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What Lapland is really like in the month you are going

An aurora swirling in green bands above snow and dark pines at Vuopajanniemi, by Lake Inari, in March

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Spruce trees heavy with crown snow on Riisitunturi, under a pale blue February sky
February Riisitunturi
Saana fell under snow above the frozen Ala-Kilpisjärvi lake, in soft March light
March Kilpisjärvi
The Pallastunturi fells behind forest, bog and the small Hanhijärvi lake, seen from the air in June
June Pallas
An aurora curtain in green and violet over Levi fell in September, low pines on the fell top and a lake in the valley below
September Levi

Each month page charts its daylight and what a hotel room costs that month, beside the checked figures.

Where people go

The Lumberjack’s Candle Bridge in Rovaniemi after dark, its pylon lit, over a river edged with snow and ice

Rovaniemi

Easiest to reach, busiest in December.

Levi village seen from the fell in blue winter light, chalets and lit streets below a snowy forest

Levi

A ski village. Darker skies, everything a shuttle away.

Saariselkä at night from the top of Kaunispää fell, snow-covered roofs in front and the village lights in the valley below a starry sky

Saariselkä

Further north, smaller, closer to open fell.

Where the bases are Every base this site covers, with the Arctic Circle and Finnish Lapland outlined.
Where the bases areMap. Rovaniemi. Levi. Ylläs. Pyhä. Luosto. Saariselkä. Inari. Kilpisjärvi. Kemi. Ruka. Salla. Kiruna. Abisko. Tromsø.Arctic CircleRovaniemiLeviYlläsPyhäLuostoSaariselkäInariKilpisjärviKemiRukaSallaKirunaAbiskoTromsøWhere the bases areMap. Rovaniemi. Levi. Ylläs. Pyhä. Luosto. Saariselkä. Inari. Kilpisjärvi. Kemi. Ruka. Salla. Kiruna. Abisko. Tromsø.Arctic CircleRovaniemiLeviYlläsPyhäLuostoSaariselkäInariKilpisjärviKemiRukaSallaKirunaAbiskoTromsø

Source: Natural Earth (outlines); Wikipedia coordinates (places). Checked 24 September 2026.

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Photographs, all from Wikimedia Commons: Inari in March by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0; Rovaniemi by themadpenguin, CC BY 2.0, colour-adjusted; Levi by DanielMichaelPerry, CC0, colour-adjusted; Saariselkä by Nicolas Buffler, CC BY-SA 2.0, colour-adjusted; Riisitunturi in February by Ninara, CC BY 2.0, colour-adjusted; Kilpisjärvi in March by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 3.0, colour-adjusted; Pallas in June by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 3.0, colour-adjusted; Levi in September by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, colour-adjusted. Each is cropped and resized here, and our versions carry the same licence as the original.