Climate Kuopio Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kuopio Airport (EFKU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	34.2	48	29	46	23	34
February	41.2	28	46	27	47	36
March	59.3	43	58	71	62	70
April	77.9		87	75	71	76
May	82.7		89	86	72	89
June	90.9		94	84	95	91
July	83.4		72	87	93	85
August	81.3		79	91	73	86
September	59.8		56	62	68	61
October	37.7		45	34	28	29
November	18.0		9	6	25	33
December	22.6		36	19	39	14
Average	64.1	39.6	67.6	68.4	67.2	68.9

14th best VFR conditions of Finland

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.0	57	52	62	42	56
February	61.3	49	63	58	63	64
March	78.3	67	81	88	81	81
April	88.8		94	86	83	92
May	91.9		96	94	87	95
June	96.9		97	95	98	96
July	95.2		91	95	99	97
August	93.1		93	96	88	95
September	82.0		86	85	90	80
October	69.0		78	61	66	55
November	46.5		43	24	63	69
December	46.0		63	39	56	34
Average	79.9	58.9	84.3	82.2	82.6	83.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-5.6	-9	-2	-4	-6	1
February	-5.8	-5	-3	-3	-9	0
March	0.4	1	-1	2	0	2
April	6.3		7	5	7	5
May	13.4		15	13	13	12
June	19.8		20	20	23	22
July	21.1		19	21	25	19
August	19.6		21	22	18	19
September	13.0		17	11	11	14
October	6.4		4	8	8	8
November	1.2		-2	1	1	4
December	-3.0		-7	-4	-7	0
Average	6.1	-5.5	7.3	8.1	7.0	8.9

14th highest temperature of Finland

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-10.2	-17	-6	-10	-11	-4
February	-11.5	-11	-10	-8	-15	-5
March	-8.7	-4	-9	-7	-8	-5
April	-3.7		-4	-3	-1	-3
May	4.0		5	3	5	3
June	10.4		9	8	13	13
July	12.5		12	9	16	12
August	12.0		14	11	12	12
September	7.4		11	5	5	8
October	2.4		0	4	4	5
November	-2.0		-6	-2	-2	1
December	-7.4		-10	-8	-12	-3
Average	-1.5	-11.1	0.5	0.3	0.4	2.8

18th lowest temperature of Finland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.7	41	42	36	59	27
February	35.3	40	29	41	38	29
March	22.4	20	31	19	17	12
April	14.0		7	19	19	16
May	11.7		11	12	14	11
June	9.0		9	13	4	6
July	9.9		20	13	4	13
August	8.6		7	5	18	4
September	14.5		17	12	12	17
October	21.1		24	19	25	22
November	31.8		52	32	23	21
December	46.6		63	44	47	44
Average	18.9	31.1	19.8	17.3	17.7	14.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.6	7	9	9	5	10
February	7.7	8	8	8	6	10
March	8.2	6	8	8	9	10
April	6.9		6	7	7	9
May	7.1		8	7	7	7
June	7.2		6	7	7	7
July	6.3		6	7	6	7
August	7.4		7	7	8	7
September	7.6		8	6	7	9
October	8.2		8	8	9	8
November	8.0		7	7	8	10
December	7.2		6	7	7	8
Average	7.3	6.8	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.9

14th highest wind speed of Finland

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	240°	196°	283°	097°	229°
February	187°	230°	197°	336°	224°
March	190°	245°	252°	250°	241°
April		043°	210°	215°	299°
May		236°	266°	117°	287°
June		296°	224°	208°	149°
July		224°	234°	254°	201°
August		150°	186°	161°	234°
September		208°	011°	319°	219°
October		302°	222°	196°	158°
November		074°	138°	256°	206°
December		122°	151°	290°	146°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.