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Triplandio Helsinki guide covers 9 travel guides across 20 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 36 self-guided walking tours in Helsinki with 195 POI, spanning 125.1 km in total. Get inspired by 11 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Helsinki
City & Country Data Finland (Helsinki)
Key travel data for Helsinki — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Finland
Cost
LOW
Safety
91
Health
100
Lifestyle
73
Infra
89
Rank
#9
Score
68
Tourists
896K/y
GDP/cap
$56.1k
Life Exp
82.3 yrs
Population
5.6M
Currency
EUR €
Language
Finnish
Payments
Cashless
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Helsinki
Coffee
$5.00
Beer
$8.00
Lunch
$15.00
Groceries
$50.00/w
Taxi/km
$2.00
Transit
$3.20
Fuel
$1.82/l
Internet
$50.00/m
Salary
$3,000/m
Best time to visit Helsinki (Finland)
Now (September) avg: 15°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: May & Oct.
Live Temp
…
~Day / Night Temp
17°C / 12°C
Sunrise / Sunset
7:09 / 19:15
Local time
13:59
Sea Temp
17°C
Best Months 
May & Oct
May & Oct
J
Jan
F
Feb
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
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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.
Sea temperature
Sea warmth for swimming, by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Helsinki —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Blood sausage traditionally eaten with lingonberry jam. A traditional Finnish dessert pie made with fresh blueberries and a shortcrust pastry. A hearty stew made with wild mushrooms and cream. A traditional Finnish dish of flame-roasted salmon served with potatoes. Traditional Finnish pastries filled with rice porridge. Creamy mashed potatoes served with tangy lingonberry jam. A slow-cooked meat stew made with various meats and root vegetables. An almond-flavored torte topped with raspberry jam and sugar glaze. Thinly sliced reindeer meat sautéed with butter and onions, served with mashed potatoes. Small freshwater fish, fried whole and enjoyed as a crispy delicacy.
Traditional Local Food
Helsinki (Finland)
Snack
Meat
Black Sausage
Mustamakkara
MOOS-tah-MAHK-kah-rah
Dessert
Vegetarian
Blueberry Pie
Mustikkapiirakka
MOO-stik-ka-pee-rah-ka
Main course
Vegetarian
Creamy Mushroom Stew
Sienikastike
SEE-eh-nee-KAS-tee-keh
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Helsinki Style Roast Salmon
Loimulohi
LOY-moo-loh-hee
Snack
Vegetarian
Karelian Pasties
Karjalanpiirakat
KAHR-yah-lahn-pee-rah-kaht
🌿
Side dish
Vegetarian
Mashed Potatoes with Lingonberry
Perunamuusi puolukkahillolla
PEH-ru-nah-moo-see POO-oh-loo-kah-hill-oh-lah
Main course
Meat
Meat Stew
Karjalanpaisti
KAR-yah-lahn-PYE-stee
Dessert
Vegetarian
Runeberg Torte
Runebergintorttu
ROO-neh-bairg-tohr-too
Main course
Meat
Sautéed Reindeer
Poronkäristys
POH-ron-kar-ris-tus
🐟
Street food
Fish & Seafood
Vendace Fry
Muikku
MOO-eek-koo
