Next 3 days weather summary:Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Sun afternoon, min -1°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SW by Sun afternoon). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 22.0mm), heaviest during Tue night. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Wed afternoon, min 3°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | cloudy | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
max °C | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
min °C | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
-1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
66 | 49 | 68 | 54 | 58 | 51 | 66 | 48 | 50 | 58 | 71 | 95 | 80 | 65 | 95 | 98 | 79 | 98 | |
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 | 3:30 | — | — | 3:25 | — | — | 3:18 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:08 | — | — | 3:02 | — | — |
 | — | — | 10:45 | — | — | 10:51 | — | — | 10:57 | — | — | 11:01 | — | — | 11:07 | — | — | 11:14 |
Latest snow reports near Saariselkä:
| Top snow depth: | 50 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 40 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 1 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 6 May 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.3 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Resort name is also written as Saariselka.
Overall 2.9 Based on 14 votes and 1 review
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.
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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