Rovaniemi Airport

EFRO · Lapland, Finland

Climate Rovaniemi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rovaniemi Airport (EFRO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.2 58 38 62 48 56
February 51.2 33 49 52 68 46
March 65.3 45 71 70 68 69
April 75.0 53 89 78 74 75
May 80.3 88 82 67 88
June 87.4 91 88 100 99
July 81.2 68 76 86 81
August 73.5 74 77 69 82
September 54.5 42 48 69 67
October 39.2 49 46 27 24
November 34.8 43 19 46 36
December 30.0 38 29 53 12
Average 64.5 47.3 67.4 66.7 67.0 68.6

18th 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 62.6 61 52 69 66 70
February 62.2 53 55 65 77 57
March 75.9 58 85 78 81 77
April 85.7 73 90 87 85 91
May 88.7 92 89 78 94
June 94.1 94 95 100 100
July 92.2 89 88 96 90
August 86.4 84 86 85 89
September 72.8 54 75 89 77
October 54.0 70 57 40 35
November 42.4 55 28 51 40
December 45.9 63 54 71 30
Average 76.5 63.0 78.2 78.2 79.2 77.9

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 -8.8 -11 -4 -7 -10 -4
February -7.4 -7 -4 -6 -10 -4
March -2.0 -1 -4 0 -1 -1
April 3.6 1 6 4 5 2
May 10.4 13 11 9 9
June 17.3 18 19 19 20
July 19.8 19 20 21 18
August 17.0 19 18 16 17
September 10.9 13 10 9 12
October 2.9 0 5 4 5
November -2.0 -6 -3 -3 2
December -6.8 -8 -6 -8 -2
Average 3.9 -5.5 5.0 5.8 4.4 6.1

20th 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 -13.1 -17 -9 -13 -15 -10
February -13.6 -12 -11 -12 -15 -10
March -9.1 -6 -12 -7 -8 -8
April -4.2 -6 -3 -4 -2 -5
May 2.1 3 3 2 2
June 8.8 10 9 11 11
July 11.8 11 12 13 11
August 9.7 12 10 9 9
September 4.9 7 5 3 5
October -2.7 -5 0 0 1
November -7.5 -11 -6 -8 -3
December -10.0 -12 -11 -13 -7
Average -3.5 -11.9 -2.3 -1.2 -2.0 -1.7

12th 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 37.2 28 36 31 56 33
February 36.7 51 37 40 34 35
March 27.2 34 29 17 25 26
April 18.8 30 12 19 25 19
May 13.4 12 11 17 11
June 12.8 16 21 1 4
July 9.5 14 15 6 15
August 10.2 14 8 12 6
September 16.7 24 17 13 14
October 25.8 28 16 42 30
November 34.2 34 38 41 33
December 54.4 82 71 48 54
Average 21.1 34.8 21.2 18.3 21.5 18.8

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 8.7 9 10 9 8 9
February 8.3 10 9 9 7 9
March 8.9 9 7 10 9 11
April 8.4 9 8 8 9 9
May 8.6 9 8 9 7
June 8.5 8 7 8 7
July 7.0 7 6 7 7
August 7.8 7 9 8 7
September 7.8 8 8 7 8
October 7.6 7 8 10 8
November 7.9 8 6 7 10
December 7.9 7 8 8 9
Average 8.1 8.9 7.7 7.9 8.1 8.1

20th 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 225° 200° 241° 065° 156°
February 179° 218° 130° 056° 209°
March 190° 322° 229° 237° 227°
April 062° 107° 285° 261° 334°
May 225° 234° 044° 229°
June 320° 115° 222° 213°
July 057° 159° 250° 122°
August 135° 207° 078° 227°
September 206° 054° 234° 200°
October 344° 205° 161° 107°
November 062° 159° 182° 203°
December 082° 085° 043° 152°

Prevailing wind direction

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