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Satellite view of Maarinlahti; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Cove

Maarinlahti

FinlandUusimaa · Finland · Baltic Sea

60.1934, 24.8222 · Otaniemi, 1 km

  • 17°Sea · August
  • 20°High · July
  • 8.7 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Maarinlahti. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Maarinlahti in October

  • 9°CAir, daytime high6°C at night
  • 10°CSea temperature
  • 1.9 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month80 mm in total
  • 20 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 19Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 16 kmAirport: Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 11.4 °C — 1.1 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 10.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 8.8 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August17 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineMay and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and April40 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan2°0 h56 mm
  2. Feb1°2 h45 mm
  3. Mar1°5 h42 mm
  4. Apr2°7 h40 mm
  5. May6°9 h48 mm
  6. Jun11°8 h66 mm
  7. Jul16°8 h59 mm
  8. Aug17°7 h71 mm
  9. Sep14°4 h63 mm
  10. Oct10°2 h80 mm
  11. Nov7°0 h75 mm
  12. Dec4°0 h67 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2°Feb: 1°Mar: 1°Apr: 2°May: 6°Jun: 11°Jul: 16°Aug: 17°Sep: 14°Oct: 10°Nov: 7°Dec: 4°1°17°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -3 °C (High -1° / Low -4°)Feb: -4 °C (High -2° / Low -6°)Mar: -2 °C (High 0° / Low -3°)Apr: 3 °C (High 5° / Low 1°)May: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 6°)Jun: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 11°)Jul: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 16°)Aug: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 15°)Sep: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Oct: 7 °C (High 9° / Low 6°)Nov: 3 °C (High 4° / Low 2°)Dec: 0 °C (High 1° / Low -2°)18°-4°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 56 mmFeb: 45 mmMar: 42 mmApr: 40 mm40May: 48 mmJun: 66 mmJul: 59 mmAug: 71 mmSep: 63 mmOct: 80 mm80Nov: 75 mmDec: 67 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0.3 hFeb: 1.7 hMar: 4.8 hApr: 6.8 hMay: 8.7 h8.7Jun: 8.2 hJul: 8.3 hAug: 6.7 hSep: 4.2 hOct: 1.9 hNov: 0.2 hDec: 0.0 h0.0

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Maarinlahti: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Maarinlahti: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January-1-4256140.321
February-2-6145111.719
March0-3142104.818
April5124096.815
May11664888.713
June16111166108.214
July20161659108.313
Augustwarmest sea19151771136.715
September15121463124.218
October961080141.920
November42775160.222
December1-2467150.023

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Maarinlahti: Foggy Bay (39685098)
Photo: Tiina M Niskanen · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Maarinlahti: Laajalahti shore landscape from Maarin torni in Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland, 2022 July
Photo: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Maarinlahti: VTT FuHu 2025
Photo: Vuo · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER24 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.124 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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