Joensuu climate

Joensuu Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Joensuu, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -5°C on December 1 to -8°C on December 31, and lows from -9°C to -14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 68 mm over about 16 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Joensuu, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-6°C
Average low
-12°C
Precipitation
68 mm
Reanalysis high
6°CDec 6, 2006
Reanalysis low
-37°CDec 25, 1995
Daylight
5 h 39 min to 5 h 04 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
99%
Dew point
-9°C
Wind
11.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 1-5°C-9°C2°C 2006-26°C 200252%
Dec 2-5°C-9°C4°C 2006-26°C 200252%
Dec 3-5°C-9°C3°C 2006-19°C 199752%
Dec 4-5°C-9°C2°C 2006-23°C 200251%
Dec 5-5°C-10°C4°C 2006-21°C 200251%
Dec 6-5°C-10°C6°C 2006-23°C 201651%
Dec 7-5°C-10°C6°C 2006-23°C 201650%
Dec 8-5°C-10°C4°C 2006-19°C 200249%
Dec 9-5°C-10°C5°C 2006-27°C 201350%
Dec 10-5°C-10°C5°C 2006-28°C 201349%
Dec 11-5°C-11°C5°C 2015-20°C 199848%
Dec 12-6°C-11°C4°C 2006-25°C 201048%
Dec 13-6°C-11°C3°C 2006-24°C 201048%
Dec 14-6°C-11°C2°C 2006-29°C 199748%
Dec 15-6°C-11°C5°C 2006-32°C 199747%
Dec 16-6°C-11°C1°C 2006-23°C 199648%
Dec 17-7°C-12°C1°C 2013-29°C 199448%
Dec 18-7°C-12°C0°C 1998-31°C 199448%
Dec 19-7°C-12°C0°C 2007-27°C 199547%
Dec 20-7°C-13°C2°C 2015-27°C 201248%
Dec 21-8°C-13°C5°C 2015-34°C 200147%
Dec 22-8°C-13°C3°C 2015-32°C 200149%
Dec 23-8°C-13°C1°C 2013-32°C 199551%
Dec 24-8°C-13°C0°C 2016-32°C 199551%
Dec 25-8°C-13°C2°C 2015-37°C 199550%
Dec 26-8°C-13°C1°C 2013-34°C 199650%
Dec 27-8°C-14°C1°C 2007-30°C 199549%
Dec 28-8°C-14°C2°C 2013-29°C 200248%
Dec 29-8°C-14°C3°C 2007-33°C 200247%
Dec 30-8°C-14°C3°C 2007-33°C 200246%
Dec 31-8°C-14°C1°C 2007-30°C 200246%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Joensuu, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

December 1
sunrise 9:00 AM, sunset 2:39 PM
December 31
sunrise 9:32 AM, sunset 2:36 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.