Helsinki climate

Helsinki Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 20°C on August 1 to 17°C on August 31, and lows from 16°C to 14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 68 mm over about 12 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Helsinki, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
19°C
Average low
15°C
Precipitation
68 mm
Reanalysis high
26°CAug 8, 2010
Reanalysis low
9°CAug 31, 2008
Daylight
16 h 52 min to 14 h 16 min
Cloud cover
63%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
13°C
Wind
15.1 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
Aug 120°C16°C26°C 201812°C 199235%
Aug 220°C16°C25°C 201813°C 201935%
Aug 320°C16°C24°C 201812°C 200135%
Aug 420°C16°C25°C 201412°C 201937%
Aug 520°C16°C25°C 201412°C 199638%
Aug 620°C16°C25°C 201412°C 199939%
Aug 720°C16°C26°C 201011°C 199939%
Aug 820°C16°C26°C 201011°C 199540%
Aug 920°C16°C25°C 201811°C 199540%
Aug 1019°C16°C25°C 201811°C 201241%
Aug 1119°C16°C25°C 199211°C 199542%
Aug 1219°C15°C24°C 200212°C 201642%
Aug 1319°C15°C24°C 201013°C 199842%
Aug 1419°C15°C24°C 201011°C 200441%
Aug 1519°C15°C24°C 200211°C 199742%
Aug 1619°C15°C23°C 200212°C 199842%
Aug 1719°C15°C22°C 201811°C 199443%
Aug 1819°C15°C21°C 200212°C 199444%
Aug 1919°C15°C22°C 200611°C 199844%
Aug 2019°C15°C22°C 200611°C 200943%
Aug 2118°C15°C24°C 200211°C 199244%
Aug 2218°C15°C22°C 199612°C 199944%
Aug 2318°C14°C22°C 201510°C 199944%
Aug 2418°C14°C22°C 200211°C 200044%
Aug 2518°C14°C22°C 200211°C 200043%
Aug 2618°C14°C23°C 199710°C 199343%
Aug 2718°C14°C25°C 19979°C 199343%
Aug 2818°C14°C23°C 199710°C 200344%
Aug 2917°C14°C22°C 201910°C 199444%
Aug 3017°C14°C21°C 19979°C 199344%
Aug 3117°C14°C21°C 19969°C 200845%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Helsinki, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

August 1
sunrise 5:00 AM, sunset 9:52 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:12 AM, sunset 8:28 PM

Every day of August: 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.