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Triplandio Tartu guide covers 4 travel guides across 15 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 16 self-guided walking tours in Tartu with 96 POI, spanning 54.1 km in total. Get inspired by 10 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Tartu
City & Country Data Estonia (Tartu)
Key travel data for Tartu — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Estonia
Cost
HIGH
Safety
82
Health
77
Lifestyle
69
Infra
76
Rank
#23
Score
64
Tourists
1.7M/y
GDP/cap
$34.4k
Life Exp
79.3 yrs
Population
1.4M
Currency
EUR €
Language
Estonian
Payments
Cashless
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Tartu
Coffee
$3.58
Beer
$5.10
Lunch
$15.00
Groceries
$35.00/w
Taxi/km
$1.00
Transit
$2.00
Fuel
$1.50/l
Internet
$50.00/m
Salary
$1,500/m
Best time to visit Tartu (Estonia)
Now (September) avg: 15°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Jun & May.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
19°C / 11°C
Sunrise / Sunset
7:02 / 19:08
Local time
17:13
Best Months 
Jun & May
Jun & May
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Jan
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Feb
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Tartu —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Rich beef stew from Lutsu Valley. Smoked sprat dish from Lake Peipsi area. Fermented cabbage dish traditional to Tartu. A sweet cake made with tart lingonberries. A warming soup made with local beer. A popular Estonian dessert consisting of curd cheese coated in chocolate. Traditional Estonian Christmas cookies. A soft, sweet bread bun often flavored with cinnamon. A traditional Estonian blood sausage, often served during festive occasions.
Traditional Local Food
Tartu (Estonia)
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Main course
Meat
Lutsu Nokklihakaste
Lutsu nõkklihakaste
loot-soo nerk-klee-ha-ka-steh
· Lutsu beef stew
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Starter
Fish & Seafood
Peipsi Kilu
pay-ip-see kee-loo
· Peipsi sprats
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Side dish
Vegan
Tartu Hapukapsas
tar-too hap-oo-kap-sas
· Tartu sauerkraut
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Dessert
Vegetarian
Tartu Pohlakook
tar-too poh-lah-koke
· Tartu lingonberry cake
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Soup
Vegetarian
Tartu Õllesupp
tar-too er-leh-sup
· Tartu beer soup
Dessert
Vegetarian
Kohuke
Koh-hu-keh
· Chocolate cheese curd snack
Dessert
Vegetarian
Piparkoogid
Pee-par-ko-gid
· Spiced cookies
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Dessert
Vegetarian
Saiakakk
sigh-a-kak
· Traditional Estonian sweet bun
Main course
Meat
Verivorst
Veh-ri-vorst
· Blood sausage
