Annual precipitation
655 mm/yr
As of 1991-2020 · Climate normals 1991-2020 (WMO / national meteorological services, via Wikipedia climate tables)finland · City evidence profile
Helsinki
A transparent profile—not a promise. Low-confidence, estimated and stale values are clearly marked.
Use in my decisionScoring coverage
19/20
current, score-eligible measures
Evidence
Annual sunshine hours
1858 hours/yr
As of 1991-2020 · Climate normals 1991-2020 (WMO / national meteorological services, via Wikipedia climate tables)Distance to nearest mountains (>1500 m)
800 km
As of 2024 · Derived distance to mountains (>1500 m), from public elevation/peak dataDistance to nearest major international airport
17 km
As of 2024 · OurAirports — airport locationsIntentional homicide rate
1.5 per_100k
As of 2022 · Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by category (crim_off_cat) · inherited from finlandComparative price level (household consumption)
122.2 index_eu27=100
As of 2024 · Eurostat — Price level indices, household final consumption (tec00120 / prc_ppp_ind_1) · inherited from finlandHealthcare / health outcome (life expectancy at birth)
81.6 years
As of 2023 · Eurostat — Life expectancy at birth (tps00205 / demo_mlexpec) · inherited from finlandFixed broadband / internet quality
81.7 pct_hh_vhcn
Fixed VHCN household coverage % (isoc_cbt).
As of 2024 · Eurostat — Broadband internet coverage by technology (isoc_cbt) · inherited from finlandNet annual earnings (single, no children)
33641.04 EUR/yr
As of 2025 · Eurostat — Annual net earnings (earn_nt_net) · inherited from finlandOverall tax burden (taxes + social contributions, % of GDP)
42.2 pct_gdp
As of 2024 · Eurostat — Main national accounts tax aggregates (gov_10a_taxag) · inherited from finlandAir quality — annual mean PM2.5
4.74 ug/m3
World Bank mean annual PM2.5 exposure (country baseline, dated 2017).
As of 2017 · World Bank — PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3) · inherited from finlandSeismic hazard (ordinal 0 very-low to 4 high)
0 index_0_4
As of 2020 · EFEHR / ESHM20 — European Seismic Hazard Model 2020Public-transport provision (ordinal proxy)
7 index_0_10
Ordinal: Metro+tram+commuter rail.
As of 2026-08 · Documented public-transport provision ordinal (rapid-transit systems + city size)English / language accessibility
92.2 index
>=1 foreign lang known 2022 (English dominant); language-access proxy.
As of 2022 · Eurostat — Number of foreign languages known, self-reported (edat_aes_l21) · inherited from finlandDistance to nearest sea / coastline
1 km
As of 2024 · OpenStreetMap coastline — derived distance to seaIncome level — GNI per capita, PPP (gross)
66300 intl$_ppp
Gross GNI per capita, PPP; not net take-home salary
As of 2025 · World Bank — GNI per capita, PPP (NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD) · inherited from finlandHousehold electricity price (band DC, all taxes)
0.2276 EUR/kWh
As of 2025-S1 · Eurostat — Electricity prices for household consumers (nrg_pc_204) · inherited from finlandAverage annual temperature
6.5 °C
As of 1991-2020 · Climate normals 1991-2020 (WMO / national meteorological services, via Wikipedia climate tables)Monthly rent, 1-bedroom, city centre
1120 EUR/mo ±56
Statistics Finland free-market 2-room 20.37 €/m² ×55. One-room €/m² 26.71 (→€1,469) if a studio is intended.
As of 2026-Q2 · Statistics Finland — Rents of dwellings, StatFin table 15fa, free-market €/m²/month 2-room