Saariselkä

There is no snow on the ground at Inari Saariselkä, 0.7 km from Saariselkä.

ObservedInari Saariselkä · 8 Oct

Snow Score for 3–10 Oct

Confidence: High

8 / 100

Poor

Where this score comes from

Forecastnot yet verified

Forecast covers 3 of 8 trip days.

Upcoming trips

The Snow Score of the weeks and holidays we follow. Each line says where its score comes from.

3–10 Oct
8/100 Poor
Confidence: High
Forecastnot yet verified
Forecast covers 3 of 8 trip days
10–17 Oct
21/100 Poor
Confidence: High
Forecastnot yet verified
Forecast covers 7 of 8 trip days
17–24 Oct
46/100 Fair
Confidence: Medium
Observedreadings so far
24–31 Oct
61/100 Good
Confidence: Medium
Observedreadings so far
31 Oct – 7 Nov
69/100 Good
Confidence: Medium
Observedreadings so far
7–14 Nov
75/100 Great
Confidence: Low
Observedreadings so far
14–21 Nov
83/100 Great
Confidence: Low
Observedreadings so far
21–28 Nov
87/100 Great
Confidence: Low
Observedreadings so far
28 Nov – 5 Dec
90/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Observedreadings so far
5–12 Dec
93/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Observedreadings so far
12–19 Dec
94/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
19–26 Dec
95/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
Christmas week
20–27 Dec
95/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
White Christmas
24–26 Dec
White Christmas ranking
92/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
26 Dec 2026 – 2 Jan 2027
96/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
New Year
28 Dec 2026 – 2 Jan 2027
95/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
2–9 Jan
97/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
9–16 Jan
96/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
16–23 Jan
96/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
23–30 Jan
97/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters
30 Jan – 6 Feb
97/100 Excellent
Confidence: Low
Historicalpast winters

Check your dates

Any trip of 1 to 21 days: the Snow Score of your own dates at Saariselkä.

Next 10 days

Forecast · not yet verified

Forecast for the area of Inari Saariselkä

Issued 7 Oct, 12:30 UTC

Forecast for the next 10 days: temperature, precipitation and frozen precipitation
Day	Mean °C	Max °C	Precip., mm	Frozen precip., mm w.e.
Thu 8 Oct	0.7	5.2	0.0	0.0
Fri 9 Oct	−0.7	2.2	0.0	0.0
Sat 10 Oct	−2.3	0.4	0.0	0.3
Sun 11 Oct	−2.4	−0.4	0.0	0.6
Mon 12 Oct	−1.3	0.2	0.0	0.7
Tue 13 Oct	−1.1	1.1	0.0	1.3
Wed 14 Oct	1.2	1.8	0.0	0.0
Thu 15 Oct	2.7	3.7	2.7	0.0
Fri 16 Oct	1.8	3.8	2.4	1.2
Sat 17 Oct	—	2.7	—	—

Frozen precip. is the frozen share of the precipitation, in mm of water equivalent (w.e.); it is not snow depth. Temperature and precipitation come from MET Norway and the frozen share from SMHI, so a row can show more frozen precipitation than total.

Where we measure

Natural snow is measured at weather stations that can be several kilometres from resorts and slopes.

Inari Saariselkä0.7 kmMain station
Inari Kaamanen80.2 kmAlso used

Snow by month

What a typical month looks like in Saariselkä, from past winters.

Sources

Weather observations: Finnish Meteorological Institute open data (Ilmatieteen laitoksen avoin data), daily weather observations, retrieved daily, modified · CC BY 4.0
Data from MET Norway (Locationforecast), modified · CC BY 4.0
SMHI open data, modified · CC BY 4.0

Snow Scores as of 7 Oct 2026

How the Snow Score works