Ivalo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇮 Finland · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Ivalo is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 56/100). Ivalo averages about 1,726 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 115 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,726
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 56/100
- Rain / year
- 766 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 141 m
When is the best time to visit Ivalo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ivalo is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 39 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ivalo?
Ivalo isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,726 hours of sunshine a year. 56 Sunshine Score points separate July (56) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 20 destinations in Finland for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,638 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 41% of the annual 766 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -16° / 3°F | 39 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 32 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -11° / 12°F | 34 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 44 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 78 mm | 2 |
| June | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 95 mm | 3 |
| July | 56 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 115 mm | 3 |
| August | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 9° / 48°F | 104 mm | 2 |
| September | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 76 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 60 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -9° / 16°F | 45 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -13° / 9°F | 44 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kittilä Finland · 146 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Murmansk Russia · 217 km · best in Jul · 1,514 h sun/yr
- Alta Norway · 220 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 237 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 356 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 410 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kirkenes Norway · 159 km · 1,654 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Enontekio Finland · 165 km · 1,777 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vadsø Norway · 188 km · best in Jul
- Lakselv Norway · 188 km · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Ivalo compares month by month: Ivalo vs Murmansk · Ivalo vs Alta · Ivalo vs Kittilä · all comparisons
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