Tampere climate

Name: Tampere
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Tampere is warmest in July, with average highs of 21 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -8.4 °C. July is the wettest month (84 mm) and February the driest (31 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tampere averages 630 mm of rain, 9 days above 25 °C and 152 days below freezing.

Finland · population 260,646 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 21 °C
Coldest month February -8.4 °C
Driest month February 31 mm
Wettest month July 84 mm
Least cloud May 58 % cloud
Hottest on record July 31 °C
Coldest on record January -27 °C

What to expectTampere through the year

Tampere has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -4.0 °C in February to 21 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 9 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 152 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 84 mm against 31 mm in February — 2.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-3.5 °C	40 mm	84 %
February	-4.0 °C	31 mm	79 %
March	0.0 °C	32 mm	68 %
April	6.5 °C	34 mm	66 %
May	13.4 °C	46 mm	58 %
June	18.1 °C	76 mm	63 %
July	20.8 °C	84 mm	62 %
August	19.2 °C	75 mm	65 %
September	13.7 °C	55 mm	70 %
October	6.7 °C	61 mm	78 %
November	1.9 °C	50 mm	86 %
December	-1.4 °C	47 mm	85 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-3.5 °C	-7.5 °C	-5.4 °C	7.3 °C	-27.2 °C	0	29
February	-4.0 °C	-8.4 °C	-6.1 °C	6.3 °C	-26.4 °C	0	27
March	0.0 °C	-5.5 °C	-2.7 °C	13.3 °C	-20.0 °C	0	29
April	6.5 °C	-0.9 °C	2.8 °C	19.9 °C	-12.2 °C	0	18
May	13.4 °C	5.0 °C	9.4 °C	26.9 °C	-3.2 °C	0	2
June	18.1 °C	10.4 °C	14.5 °C	30.9 °C	2.6 °C	2	0
July	20.8 °C	13.8 °C	17.4 °C	31.3 °C	7.0 °C	5	0
August	19.2 °C	13.0 °C	16.0 °C	30.3 °C	6.2 °C	2	0
September	13.7 °C	8.6 °C	11.0 °C	23.7 °C	0.7 °C	0	0
October	6.7 °C	3.3 °C	5.0 °C	17.7 °C	-9.4 °C	0	6
November	1.9 °C	-0.8 °C	0.6 °C	11.7 °C	-16.3 °C	0	16
December	-1.4 °C	-4.6 °C	-2.9 °C	8.2 °C	-25.5 °C	0	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	10	6.3 h/day	84 %	89 %	17 km/h
February	31 mm	8	8.9 h/day	79 %	87 %	17 km/h
March	32 mm	8	12 h/day	68 %	83 %	17 km/h
April	34 mm	8	15 h/day	66 %	76 %	16 km/h
May	46 mm	9	18 h/day	58 %	68 %	16 km/h
June	76 mm	12	19 h/day	63 %	69 %	16 km/h
July	84 mm	13	19 h/day	62 %	73 %	15 km/h
August	75 mm	13	16 h/day	65 %	77 %	15 km/h
September	55 mm	10	13 h/day	70 %	83 %	16 km/h
October	61 mm	10	10 h/day	78 %	88 %	17 km/h
November	50 mm	10	7.2 h/day	86 %	91 %	17 km/h
December	47 mm	11	5.4 h/day	85 %	91 %	18 km/h

How Tampere compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Tampere	21 °C	-8.4 °C	630 mm	9
Turku · Finland	22 °C	-7.3 °C	669 mm	10
Vantaa · Finland	22 °C	-8.0 °C	672 mm	12
Helsinki · Finland	21 °C	-7.3 °C	673 mm	5
Tallinn · Estonia	21 °C	-6.5 °C	633 mm	11
Mariehamn · Aland Islands	19 °C	-3.1 °C	509 mm	1

Where Tampere ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in April	19th of 50	6.5 °C
The coolest places in Europe in September	24th of 50	14 °C
The coolest places in the world in April	24th of 50	6.5 °C
The coolest places in Europe in May	26th of 50	13 °C
The coolest places in the world in September	32nd of 50	14 °C
The coolest places in Europe in October	34th of 50	6.7 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tampere.

QuestionsCommon questions about Tampere’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tampere?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tampere get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 21 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -8.4 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 152 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tampere?

July, averaging 84 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 31 mm. The year as a whole averages 630 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Tampere rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 61.499°, 23.787° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.