- Elevation
- 229 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
- Places inside
- 2
- listed under Torniolaakso
- Airports
- RVN Rovaniemi Airport69 km
- KEM Kemi-Tornio Airport93 km
About Torniolaakso
Torniolaakso is a district. Location: Lapland Region, Finland.
Lapland is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. The 21 municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the Finnish region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia and the Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and the Troms County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia. The topography of Lapland varies from vast mires and forests in the south to fells in the north.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Area
- 4,076 km²
Source: Wikidata
Places bordering Torniolaakso
- Kemi-Tornio
- Rovaniemi
Climate of Torniolaakso
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day -4° · Night -11° · Rain 49 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 19°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -18°)
- Wettest month
- July (70 mm)
- Driest month
- April (31 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
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -9° | -8° | -2° | 3° | 10° | 17° | 19° | 16° | 10° | 3° | -4° | -8° |
| Average low (°C) | -18° | -17° | -12° | -6° | 1° | 7° | 9° | 7° | 2° | -3° | -11° | -17° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 39 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 50 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 53 | 49 | 39 |
How to get to Torniolaakso
The nearest airport is Rovaniemi Airport (RVN), 69 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Umeå, 362 km to the southwest.
Airports
- Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) Rovaniemi 69 kmeast
- Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM) Kemi / Tornio 93 kmsouth
- Kittilä International Airport (KTT) Kittilä 125 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Umeå Population: 130.2K 362 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Torniolaakso
Within 100 km: 2 natural sites, 26 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km4 places
- Miekojärvi Lake 4 kmSE
- Raanujärvi Lake 20 kmNE
- Iso Vietonen Lake 16 kmE
- Iso Lohijärvi Lake 19 kmS
25–60 km6 places
- Lasseholmen Island 58 kmSW
- Aalisjärvi Lake 47 kmN
- Tengeliönjoki River 36 kmSW
- Liakanjoki River 26 kmN
60–100 km18 places
- Lappberget Mountain 75 kmSW
- Pihlaja Island 99 kmS
- Pirkkiö Island 88 kmS
- Torne River River 88 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Places in Torniolaakso
2 placesBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Miekojärvi Lake, Lapland Region4.2 km SE
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Iso Vietonen Lake, Lapland Region16 km E
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Iso Lohijärvi Lake, Lapland Region19 km S
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Raanujärvi Lake, Lapland Region20 km NE
Sources & licences
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