Car Rentals Finland - Weather in Finland

The main factor influencing Finland’s climate is its geographical position giving it both maritime and a continental climate. The temperature therefore tends to be warmer than other countries on the same latitude. Winters (October – April) in Finland can get incredibly cold however, with temperatures remaining below 0 degrees throughout and dropping to - 40 degrees in some places.

If you move north of the Arctic Circle you will experience a phenomena called ‘polar night’ with the sun not even making it over the horizon, so eternal darkness and a strange bluish light prevails. In the northern extreme, this lasts for many weeks but in the south the shortest day is 6 hours. Snow falls are experienced as soon as winter begins with the deepest snow falling around early March so ski season only really kicks off around February. In spring (April – May) the temperatures rise to about 10 degrees and snow melts after roughly 2 weeks. Summer (May – September) has warm temperatures reaching at times into the 30’s and this is also a time to enjoy the ’polar sun’ with the sun never setting at all. In Autumn (August – September) the temperatures tend to remain below 10 degrees.

Lapland is a popular place to experience the strange borealis (northern lights) phenomenon.