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Saariselkä at 257 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 19 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
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light rain | light rain | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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mm | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 16 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 11 |
min °C | 16 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
chill °C | 15 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
Humid % | 71 | 85 | 83 | 61 | 93 | 96 | 74 | 89 | 87 | 89 | 92 | 78 | 54 | 85 | 71 | 43 | 67 |
Freeze m | 2500 | 2500 | 2550 | 2600 | 2550 | 2350 | 2300 | 2200 | 2250 | 2300 | 2150 | 2150 | 2150 | 2200 | 2150 | 2250 | 2250 |
 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — |
 | — | 9:44 | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 9:30 | — | — | 9:25 | — | — | 9:22 |
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Saariselkä Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 6 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in Finland are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 3 of August has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Resort name is also written as Saariselka.
Visitor Reviews of Saariselkä
Overall 2.9 Based on 14 votes and 1 review
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- Malcolm from United Kingdom writes:
Saariselka is the smallest of the resorts I have visited in Lapland. The village is quite compact. As a cross country skier I enjoyed the variety of tracks, going through woods, across lakes and over fells, although the wind and cold made some of the slopes icy and tricky. There is a great, steep, looping descent from the top of the fell down to the village. The tracks also take you out to a gold mine, and the tracks from the hotel with the igloos (I can't remember the name) back to the village give a lovely undulating route with reindeer around to keep you company. Being further north than the other resorts used by Brits, the sunlight in early January is almost non existent, giving a twilight to ski in, which some may find depressing. but when the sun rises I imagine you get the same beautiful skies that contribute to the magic of the Arctic. We saw our best displays of the Northern Lights in Saariseka.
Visitor Reviews of Saariselkä
Malcolm from United Kingdom writes:
Saariselka is the smallest of the resorts I have visited in Lapland.
The village is quite compact.
As a cross country skier I enjoyed the variety of tracks, going through woods, across lakes and over fells, although the wind and cold made some of the slopes icy and tricky.
There is a great, steep, looping descent from the top of the fell down to the village.
The tracks also take you out to a gold mine, and the tracks from the hotel with the igloos (I can't remember the name) back to the village give a lovely undulating route with reindeer around to keep you company.
Being further north than the other resorts used by Brits, the sunlight in early January is almost non existent, giving a twilight to ski in, which some may find depressing. but when the sun rises I imagine you get the same beautiful skies that contribute to the magic of the Arctic.
We saw our best displays of the Northern Lights in Saariseka.
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