Skip to content
Geonivora
Municipality

Kuhmo

Located in Kehys-Kainuu, Kainuu Coordinates: 64°15′00″ N 29°45′00″ E

Map showing the location of Kuhmo Kuhmo
Location in Finland
Population
7,927
7.9K
Elevation
160 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+02:00
Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
Places inside
3
listed under Kuhmo
When to go
June–July
See the climate
Airports
KAJ Kajaani Airport100 km
KUO Kuopio Airport169 km

About Kuhmo

Kuhmo is a municipality. Location: Kehys-Kainuu, Kainuu. Population: 7,927. Elevation: 160 m.

From Wikipedia

Kuhmo (known as Kuhmoniemi until 1937) is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 7,300 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 5,456.78 square kilometres (2,106.87 sq mi) of which 649.97 km2 (250.95 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.52 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.9/sq mi). It shares a border of 120 kilometres (75 mi) with Russia (Finnish-Russian border).

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1865
Area
4,807 km²
Official website
kuhmo.fi

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Kuhmo

From Wikivoyage

Kuhmo is a small town and large municipality (twice the area of Luxembourg) in the Kainuu region, Finland.

Understand+

In a part of Finland struggling with decreasing population, Kuhmo has turned it to their advantage with sound self-irony, such as marketing themselves as the municipality with the hairiest population (clue: think claws). The Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival is the biggest in Finland, with many visitors even from abroad.

Get in+

Kuhmo lies amidst the forests and lakes of eastern Finland, some 600 kilometres north of Helsinki. The nearest railway station and airport are in Kajaani, with connections to Kuhmo by bus and taxi.

Driving from southern Finland you could use road 9 (E63) from Turku or road 4 (E75) from Helsinki to Jyväskylä, continue along E63 to Kuopio and turn to road 75 to Kuhmo. From the eastern lakeland, use road 5 via Mikkeli and Varkaus (joining E63 before Kuopio) or road 6 via Joensuu (crossroads with road 75 near Nurmes).

From Kostomuksha in Russian Karelia you can come via the Vartius/Люття border crossing. The border was closed in 2023, check Finland#Get in.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Kuhmo

  • Lieksa
  • Nurmes
  • Ristijärvi
  • Sotkamo
  • Suomussalmi

Twin towns and sister cities of Kuhmo

  • Oroszlány· Hungary

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Kuhmo over time

Population of Kuhmo over time
2008 9,798
2009 9,636
2010 9,492
2011 9,334
2012 9,240
2013 9,104
2014 9,066
2015 8,806
2016 8,647
2017 8,499
2022 7,755
2023 7,582

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Kuhmo

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–July.

This month · November

A cold month

Day -2° · Night -7° · Rain 49 mm

Hottest month
July (day 21°)
Coldest month
January (night -16°)
Wettest month
August (79 mm)
Driest month
February (32 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Kuhmo
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-7°-1°5°13°18°21°17°11°4°-2°-6°
Average low (°C)-16°-15°-10°-5°2°8°11°8°4°-1°-7°-13°
Precipitation (mm)383232324660757966544944

Other places to visit in this season: June July

How to get to Kuhmo

The nearest airport is Kajaani Airport (KAJ), 100 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Kuopio Airport (KUO) (169 km).

Airports

  • Kajaani Airport (KAJ) Kajaani 100 kmwest
  • Kuopio Airport (KUO) Kuopio / Siilinjärvi 169 kmsouthwest
  • Joensuu Airport (JOE) Joensuu 177 kmsouth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Kuhmo

Within 100 km: 2 natural sites, 20 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km4 places

  • Lentua Lake 7 kmW
  • Lentiira Lake 21 kmN
  • Lammasjärvi Lake 18 kmS
  • Iivantiira Lake 15 kmNW

25–60 km4 places

  • Ontojärvi Lake 30 kmSW
  • Jonkeri Lake 47 kmS
  • Iso Tipasjärvi Lake 46 kmSW
  • Hiidenportti Nationalpark Natural site 54 kmSW

60–100 km14 places

  • Kiantajärvi Lake 97 kmN
  • Viekinjärvi Lake 95 kmS
  • Tiilikkajärvi Nationalpark Natural site 97 kmSW
  • Mulkkusaaret Island 100 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Kuhmo

3 places
  1. 1 Kuhmo 7.4K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages2

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources