Kuusamo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇮 Finland · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Kuusamo is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 61/100). Kuusamo averages about 1,587 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 115 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,587
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 61/100
- Rain / year
- 835 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 263 m
When is the best time to visit Kuusamo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kuusamo is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kuusamo?
Kuusamo isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,587 hours of sunshine a year. 61 Sunshine Score points separate July (61) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #12 of 20 destinations in Finland for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,638 hours. The year's 835 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 | -10° / 14°F | -16° / 3°F | 47 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 36 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -11° / 12°F | 41 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| May | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 85 mm | 3 |
| June | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 97 mm | 3 |
| July | 61 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 115 mm | 3 |
| August | 46 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 105 mm | 2 |
| September | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 83 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 70 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -8° / 18°F | 56 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -13° / 9°F | 52 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Rovaniemi Finland · 165 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Oulu / Oulunsalo Finland · 214 km · best in Jul · 1,711 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 270 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Ivalo Finland · 302 km · best in Jul · 1,726 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 328 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Murmansk Russia · 345 km · best in Jul · 1,514 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kajaani Finland · 203 km · 1,571 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kemi / Tornio Finland · 213 km · 1,747 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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