Rantasalmi Temperature by Month
Rantasalmi, Eastern Finland, Finland has an average annual maximum temperature of 8°C (46°F), ranging from -4°C (25°F) in February to 22°C (72°F) in July. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Rantasalmi Monthly Temperatures
In Rantasalmi, temperatures differ significantly between summer and winter months. Nighttime lows reflect this range, dropping from 14°C (57°F) in July to -10°C (14°F) in February.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Rantasalmi by month:
Temperatures tend to bottom out between 4 AM and 6 AM, then climb to their daily peak around 3 PM.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Rantasalmi vs Finland
The map below shows the annual temperature across Finland. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
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Rantasalmi vs World: Temperature Compared
Rantasalmi's average annual maximum temperature is 8°C (46°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Lisbon, Portugal averages 21°C (70°F) annually — warm summers, mild winters, and rain mainly in the cooler months.
Queenstown, New Zealand averages 10°C (50°F) annually — remember seasons are flipped, so its coldest months fall in June and July.
Seoul, South Korea averages 18°C (64°F) a year, with four clear seasons, cold winters, and hot humid summers.
Brisbane, Australia averages 26°C (79°F) a year, with warm winters and hot, humid summers.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources — land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
For cities and regions with significant elevation, altitude is one of the biggest factors shaping local temperatures. As a rule of thumb, temperatures fall by around 6°C for every 1,000 metres gained — so a city at 2,000 metres will typically be around 12°C cooler than a city at sea level in the same region. Higher ground also tends to see more dramatic day-to-night temperature swings, since thinner air loses heat faster after sunset.
For more on Rantasalmi's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Rantasalmi climate page.
