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Turku: a building with a tower by a river

Turku in August

okbusy · worth considering · the wettest month of the year

The year in Turku

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  1. Turku in January: avoid
  2. Turku in February: avoid
  3. Turku in March: avoid
  4. Turku in April: ok
  5. Turku in May: sweet spot
  6. Turku in June: good, busy
  7. Turku in July: good, busy
  8. Turku in August: ok, busy
  9. Turku in September: good
  10. Turku in October: avoid
  11. Turku in November: avoid
  12. Turku in December: avoid
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
August at Turku is 20°C by day and 13°C at night, with 12 rainy days and about 12 hours of sun a day. Busier than usual.

The numbers

Daily high20°C
Nightly low13°C
Feels like, afternoon19°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more12 · 119 mm
Humidity79%
Sunshine11.5 h/day
Daylight15.6 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 centre, on the river Aura, 7 km from the airport (TKU): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: busy. Busiest from June to August; quietest from December to April.

Turku in pictures

What to pack

  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 12 rainy days and 119 mm.
  • Sun protection: about 12 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 Turku: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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