Finland is one of the northernmost countries of Europe but has a relatively mild climate, given its geographical position. The climate of Finland is a cold-temperate, with significant annual temperature ranges, characterized by cold winters and dry and mild summers. The rain, not very abundant, are almost evenly distributed throughout the year, with maximum in autumn, the lower values are in Lapland, where are under 500 mm per year, the highest in the south-western coast, with 600-700 mm. Finnish summers are sunny and quite mild for the latitude of the country with average temperatures ranging between 22°C to 13°C in the south. 

During summer nights are very short and in the northern part of the country the sun remains constantly above the horizon for several weeks, this phenomenon is called the "midnight sun". Winters are dark, long and cold with temperatures in Lapland, can reach -20°C, the climate is very dry. In winter, in Lapland, the sun never rises, this phenomenon lasts for almost two months in the northern part of the country. Snow falls in northern Finland, from November and begins to melt at the end of May. In southern and central Finland snow arrives in December and melts at the end of March.