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 18 min at the start of August to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Joensuu's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Joensuu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 82 mm; 13.2 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 48 min; 4:11 AM – 7:59 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 8.7 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical August day in Joensuu reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	14
2	20	14
3	20	14
4	20	14
5	20	14
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	19	13
10	19	13
11	19	13
12	19	13
13	19	13
14	19	13
15	19	12
16	18	12
17	18	12
18	18	12
19	18	12
20	18	12
21	18	12
22	18	12
23	17	11
24	17	11
25	17	11
26	17	11
27	17	11
28	17	11
29	16	11
30	16	10
31	16	10

How August really feels in Joensuu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Joensuu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-6° / -10°	41	10.7	12.2	5.6	0.0
Feb	-6° / -11°	35	9.4	10.3	8.2	0.0
Mar	-1° / -7°	34	9	9.6	11.2	0.0
Apr	5° / -2°	32	7.9	4.4	14.4	0.4
May	12° / 5°	49	9.3	0.6	17.4	3.3
Jun	18° / 11°	75	12.7	0	19.3	5.2
Jul	20° / 14°	85	12.8	0	18.5	5.9
Aug	18° / 12°	82	13.2	0	15.8	5.3
Sep	13° / 8°	68	11.9	0.1	12.6	3.2
Oct	6° / 2°	63	12.4	2.7	9.5	0.5
Nov	0° / -3°	55	11.6	8.6	6.5	0.0
Dec	-3° / -7°	53	12.7	12.5	4.6	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	38	38	37	37	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	32	31	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29
Cloudier (%)	62	62	63	63	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	68	69	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Joensuu gets around 82 mm of rain over 13.2 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	48	49	51	52	53	54	56	57	60	61	63	64	66	68	69	71	72	72	74	75	76	77	78	79
Comfortable (%)	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	23	22	21	20
Humid (%)	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Muggy (%)	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	40	16	4
2	41	40	16	4
3	42	39	15	4
4	43	39	14	3
5	44	39	14	3
6	45	39	13	3
7	46	39	12	2
8	48	39	12	2
9	49	38	11	2
10	51	38	10	1
11	52	37	10	1
12	53	37	9	1
13	54	36	9	1
14	56	35	8	1
15	57	35	7	1
16	60	34	6	0
17	61	33	6	0
18	63	32	5	0
19	64	31	5	0
20	66	30	4	0
21	68	29	3	0
22	69	28	3	0
23	71	27	2	0
24	72	26	2	0
25	72	26	2	0
26	74	25	1	0
27	75	24	1	0
28	76	23	1	0
29	77	22	1	0
30	78	21	1	0
31	79	20	1	0

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 18 min at the start of August to 14 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 180 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:29 AM to 4:53 AM, and sunset from 8:45 PM to 7:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	17.3	17.2	17.1	17.0	16.9	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.5	16.4	16.3	16.2	16.1	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	3:29	3:32	3:35	3:38	3:40	3:43	3:46	3:49	3:52	3:54	3:57	4:00	4:03	4:06	4:09	4:11	4:14	4:17	4:20	4:23	4:25	4:28	4:31	4:34	4:37	4:39	4:42	4:45	4:48	4:51	4:53
Sunset (PM)	8:45	8:42	8:39	8:36	8:33	8:30	8:27	8:24	8:21	8:18	8:15	8:12	8:08	8:05	8:02	7:59	7:55	7:52	7:49	7:46	7:42	7:39	7:36	7:32	7:29	7:26	7:22	7:19	7:15	7:12	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	17.3	3:29	8:45
2	17.2	3:32	8:42
3	17.1	3:35	8:39
4	17.0	3:38	8:36
5	16.9	3:40	8:33
6	16.8	3:43	8:30
7	16.7	3:46	8:27
8	16.6	3:49	8:24
9	16.5	3:52	8:21
10	16.4	3:54	8:18
11	16.3	3:57	8:15
12	16.2	4:00	8:12
13	16.1	4:03	8:08
14	16.0	4:06	8:05
15	15.9	4:09	8:02
16	15.8	4:11	7:59
17	15.7	4:14	7:55
18	15.6	4:17	7:52
19	15.5	4:20	7:49
20	15.4	4:23	7:46
21	15.3	4:25	7:42
22	15.2	4:28	7:39
23	15.1	4:31	7:36
24	15.0	4:34	7:32
25	14.9	4:37	7:29
26	14.8	4:39	7:26
27	14.7	4:42	7:22
28	14.6	4:45	7:19
29	14.5	4:48	7:15
30	14.4	4:51	7:12
31	14.3	4:53	7:09

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.08 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Joensuu?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Joensuu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Joensuu in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Joensuu sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Joensuu in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Joensuu peaks around July 14 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	1	3	4	4	5	4	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Joensuu?

