Kajaani weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇮 Finland · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Kajaani is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 66/100), with August close behind. Kajaani averages about 1,571 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 116 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,571
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 66/100
- Rain / year
- 899 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 36k
- Elevation
- 139 m
When is the best time to visit Kajaani?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kajaani is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 54 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kajaani?
Kajaani isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,571 hours of sunshine a year. 66 Sunshine Score points separate July (66) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #15 of 20 destinations in Finland for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,638 hours. The year's 899 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 54 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -14° / 7°F | 42 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| May | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 88 mm | 3 |
| June | 53 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 95 mm | 3 |
| July | 66 | 20° / 68°F | 13° / 55°F | 116 mm | 4 |
| August | 57 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 106 mm | 3 |
| September | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 89 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 75 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 70 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 66 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Oulu / Oulunsalo Finland · 133 km · best in Jul · 1,711 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 267 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 297 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Umeå Sweden · 365 km · best in Jul · 1,887 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 401 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Petrozavodsk Russia · 420 km · best in Jul · 1,601 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kuopio / Siilinjärvi Finland · 142 km · 1,575 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kuusamo Finland · 203 km · 1,587 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Joensuu Finland · 205 km · 1,557 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kemi / Tornio Finland · 221 km · 1,747 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kokkola / Kruunupyy Finland · 230 km · 1,706 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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