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Oulu: a city with a river running through it

Oulu in August

okbusy · worth considering · the wettest month of the year

The year in Oulu

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  1. Oulu in January: avoid
  2. Oulu in February: avoid
  3. Oulu in March: avoid
  4. Oulu in April: avoid
  5. Oulu in May: sweet spot
  6. Oulu in June: sweet spot, busy
  7. Oulu in July: sweet spot, busy
  8. Oulu in August: ok, busy
  9. Oulu in September: ok
  10. Oulu in October: avoid
  11. Oulu in November: avoid
  12. Oulu in December: avoid
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  • Busy
August at Oulu is 19°C by day and 12°C at night, with 12 rainy days and about 11 hours of sun a day. Busier than usual.

The numbers

Daily high19°C
Nightly low12°C
Feels like, afternoon18°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more12 · 112 mm
Humidity79%
Sunshine11.1 h/day
Daylight16.5 h/day
Crowds65 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the market square, 11 km from the airport (OUL): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: busy. Busiest in July, August and December; quietest from January to April.

Oulu in pictures

What to pack

  • Warm layers for the evenings, which drop to about 12°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 12 rainy days and 112 mm.
  • Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 79%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Finland: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Oulu: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

August elsewhere

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