Joensuu sits at 62.6°N, 29.8°E, 72 m above sea level, in Finland. The nearest listed city is Kontiolahti, 18 km away.

Topography around Joensuu

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Joensuu.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Joensuu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 317 m.

The land around Joensuu is covered by trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

43 m

trees 44%

16 km

112 m

trees 54%

80 km

317 m

trees 74%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← July Joensuu year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Kontiolahti 18 km · Savonlinna 93 km · Varkaus 102 km · Sortavala 110 km · Kuopio 111 km · Siilinjärvi 119 km · Pieksämäki 139 km · Mikkeli 164 km

Finland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 85% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $56,149; 2025
Happiness: 7.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 603
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Joensuu (62.6012°, 29.7632°, elevation 72 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	14
2	20	14
3	20	14
4	20	14
5	20	14
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	19	13
10	19	13
11	19	13
12	19	13
13	19	13
14	19	13
15	19	12
16	18	12
17	18	12
18	18	12
19	18	12
20	18	12
21	18	12
22	18	12
23	17	11
24	17	11
25	17	11
26	17	11
27	17	11
28	17	11
29	16	11
30	16	10
31	16	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	40	16	4
2	41	40	16	4
3	42	39	15	4
4	43	39	14	3
5	44	39	14	3
6	45	39	13	3
7	46	39	12	2
8	48	39	12	2
9	49	38	11	2
10	51	38	10	1
11	52	37	10	1
12	53	37	9	1
13	54	36	9	1
14	56	35	8	1
15	57	35	7	1
16	60	34	6	0
17	61	33	6	0
18	63	32	5	0
19	64	31	5	0
20	66	30	4	0
21	68	29	3	0
22	69	28	3	0
23	71	27	2	0
24	72	26	2	0
25	72	26	2	0
26	74	25	1	0
27	75	24	1	0
28	76	23	1	0
29	77	22	1	0
30	78	21	1	0
31	79	20	1	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	14
2	20	14
3	20	14
4	20	14
5	20	14
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	19	13
10	19	13
11	19	13
12	19	13
13	19	13
14	19	13
15	19	12
16	18	12
17	18	12
18	18	12
19	18	12
20	18	12
21	18	12
22	18	12
23	17	11
24	17	11
25	17	11
26	17	11
27	17	11
28	17	11
29	16	11
30	16	10
31	16	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	40	16	4
2	41	40	16	4
3	42	39	15	4
4	43	39	14	3
5	44	39	14	3
6	45	39	13	3
7	46	39	12	2
8	48	39	12	2
9	49	38	11	2
10	51	38	10	1
11	52	37	10	1
12	53	37	9	1
13	54	36	9	1
14	56	35	8	1
15	57	35	7	1
16	60	34	6	0
17	61	33	6	0
18	63	32	5	0
19	64	31	5	0
20	66	30	4	0
21	68	29	3	0
22	69	28	3	0
23	71	27	2	0
24	72	26	2	0
25	72	26	2	0
26	74	25	1	0
27	75	24	1	0
28	76	23	1	0
29	77	22	1	0
30	78	21	1	0
31	79	20	1	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	14
2	20	14
3	20	14
4	20	14
5	20	14
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	19	13
10	19	13
11	19	13
12	19	13
13	19	13
14	19	13
15	19	12
16	18	12
17	18	12
18	18	12
19	18	12
20	18	12
21	18	12
22	18	12
23	17	11
24	17	11
25	17	11
26	17	11
27	17	11
28	17	11
29	16	11
30	16	10
31	16	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	40	16	4
2	41	40	16	4
3	42	39	15	4
4	43	39	14	3
5	44	39	14	3
6	45	39	13	3
7	46	39	12	2
8	48	39	12	2
9	49	38	11	2
10	51	38	10	1
11	52	37	10	1
12	53	37	9	1
13	54	36	9	1
14	56	35	8	1
15	57	35	7	1
16	60	34	6	0
17	61	33	6	0
18	63	32	5	0
19	64	31	5	0
20	66	30	4	0
21	68	29	3	0
22	69	28	3	0
23	71	27	2	0
24	72	26	2	0
25	72	26	2	0
26	74	25	1	0
27	75	24	1	0
28	76	23	1	0
29	77	22	1	0
30	78	21	1	0
31	79	20	1	0