Rautavaara
Located in Koillis-Savo, Northern Savonia Coordinates: 63°29′20″ N 28°24′06″ E
- Population
- 1,513
- 1.5K
- Elevation
- 141 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
- Places inside
- 1
- listed under Rautavaara
- Airports
- KUO Kuopio Airport62 km
- KAJ Kajaani Airport95 km
About Rautavaara
Rautavaara is a municipality. Location: Koillis-Savo, Northern Savonia. Population: 1,513. Elevation: 141 m.
Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 1,398 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 1,235.26 square kilometres (476.94 sq mi) of which 84.09 km2 (32.47 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.1/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Tiilikkajärvi National Park is located both in Rautavaara and its neighboring municipality Sotkamo.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Travel notes for Rautavaara
From Wikivoyage
Rautavaara is a town and municipality in North Savonia.
Get in+
By car:
Highway 87 between Iisalmi and Nurmes goes through Rautavaara town.
By bus:
There are buses from Nilsiä (a town that's part of the city of Kuopio).
Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged
Places bordering Rautavaara
- Juuka
- Kuopio
- Lapinlahti
- Nurmes
- Sonkajärvi
- Sotkamo
Twin towns and sister cities of Rautavaara
- Võrumaa· Estonia
Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.
Population of Rautavaara over time
| 2007 | 1,988 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1,949 | |
| 2009 | 1,918 | |
| 2010 | 1,872 | |
| 2011 | 1,848 | |
| 2012 | 1,813 | |
| 2013 | 1,784 | |
| 2014 | 1,773 | |
| 2015 | 1,737 | |
| 2016 | 1,723 | |
| 2017 | 1,698 | |
| 2023 | 1,424 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Rautavaara
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–July.
This month · November
A cold month
Day -1° · Night -6° · Rain 60 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -15°)
- Wettest month
- August (83 mm)
- Driest month
- April (34 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) | -7° | -6° | 0° | 5° | 14° | 19° | 21° | 18° | 12° | 5° | -1° | -5° |
| Average low (°C) | -14° | -15° | -9° | -4° | 3° | 9° | 11° | 9° | 5° | 0° | -6° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 45 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 42 | 68 | 75 | 83 | 68 | 58 | 60 | 52 |
How to get to Rautavaara
The nearest airport is Kuopio Airport (KUO), 62 km to the southwest as the crow flies.
Airports
- Kuopio Airport (KUO) Kuopio / Siilinjärvi 62 kmsouthwest
- Kajaani Airport (KAJ) Kajaani 95 kmnorth
- Joensuu Airport (JOE) Joensuu 111 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Rautavaara
Within 100 km: 4 natural sites, 42 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km1 place
- Tiilikkajärvi Nationalpark Natural site 21 kmN
25–60 km7 places
- Vuotjärvi Lake 39 kmS
- Rautavesi Lake 59 kmNW
- Laakajärvi Lake 45 kmNW
- Pirttilampi Lake 55 kmN
60–100 km38 places
- Porovesi Lake 64 kmW
- Kiuruvesi Lake 85 kmW
- Pieni Maaninkajärvi Lake 73 kmSW
- Maaninkajärvi Lake 67 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Places in Rautavaara
1 placeBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources