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CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days -1 °C, nights -4 °C
18 h sunshine · 6.3 h daylight
56 mm rain · 93% humidity
Days -2 °C, nights -5 °C
56 h sunshine · 8.7 h daylight
45 mm rain · 94% humidity
Days 0 °C, nights -3 °C
167 h sunshine · 11.3 h daylight
42 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 5 °C, nights 1 °C
210 h sunshine · 14.2 h daylight
41 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 11 °C, nights 6 °C
270 h sunshine · 16.8 h daylight
48 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 16 °C, nights 11 °C
243 h sunshine · 18.5 h daylight
66 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 20 °C, nights 16 °C
249 h sunshine · 17.8 h daylight
59 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 15 °C
201 h sunshine · 15.4 h daylight
71 mm rain · 80% humidity
Days 15 °C, nights 12 °C
128 h sunshine · 12.5 h daylight
63 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 9 °C, nights 6 °C
66 h sunshine · 9.7 h daylight
80 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 5 °C, nights 2 °C
17 h sunshine · 7.1 h daylight
75 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 1 °C, nights -1 °C
14 h sunshine · 5.5 h daylight
67 mm rain · 92% humidity
Living in Helsinki means living under Finland's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Finland actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like Foreign Key Employees Tax Regime (Avainhenkilölaki), and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days -1 °C, nights -4 °C
18 h sunshine · 6.3 h daylight
56 mm rain · 93% humidity
Days -2 °C, nights -5 °C
56 h sunshine · 8.7 h daylight
45 mm rain · 94% humidity
Days 0 °C, nights -3 °C
167 h sunshine · 11.3 h daylight
42 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 5 °C, nights 1 °C
210 h sunshine · 14.2 h daylight
41 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 11 °C, nights 6 °C
270 h sunshine · 16.8 h daylight
48 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 16 °C, nights 11 °C
243 h sunshine · 18.5 h daylight
66 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 20 °C, nights 16 °C
249 h sunshine · 17.8 h daylight
59 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 15 °C
201 h sunshine · 15.4 h daylight
71 mm rain · 80% humidity
Days 15 °C, nights 12 °C
128 h sunshine · 12.5 h daylight
63 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 9 °C, nights 6 °C
66 h sunshine · 9.7 h daylight
80 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 5 °C, nights 2 °C
17 h sunshine · 7.1 h daylight
75 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 1 °C, nights -1 °C
14 h sunshine · 5.5 h daylight
67 mm rain · 92% humidity
Living in Helsinki means living under Finland's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Finland actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like Foreign Key Employees Tax Regime (Avainhenkilölaki), and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)