Helsinki climate

Helsinki Weather in October

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 12°C on October 1 to 6°C on October 31, and lows from 9°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 mm over about 16 wet days.

October day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Helsinki, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
9°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
84 mm
Record high
20°COct 15, 2001
Record low
-15°COct 22, 2002
Daylight
11 h 27 min to 8 h 46 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
20.2 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Oct 112°C9°C17°C 1975-4°C 197844%
Oct 212°C9°C19°C 1985-4°C 197645%
Oct 311°C9°C18°C 1984-6°C 197647%
Oct 411°C8°C17°C 1973-6°C 200248%
Oct 511°C8°C18°C 2005-3°C 201848%
Oct 611°C8°C17°C 1959-9°C 197948%
Oct 711°C8°C16°C 1972-4°C 196847%
Oct 810°C8°C15°C 1964-5°C 201847%
Oct 910°C7°C15°C 2001-8°C 195946%
Oct 1010°C7°C17°C 2018-5°C 198646%
Oct 1110°C7°C16°C 2024-7°C 196848%
Oct 129°C7°C15°C 1961-7°C 197346%
Oct 139°C6°C17°C 1978-5°C 195945%
Oct 149°C6°C16°C 2018-5°C 197345%
Oct 159°C6°C20°C 2001-7°C 197146%
Oct 168°C6°C15°C 1959-6°C 197144%
Oct 178°C5°C15°C 1969-5°C 197344%
Oct 188°C5°C14°C 2018-6°C 197344%
Oct 198°C5°C13°C 1980-10°C 200245%
Oct 208°C5°C12°C 2005-14°C 200246%
Oct 217°C5°C13°C 2024-13°C 200246%
Oct 227°C5°C13°C 2024-15°C 200246%
Oct 237°C5°C13°C 1989-13°C 200246%
Oct 247°C4°C12°C 2019-11°C 200346%
Oct 257°C4°C14°C 1961-9°C 196846%
Oct 267°C4°C13°C 1961-7°C 196846%
Oct 277°C4°C12°C 2020-14°C 200346%
Oct 287°C4°C14°C 1961-10°C 196846%
Oct 297°C4°C13°C 2022-9°C 196646%
Oct 306°C4°C12°C 1985-11°C 196648%
Oct 316°C4°C11°C 1964-15°C 199248%

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).

October 1
sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 6:53 PM
October 31
sunrise 7:40 AM, sunset 4:26 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station FIE00142241, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.