Vaasa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇮 Finland · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Vaasa is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with August and June close behind. Vaasa averages about 1,870 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 82 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,870
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 727 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 21°C / 70°F
- Population
- 70k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Vaasa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Vaasa is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 50 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Vaasa?
Vaasa gets a moderate 1,870 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate July (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 20 destinations in Finland for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,638 hours. The year's 727 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 50 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 40 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 38 mm | 1 | 0° / 32°F |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -1° / 30°F | 45 mm | 2 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 63 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| June | 65 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 65 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| July | 74 | 21° / 70°F | 13° / 55°F | 82 mm | 4 | 21° / 70°F |
| August | 69 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 78 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
| September | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 8° / 46°F | 68 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 75 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 66 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| December | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 57 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Vaasa by month
The sea off Vaasa is warmest in July at around 21°C / 70°F, and coolest in January at 0°C / 32°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 2 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Umeå Sweden · 111 km · best in Jul · 1,887 h sun/yr
- Oulu / Oulunsalo Finland · 273 km · best in Jul · 1,711 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 278 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Helsinki (Vantaa) Finland · 347 km · best in Jul · 1,584 h sun/yr
- Stockholm Sweden · 430 km · best in Jul · 1,710 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 435 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kokkola / Kruunupyy Finland · 101 km · 1,706 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Örnsköldsvik Sweden · 144 km · 1,752 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pori Finland · 177 km · 1,876 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Skellefteå Sweden · 178 km · 1,764 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nyland Sweden · 201 km · 1,719 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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