Oulu Airport

EFOU · Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Climate Oulu Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Oulu Airport (EFOU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.2 64 48 61 40 54
February 54.2 40 58 46 62 50
March 68.0 42 75 79 79 70
April 77.6 61 84 81 74 79
May 84.2 96 91 89 69 91
June 90.9 95 92 88 90 93
July 84.6 78 76 86 93 81
August 82.1 81 81 87 77 91
September 66.5 78 57 70 74 69
October 49.2 44 54 56 34 46
November 33.2 42 13 43 41
December 35.9 50 48 46 19
Average 73.4 73.1 74.1 75.5 72.3 74.7

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 73.3 70 73 80 70 74
February 75.4 73 77 69 73 74
March 84.5 70 89 91 87 87
April 88.7 80 91 93 86 91
May 92.0 98 97 94 80 97
June 97.1 98 97 97 95 97
July 94.2 90 90 95 97 93
August 93.2 94 87 95 89 97
September 85.7 88 82 92 87 86
October 73.6 73 75 75 59 73
November 59.1 65 30 70 69
December 62.8 75 69 73 58
Average 87.0 86.8 87.1 87.9 84.4 88.3

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 -5.4 -10 -2 -5 -7 1
February -5.7 -5 -2 -3 -9 -1
March -1.6 0 -3 2 0 1
April 5.2 3 6 5 6 4
May 12.5 15 14 13 12 11
June 18.9 20 19 19 21 21
July 21.0 22 19 21 23 19
August 19.1 21 21 20 18 19
September 13.6 17 16 12 11 14
October 6.2 8 3 7 7 8
November 0.7 -3 0 0 4
December -3.4 -6 -4 -6 0
Average 7.4 9.2 7.0 7.6 6.3 8.4

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 -11.2 -17 -7 -11 -12 -4
February -12.2 -10 -9 -11 -17 -7
March -9.7 -5 -12 -7 -8 -5
April -4.9 -3 -4 -3 -1 -3
May 3.1 4 4 2 4 2
June 9.6 11 8 8 11 12
July 12.4 14 12 11 14 11
August 10.8 12 12 10 10 10
September 6.6 9 9 5 4 6
October 1.1 2 -3 2 3 3
November -4.5 -7 -4 -5 0
December -8.7 -11 -9 -12 -4
Average 0.1 1.6 -1.3 -1.7 -1.3 1.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.4 26 25 20 53 23
February 30.3 28 24 38 33 25
March 22.1 26 25 10 24 13
April 13.9 22 10 14 16 13
May 10.2 3 8 11 19 7
June 7.7 9 8 9 6 5
July 8.8 12 14 10 3 16
August 9.4 8 9 10 16 4
September 12.1 12 13 9 13 15
October 17.9 16 23 12 27 21
November 21.4 26 19 23 16
December 38.1 53 47 38 40
Average 14.6 13.7 15.1 13.4 17.3 13.0

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 7.7 7 8 9 7 9
February 7.5 8 8 7 7 9
March 8.0 7 7 8 8 10
April 7.7 8 7 7 8 10
May 8.1 7 8 8 8 8
June 7.8 6 7 8 7 8
July 6.6 6 6 6 7 6
August 7.2 7 7 7 8 7
September 7.6 8 7 8 8 8
October 7.5 8 7 7 8 8
November 7.3 7 6 7 9
December 7.1 6 7 7 8
Average 7.5 7.2 7.1 7.4 7.6 8.0

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 206° 193° 284° 102° 218°
February 175° 216° 166° 135° 207°
March 175° 293° 259° 268° 241°
April 067° 095° 309° 282° 312°
May 298° 271° 287° 008° 295°
June 268° 315° 260° 284° 283°
July 139° 349° 251° 279° 187°
August 162° 138° 218° 094° 261°
September 208° 222° 058° 305° 223°
October 203° 342° 204° 171° 126°
November 083° 157° 198° 217°
December 128° 134° 041° 139°

Prevailing wind direction

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